God in Human Flesh

[Thompson, Darryl]

God in Human Flesh 

     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 1:14.  

     When we want a deep problem to study, let us fix our minds on the
most marvelous thing that ever took place in earth or heaven-- the
incarnation of the Son of God.  

     Christ alone was able to represent the Deity. . . . God Himself
must be revealed to humanity. In order to do this, our Saviour clothed
His divinity with humanity. He employed the human faculties, for only by
adopting these could He be comprehended by humanity. Only humanity could
reach humanity. He lived out the character of God through the human body
which God had prepared for Him.  

     Had Christ come in His divine form, humanity could not have endured
the sight. The contrast would have been too painful, the glory too
overwhelming. Humanity could not have endured the presence of one of the
pure, bright angels from glory; therefore Christ took not on Him the
nature of angels; He came in the likeness of men.  

     Looking upon Him, we behold the invisible God, who clothed His
divinity with humanity in order that through humanity He might shed
forth a subdued and softened glory, so that our eyes might be enabled to
rest upon Him, and our souls not be extinguished by His undimmed
splendor. We behold God through Christ, our Creator and Redeemer. It is
our privilege to contemplate Jesus by faith, and see Him standing
between humanity and the eternal throne. He is our Advocate, presenting
our prayers and offerings as spiritual sacrifices to God. Jesus is the
great sinless propitiation, and through His merit God and man may hold
converse together.  

     Christ has carried His humanity into eternity. He stands before God
as the representative of our race. When we are clothed with the wedding
garment of His righteousness, we become one with Him, and He says of us,
"They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy" (Rev. 3:4). His
saints will behold Him in His glory, with no dimming veil between. 

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