Became vs Pretend!

Four simple words contain more wonder and truth than all the world’s books could capture.  God became man- Emanuel with us. The God of the universe came to earth as one of the poorest of man.  Born in poverty and suffering, He revealed God’s grace and love in ways we could observe.

While some translations say “put on” flesh, it is not a performance from an actor.  On stage, an actor will put on an outfit to portray a character.  We understand he is not really that character but one who puts on a unique costume that can be quickly changed out of when the play is over.  Christ, the Word (Logos) was not acting in a divine play costumed as a man.  He became human the same way you did.

How can this be?

Mary spoke these words to the angel. The angel told Mary the seed was from God instead of a physical man.  Christ became a man at conception and grew for nine months, as all babies do.  The almighty who spoke the world into existence from nothing limited himself to grow slowly through the design He created in mankind.  It is like the potter becoming the cup.  The builder becomes what was built to experience the real pressures on the structure. The programmer becomes the program and experiences the purpose of the programmer.

Man needed a savior.

Because of sin, the darkness of men could not comprehend or observe God enough to live as God intended.  While God sent us samples of Himself through the prophets and events of the Old Testament, we needed more.  We needed to see and feel God.  John 1:17-18.  Since we could not go to God, He came to us.  He became one of us. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

CS Lewis -Miracles (Chapter 14 – The Diver)

“One may think of a diver, first reducing himself to nakedness, then diving in mid-air, then going with a splash, vanishing rushing down through green and warm water into black and cold water, down through increasing pressure into the deathlike region of ooze and slime and old decay; then up again, back to color and light, his lungs almost bursting, till suddenly he breaks the surface again, holding in his hand the dripping, precious thing he went down to recover. He and it are both colored now that they have come up into the light: down below, where it lay colorless in the dark, he (the diver) lost his color too”.

Thank Christ for His sacrifice so you could be rescued and live with His LightNside.