Come with us
as we continue to check out who this Man, Jesus Christ, really is…
First we found that He claimed to be the ‘I AM’ - which was enough to knock soldiers off their feet when they came to arrest Him.
Then we discovered that His friends gradually saw that He was really God living among us!
Hang
about!....
How can God be in heaven and on earth at the same time?
Let’s use
George Washington as an example.
There is no doubt
he was once alive on this earth but personally is now as visible to us today as
God is invisible.
Here
is George being sworn-in as first President…no just kidding…that’s a very close
resemblance.
(by David Morse)
In the same
way Jesus resembled the invisible God:
‘…Christ, who is the image of God…’
‘the Son…who is the image of the invisible God…by Him were all things created…all things were created by Him and for Him…’
…where ‘image’ comes from the Greek: eikon meaning ‘likeness’ or ‘resemblance’.
Better than a
resemblance….
Artists have portrayed Mr. President so we have images of him in
paintings, on dollar bills and even sculpted in rock.
In the same
way, we find this one:
‘the Son…the brightness of His glory, and the express image
of His person…’
Wow!... ‘express image’??....in human form?
This
comes from the Greek: charakter, the same word used for
the emperor’s engraving stamped on a Roman coin.
Okay, John the fisherman didn't have an i-phone in his back pocket, and it's probably just as well. Not only did
Jesus resemble God, He is the EXACT IMAGE of God in heaven!...so close,
just like identical twins, that the apostle Paul doesn’t distinguish any difference!
‘…our Lord Jesus Christ; which in its own time the blessed
and only Ruler shall show, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that
exercise lordship; who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light;
who no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal
might. Amen.’
Perhaps
‘doubting’ Thomas had more idea than most of us…
“My Lord and my God!”
2 Cor 4:4 Col 1:15 Heb 1:3 1 Tim 6:13-16
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