The Incarnation of Jesus
And there are three that give testimony in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. (1 St. John 5:7)
The Word is the second person in the Holy Trinity of God. The Word is found throughout the Old and New Testament. The Second Person of the Blessed Trinity made the world that we live in.
In Genesis 1:3 It states, “And God said…” (The words that follow come from the Word of God, Jesus.)
St. John 1:10 states, “He was in the world, and the world was made by him…”
St. John 1:14 states, “And the Word was made flesh…”
The Word of God, Jesus, visited the earth on many occasions to speak to certain individuals.
Many times, the person could only hear His voice, but there were times when Jesus appeared as a man.
Jesus walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden before their fall into sin. (Genesis 3:10)
Jesus met with Abraham to announce that Sarah would be having a child. (Genesis 18:1-3)
Jesus spoke to Moses in the burning bush. (Exodus 3:2)
Jesus appeared as a man in the fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:23)
There are many instances when Jesus took on the form of a man or an angel to appear to someone on earth.
The question must be asked then, “why didn’t Jesus do this when He came to us on that first Christmas morning over two thousand years ago?”
The reason for His coming is the reason He had to come in a different way.
Humankind had fallen into sin. For there to be a Just God, someone had to pay for the wrongdoing.
The sacrifices of bulls and goats were not sufficient to cleanse us from sin. (Hebrews 10:4)
Someone who was worthy would have to shed their blood so that our sins could be forgiven.
(Apocalypse 5:12)
There was found no one that was worthy on earth or in Heaven except the Son. The Lamb that takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
For God so loved the world, as to give His only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in Him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. (St. John 3:16)
Why then didn’t Jesus come to earth in the form of a man as He did so many times before? There are two reasons why:
The first reason is because salvation had to be by the shedding of blood, because without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
The second reason is that Jesus had to come as a man born of woman. He chose Mary to be The Woman to be His mother.
She would be born without the sin of mankind in her.
God would be her Savior from conception.
Baptized by the Holy Ghost when conceived in her mother’s womb.
A pure virgin undefiled by the world and never touched by a man, she was full of Grace.
The Holy Ghost overshadows her, and she conceives Jesus in her womb.
Blessed is she among women. (Luke 1:28)
God fertilizes an egg in Mary’s womb and the baby, the God-Man, is conceived.
The very blood of Mary flowed through the veins of the Baby Jesus.
The blood that came from a woman would be the Blood that saves all of humankind.
Jesus was born and God was with us. (Matthew 1:22)
He came to His own but His own rejected Him and put Him on a cross.
There He died for the sins of mankind.
A man hung on a cross and His Blood- the very blood of the woman, Mary- flowed out for a sacrifice.
For this cause, any man or woman, whatever the sin they may have committed, can be forgiven.
There is no sin too big or too bad that the Cross of Jesus cannot save.
For there is one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus. (1Timothy 2:5)
Whoever believes in his heart and confesses Jesus as Lord is saved from sin. (Romans 10:9)