Many
often think that Jesus stopped being a human being once he rose from the dead, even
though this is entirely against the conclusions of 1 Cor 15, the entire letter
to the Hebrews, and the NT.
What
the Bible teaches, and Christianity teaches, is rather that the one who is
complete and true God and became fully man in one person, Jesus Christ, will
always be fully God and fully man — precisely because he will always be
our Lord and Saviour, our Mediator, our Head and our King. Jesus, Son of
God born in Bethlehem, will forever be himself. That is why it is important
to try to grasp the mystery of God becoming human on our behalf; it’s a
matter of faith in God and faith in Christ.
So
even though we do not know the date when Jesus was born, he was most certainly
born. Eternal God became a newborn! The almighty Word of the Father through
whom all things were created (Col 1:16), had to learn how to speak! The one in
whom all things hold together (Col 1:17), had to be held! And he did all this,
from cradle to grave, to resurrection from the dead to ascension - for us and
for our salvation:
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to
reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by
the blood of his cross. (Col 1:19-20)
The
incarnation’s significance is eternal. When we want to know something of what
eternity will be like for us, we must look to Jesus, the perfect and glorified
human being.
Even
though Jesus is glorified and perfected beyond our comprehension, he is still
fully man – and because of him, complete and true God and fully and true man,
we will on the last day be perfected and glorified men and women as well.
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