I am often left speechless on the reality of Jesus. Instead of being a humble peasant living 2000 years ago, I always feel it it my heart that what we know of Him is simply a shadow. I can’t escape the thought that what the world thinks of Him is drawn from His humble incarnation. But if we were to glimpse into the heavens, we would see a different Jesus.
Revelation does good job for us here:
“Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.” Rev 1:12-16
This goes far beyond the “Jesus loves you” stickers on the bumpers of our cars. We’re talking about a Being far beyond our ability to comprehend. And to think that He shed all His glory to walk on this ball of ours is a mind blowing experience.
But even in His incarnation, the heavily “reductionist” version of Jesus has stumped mankind ever since He graced our planet 2000 years ago. Mankind is literally defined in time as B.C and A.D - a testimony to this great man/God who visited us.
Below is a video based on the sermon by S. M. Lockridge - Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church from 1953 to 1993. It’s based on video footage taken from ‘The Passion Of The Christ” and it does a great job in pointing to the fact that even in Christ’s humble incarnation, He still managed to alter mankind forever.
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