The Revelation of Christ
JESUS CHRIST is The Image of The invisible GOD
(Col.1:15). He is The FirstBorn Of all creation—He is The Creator who made
everything in Heaven and earth. GOD created the whole world, the universe, and
everything in them through Him (Col.1:16).
The Mystery of His Holiness and the Wonder of His
humanness are one and the same. He came as 'the Seed of Abraham', and He was as
all-time, ALMIGHTY GOD.
“Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their
humanity so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of
death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in
slavery by their fear of death. For surely it is not angels He helps,
but Abraham’s descendants…”
Hebrews 2:14-16 (NIV).
The incarnation or union of the divine nature with
human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, is a central doctrine. Sharing
completely in divinity and in humanity (except for sin); Jesus Christ is
believed to be the embodiment of GOD in human form.
“And The Word became flesh
and dwelt among us.”
John 1:14.
Jesus Christ—the Savior of the
world was born The Son Of Man in Bethlehem in Judea. He is the promised
Deliverer of Israel and Redeemer of all humanity.
The Name Jesus is derived from a
Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Joshua, or in full Yehoshuah (Yahweh is
deliverance). The title Christ is derived from the Greek christos, a
translation of the Hebrew mashiakh (anointed One), or Messiah.
In time-order, the earliest revelation of Who and
What God is is found in the New Testament: John 1:1.
"In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God,
and The Word was God."
The Word, in this passage is translated from the
Greek Logos, which means "spokesman". It is used for an individual
Personage.
But
Who is this Logos?
Notice the explanation in verse 14:
"And The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us..."
When He was naturally born, He was flesh and blood. But
as God—as The Logos, He is Spirit (see John 4:24).
We know that in the flesh He was God—the same form
and shape as a man.
But of what form and shape was He as The WORD?
The WORD is a Person Who was made flesh—begotten by
GOD. He divested Himself of His glory as a Spirit divinity to be begotten by
GOD and born of the virgin Mary.
GOD is Creator of all that exists. GOD and The WORD
(CHRIST) have existed Eternally and before all else. From Him emanates The
SPIRIT OF GOD, by which GOD is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient.
Let's read the entire message of this passage again
to see how THE WORD became flesh:
In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with GOD, and
THE WORD was GOD. The Same was in the beginning with GOD. All things were made
by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was Life;
and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that
all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that
cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and
the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But
as many as received Him, to them gave He Power to become the sons of GOD, even
to them that believe on His NAME: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of GOD.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
His Glory, the Glory as of THE ONLY Begotten of THE FATHER,) full of Grace and
Truth.
John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, this was He of Whom
I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for He was before me.
And of His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by JESUS CHRIST. No
man hath seen GOD at any time; THE ONLY Begotten SON, which is in the bosom of
THE FATHER, He hath declared Him.
John 1: 1-18 KJV
In many places in the New Testament you may find
quotations from the Old Testament passage from which is a citation, which
speaks of Yhwh—translated as "THE LORD" (in capital letters) in the
King James Version.
He existed prior to His birth as a human of the
virgin birth, of the virgin Mary.