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God in Human Flesh, January 19
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
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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 over-
whelming. 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” (
Revelation 3:4
).
His saints will behold Him in His glory, with no dimming veil between
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