God in the Flesh (Incarnation): Difference between revisions

==God’s Power and Incarnation==

People’s reluctance to the idea of God in the flesh comes from the thought, “Man cannot be God.” Of course, a man who is a creature cannot be God the Creator. However, God Almighty, who created all things through His word in the beginning and divided the [[Red Sea]] in the time of the Exodus, can come as a man at any time.<ref>{{인용 |url= |title= Chapter 1 The Mystery of Mysteries |website= |publisher=God the Father and God the Mother Melchizedek Pub. Co., Ltd |date= |year=|author= Kim Joo-Cheol|page= 11 |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> In the Old and New Testaments, there are records of God who appeared as a man. In the Old Testament times, the [[Jehovah|LORD]] God appeared before [[Abraham]] as a passerby with two angels and ate food. In the New Testament times, Jesus was born as a baby from the Virgin [[Mary]]. God does not only exist as a spirit, but can also be manifested in the flesh.<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=82 |series= |isbn= |quote=}}</ref>

==Jesus Christ, God in the Flesh==

In sacred paintings and movies, Jesus is portrayed as a very good looking handsome man with mystique. However, this is different from the biblical record about Jesus. According to the prophet Isaiah, Jesus looked like a root out of dry ground, so there was nothing beautiful or majestic about His appearance, nothing to attract us to Him. This was one of the reasons the Jews, who had longed for a supernatural Messiah to save them from Roman oppression, rejected Jesus, who came as their Savior. Jesus’ life and living conditions too kept them from recognizing Him as the Savior. The Jews rejected their Savior while only looking at Jesus’ physical aspects, and they eventually crucified Him. However, the apostles, who looked at the prophecy of the Bible, received Jesus as their Savior though He came in human form.  

==Jesus Comes Again in the Flesh==

The fundamental reason God came in the flesh is to save all mankind.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=John+3%3A16&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 3:16 |publisher= }}</ref> In the Bible, it is written that the wages of sin is death, but that the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Romans+6%3A23&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=Romans 6:23 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> There is no way for sinners to pay the wages for their sins, which is death, on their own. Therefore, only God, who is free from sins,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=1+John+3%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=1 John 3:5 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> carried mankind’s sins and died on the cross instead, so that [https://terms.naver.com/alikeMeaning.naver?query=E00219055 mankind could be atoned]. The day before Jesus died on the cross, He established the [[Passover|Passover of the new covenant]] with bread and wine representing His flesh and blood, and granted us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. The next day, He fulfilled the covenant that He promised through the Passover by enduring the sacrifice of His flesh being torn on the cross and His blood being shed.</br>

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.