Many often think that Jesus stopped being a man once he rose from the dead. He became a man in order to save us, and now that we’re saved, he doesn’t need to be a man anymore (even though this is entirely against the conclusions of 1 Cor 15, the entire letter to the Hebrews, and the NT.)
What the Bible teaches, and Christianity teaches, is rather that the one who is complete and true God and became fully man in one person, Jesus Christ, will always be fully God and fully man — precisely because he will always be our Lord and Saviour, our Mediator, our Head and our King. Jesus will forever be himself. That is why it is important to try to grasp the mystery of God becoming human on our behalf; it’s a matter of faith in God and faith in Christ.
So even though we do not know exactly when Jesus was born, he was most certainly born. Eternal God became a newborn! The almighty Word of the Father through whom all things were created (Col 1:16), didn’t know how to speak! The one in whom all things hold together (Col 1:17), had to be held! And he did all this, from cradle to grave, to resurrection from the dead, to ascension - for us and for our salvation:
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (Col 1:19-20)
The incarnation’s significance is eternal. When we want to know something of what eternity will be like for us, we must look to Jesus, the perfect and glorified human being.
Even though Jesus is glorified and perfected beyond our comprehension, he is still fully man – and because of him, complete and true God and fully and true man, we will on the last day be perfected and glorified men and women as well!
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