Jesus has existed from eternity as the one and solitary ‘person’, the
Only Eternal God, The Father. God became incarnate when He overshadowed the
virgin Mary, and the child Jesus was born. He was the Son of God, the ‘body’ of
God, the incarnate God, the Messiah, the Sent One. Jesus on earth was still the
Jesus of eternity, not a separate person, but rather the same eternal God in a
different office, fulfilling the function of Redeemer of the world and Saviour
of a lost humanity. The Son (God the Father, in flesh), was born for the
purpose of showing the invisible God to the world and dying as a substitute in
payment for the sin of the world. The role of Sonship, was specific in purpose,
and pre-determined in outcome.
Everything Jesus did while on earth as the Son, was intended to glorify
the Father (Jesus in Eternity), teach man how to obey the Father, and show
humanity the way of salvation which the Father has provided. Our verse clearly
reveals the identity of the Son! Jesus on earth shone the brightness of His own
eternal glory, as the Father in heaven! No man could ever stand to see the raw
brightness and glory of God, but in Christ, humanity saw it. God’s glory,
brilliance, intensity of power and wisdom, is seen and revealed through Christ
Jesus, as the Son on earth. All we know and understand of God and His will for
us, has been brought to us, via His incarnation. The entire tenor of the
teachings of Christianity, revolves around this very glory, the bright light of
truth which has challenged the darkness of man’s sin. The eternal God is a
Spirit and has no bodily form, except in what He showed us through Christ
Jesus. Jesus as the Son, while on earth, was the express image of the eternal
God. What could ever be seen of the substance of God, is seen only in Christ! When
we reach heaven, once again we will only ever be able to see the Eternal God,
in the One and singular person and substance of Jesus. Jesus will have
fulfilled His role as the Son, and will continue to be the Eternal God (the
Father), He has always been! God did not send another to show us His glory, express
His substance and die for us - He came Himself!
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