The Revelation of Christ



The Revelation of Christ

JESUS CHRIST is the Image of The invisible GOD (Col.1:15). He is The FirstBorn of all creationHe 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 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” (the 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.