THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - PART 284

God descended and man ascended but throughout God revealing Himself as a faithful creator, Saviour, redeemer, and friend!Indeed, with God, there is no shadow of turning away from His creation!

This explains why God did not send someone else to suffer the pain and agony of the cross. No sir! God Himself left His Glory, condescended to become as we are, yet without sin. God becoming in fashion as we are, taking upon Himself, the form of a servant.

God knew real full that He was purposely going to be crucified, dying a cruel death upon a Roman cross. Not that He as a Son did anything to deserve such cruel punishment. Still, JESUS stood before the judge to be tried, being falsely accused by religious opponents. As it is written in the scriptures, “They hated me without having a cause!”

The judge found no fault in JESUS and therefore He was undeserving of any judicial penalty. In this case, the judge did not throw up his hands. Rather, He washed his hands before delivering JESUS into the hands of His accusers. It was obvious that JESUS' accusers wanted JESUS dead.
The religious leaders had stirred up the people, calling for JESUS to be crucified.

People fanatically mocked, scoffed, whipped, spat, pulled at his beard, before putting on His head a crown of thorns. The accusers also made a Roman cross for Him to carry to the place named Golgotha where they crucified JESUS.

Still, God was in the man JESUS. In fact, JESUS was the two Seeds of promise given by the Holy Spirit of God, the promise being “that the seed of a woman would bruise the serpent’s head.” (Note: the serpent being the devil or satan and sometimes called Lucifer or the deceiver)

This promise was fulfilled by JESUS at Calvary, where JESUS laid down His natural life, offering His life as a sacrificial substitution offering. JESUS who had never sinned gave up His life for man’s redemption, providing an opportunity for Adam’s prone to sin race to return to God!

The Spirit indwelling JESUS being God who for our sakes manifested Himself as a Son - the Holy Spirit veiled in flesh. All the fullness of the Godhead did dwell within that body! Yes, all that God is as a Son was manifested in that body. What do the scriptures state?

If you have seen me, said Jesus, then you have seen the Father! I and MY Father are ONE. God who made the world was in the world. JESUS is the wisdom - the Word of God. The book of John records that He had seen, and that He had handled the Word of Life. The word of life referred to here is JESUS!

JESUS, as a man was crucified and buried, rising again the third day. The Holy Spirit who indwelt the man JESUS, raised the man JESUS from death prior to the body of JESUS entering the state of corruption. The Holy Spirit saying, that He would not leave “His body" to see corruption.

The Holy Spirit of God is a quickening (living) Spirit. Jesus arose from the tomb NOT as one of Adam’s descendants! Rather, JESUS died and was raised to life by a new Adam - the New Adam being the LORD Himself. Jesus was still clothed in flesh but it was a new kind of flesh - a spiritual flesh!

Yes, JESUS still had bones but JESUS had no longer blood sustaining His life. The life within JESUS was eternal spirit life! But still JESUS spoke as before. He was recognizable as before. The body of JESUS was the Holy Spirit body, for it was God who had laid aside His glory for our sakes. Now JESUS is returning to His Glory and He is taking His body with Him!