Manifested Love

This blog marks the beginning of a series that surrounds the reasons Jesus Christ came. His coming had multiple implications and all of them were demonstrations that we are expected to look at, understand, master where possible and replicate throughout our generations. God has been and still is very systematic and detailed as to how everything should operate and stay in operation.

The first reason surrounds the legalities of the spirit. When God created the earth, Genesis 1:27-28 AMPC says, “27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.” Genesis 2:7 AMP says, “⁷ Then the Lord God formed man from the ^[a]dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being.”  From these verses we understand that Male and Female were created by God in His image and likeness. We also understand that they both were given dominion over all of creation except mankind, were expected to be good stewards and be given to increase. To have dominion in the earth realm is dependent on the utilization of human flesh. Comprehending this, it is clear why demons keep seeking to possess humans: a body is needed to do real and generational business in the earth.

When Adam sinned, we lost our identity, authority and intimacy with God, making us spiritually dead. The promise of the seed of the woman to crush the head of the serpent,  the instigator behind the whole sin thing, was given in Genesis 3:15. This seed we know was Jesus Christ. In 1 Corinthians 15:45 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition it says, “⁴⁵ Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].” So, Christ came in the similitude of the first man to redeem mankind.

Man is needed to redeem man. The Bible, in Hebrews, speaks of the inferiority of the blood of bulls and goats and their inability to truly redeem man. It also could not have taken a regular man, nor a regular birth for the kind of purity and perfection of the sacrifice that was necessary to deal with the sin issue once and for all. In Isaiah 59:16 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition it says, 16 And He saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor [no one to intervene on behalf of truth and right]; therefore His own arm brought Him victory, and His own righteousness [having the Spirit without measure] sustained Him.” When the scripture says His arm brought Him victory, or in the King James it brought salvation, it means, salvation was totally dependent on God alone. It did not stem from man, and it was not achieved by man’s agency or help. Pulpit Commentary words it this way: “As there was no human champion, it became necessary that God should arise in His own Person, and show Himself. “His arm” and “His righteousness” were enough; no human aid was needed, or could have added anything to the resistless strength of His might.” The sin problem could only be fixed by the Creator of good and evil Himself. This is the reason Isaiah 9:6 King James Version says, ⁶ For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” This child, this son to be born of a woman (no sperm/seed of a man used, the seed/word of God was instead used), was named The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Baby Jesus was identified by these names in this verse. Matthew 1:21 AMP says, She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation), for He will save His people from their sins.” If we are to follow through with the scriptures, we would note that the sin problem that was created by Adam’s sin was fixed in Jesus’ birth, life, death, burial and resurrection. Also, God did not leave the saving of man to an offspring, He came Himself! 1 John 3:9 AMP says, “You know that He appeared [in visible form as a man] in order to take away sins; and in Him there is [absolutely] no sin [for He has neither the sin nature nor has He committed sin or acts worthy of blame].” The visible form of God is Jesus.

I had an encounter recently in prayer and I saw where a lion came in my midst, I thought it was God as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. This lion started to attack me, and I realized this was not Him at all. In a short space of time, a greater, more majestic Lion showed up and dealt with the one that was attacking me. I was saying to myself that this vision could not be of God because He doesn’t need to fight the devil like this. The Lord said to me that the interpretation of the vision was to remind me that He is ALWAYS ready to show up HIMSELF to protect me! I felt so loved and honoured at that moment. This is what God did for mankind when He came in flesh to save us as the last Adam, He sent no one else because of the FIERCE LOVE He has for His precious Creation! HE CAME HIMSELF!

The first Demo regarding Jesus, is that He was God in flesh, a living demonstration of the protective and preserving love of a Father and a Creator to His People!

WHAT A LOVE, WHAT A GOD, WHAT A SAVIOR!