Our Eternal Son!
Jesus said to them,
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
before Abraham was, I
AM.”
John 8: 58
When Christ was born, eternity invaded time.
Jesus Christ is the eternal God the Son, Second
Person of the Trinity, who entered the lineage of
humanity for the purpose of redeeming the
world.
When He arrived in Bethlehem, it didn’t mark
the beginning of His life. He had always
been,
just as He will always be. He was alive before
Abraham!
Douglas McCready in He Came Down From Heaven
wrote, “The doctrine of Christ’s preexistence did not
result from theological curiosity or
speculation."
"As early as first decade of the
church, Christians
saw preexistence as necessary for understanding
Christ’s person and significance of human salvation.”
This means God the Son loves you so much
He
temporarily vacated the throne in heaven, took
upon Himself humanity, accepted death on the
cross, and rose to give you eternal life. That’s
worth a lifetime of hallelujahs!
"The doctrine of preexistence reminds us forcefully
that God himself has entered into our circumstance
in order to redeem and restore
his human creatures
along with the rest of his creation."
Douglas McCread
