God in the Flesh (Incarnation): Difference between revisions

*God appeared before Abraham as a passerby

*Jesus was born through the body of Mary by the Holy Spirit

==Jesus Christ, God in the Flesh==

Like this, Jesus’ majestic and mystic appearance and image with a halo has been fixed for a long time. Therefore, the typical image of Jesus that people think of is the distorted image created by the age and culture;<ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=What Did Jesus Look Like? |website= |publisher= Bloomsbury T&T Clark |date=February 8, 2018 |year= |author=Joan E. Taylor, |page=72 |series=Illustrated edition |isbn=|quote= }}</ref> it is different from the appearance of Jesus recorded in the Bible. The Bible describes that He was like a root out of dry ground and had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him.

Although Jesus is God Almighty in nature, He came as a man and His appearance was not different from ordinary people. Physically, He was the son of Joseph and Mary,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+6%3A42&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 6:42 |publisher= }}</ref> and his occupation was a carpenter. Also, Jesus ate food when he became hungry, and sat down and rested for a while when he got tired after a long trip. Thus, what He ate, dressed, or his daily routine were nothing special.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+24%3A24-43&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Luke 24:24–43 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+4%3A6&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 4:6 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=6. Christology 1: The Person of Christ, The Theology of B. B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary |website= |publisher= Crossway |date=September 2, 2010 |year= |author=Fred G. Zaspel |page= |series=0 edition |isbn=|quote=}}</ref> Today, people believe in Christ, seeing the [https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/entry/koko/81b61320d93f4412aebf442df756a233 holy images] and paintings that depicted Him. However, 2,000 years ago, Jesus was rejected by the Jews because He looked like an ordinary man.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+6%3A3&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 6:3 |publisher= }}</ref> The Jews did not accept Jesus as their Savior because Jesus ate without washing His hands or He was with tax collectors and prostitutes, who were looked down on in their society.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+11%3A38&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Luke 11:38 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+11%3A18-19&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 11:18–19 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+15%3A1-2&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Luke 15:1–2 |publisher= }}</ref>

Apostle Paul, who is considered a [https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=1112687&cid=40942&categoryId=31588 holy saint] by Christians today, was called a ringleader of the Nazarene sect 2,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Acts+24%3A5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Acts 24:5 |publisher= }}</ref> It was because he believed in Christ who came as a man. Not only Paul, but also the apostles such as John, Peter, and Philip, and the saints of the early Church, kept their faith in Jesus even though they were persecuted.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+15%3A20-21&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 15:20–21 |publisher= }}</ref> Apostle John, who was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, wrote in the Bible that God, who was from the beginning, came in the flesh and made His dwelling among people. Apostle Paul said that Jesus appeared as a man, but that He was in very nature God.

The apostles accepted Jesus as their Savior because they believed that Jesus was the Savior who fulfilled the prophecies of the Bible. In the Old Testament, there are prophecies about God coming as a man hundreds of years before Jesus was born. The prophecies are as follows: The Savior would be conceived in the body of a virgin;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Isaiah+7%3A14&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Isaiah 7:14 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+1%3A18-23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 1:18–23 |publisher= }}</ref> the One whose origins are from of old, meaning God, would be born in Bethlehem;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Micah+5%3A2&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Micah 5:2 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+2%3A1-6&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 2:1–6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and the King of Israel, or the King of Zion (God) would come to [[Jerusalem]] by riding a donkey.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Zechariah+9%3A9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Zechariah 9:9 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+21%3A2-11&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 21:2–11 |publisher= }}</ref> In the Bible, Jesus is called ''[https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=2395879&cid=50762&categoryId=51387 Immanuel]''. It means God came in the flesh to save His people and be with them.<ref>{{인용 |url= |title=Chapter 12 About the Trinity |website= |publisher=THE MYSTERY OF GOD AND THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE Melchizedek Pub. Co., Ltd |date= |year= |author=Ahnsahnghong |page=86 |series= |isbn=  |quote=}}</ref> According to this prophecy, Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the Bible as He was born in the form of a man, lived a life for the salvation of mankind, and died on the cross.

In the Old Testament, the [[book of Micah]] prophesied that God would teach us the way of truth in the last days.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Micah+4%3A1-2&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Micah 4:1–2 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In other words, Jesus will come a second time and tell us the truth, which will lead us to salvation. The truth that Jesus established for salvation is the New Covenant Passover. However, in A.D. 325, after the early Church era, the New Covenant Passover was abolished at the [[Council of Nicaea]]. The way to salvation, which Jesus opened at His first coming, disappeared. Therefore, Christ is to come a second time to restore the truth of life and save mankind.

The way to recognize Christ who comes again in the form of a man can be found in the history of the early Church. At that time, the religious leaders who saw the physical aspects of Jesus rejected Him, the Savior, but the apostles and the saints, who saw the prophecy and fulfillment of the Bible, received the Savior. In this age, the Bible is the only way to recognize Second Coming Christ because the Bible is the only book that testifies about the Savior.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+5%3A39&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 5:39 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> At His first coming, Jesus testified about Himself as Savior through the Bible. When [[John the Baptist]] asked, “Are you the One who is to come?” Jesus told the prophecies of the Bible.<ref>{{인용 |url= |title=Chapter 4 “Are You the One Who Was to Come?” |website= |publisher= God the Father and God the Mother Melchizedek Pub. Co., Ltd |date= |year= |author=Kim Joo-Cheol |page=36 |series= |isbn= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+11%3A2-5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 11:2–5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Moreover, when the disciples who were on their way to Emmaus did not recognize Him, Jesus testified about Himself through the Bible.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+24%3A27&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Luke 24:27 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> The Bible prophesies when, in what form, and with what sign Christ will come again. The most important sign concerning His second coming is the Passover of the new covenant. The prophet Isaiah prophesied that in the future, God would hold a banquet with the aged wine, and that He would swallow up death forever.  

In the Bible, the wine of the New Covenant Passover is the only wine that destroys death, which means giving eternal life. It is God, the Second Coming Jesus, who restores the New Covenant Passover, which disappeared for 1,600 years after His first coming. Christ [[Ahnsahnghong]] was the One who restored the [[New Covenant|new covenant]] by being incarnated according to all the prophecies of the Bible.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jmagazine.joins.com/monthly/view/318953 |title=[Special Feature ● Luther's 500 Years of Religious Reformation – Church of God and Truth in the Bible] What are they believing and practicing?  |website= |publisher=Monthly JoongAng  |date= November 17, 2017|year=|author= |page=174-182 |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref>