Why Did God Come to Earth as Jesus?

Why did Jesus come to earth as a man? Is that a question asked too many times to still be fresh? We can answer the question simply- “Because God so loved the world” Yet in this season another insight comes to me that I may just have touched on in my blogs but not fully That's the issue- can we grasp the whole meaning of the WHY it had to be that way.

I have long been enthralled by the mystery of the infinity of God. His power is infinite. He knows all things, He created a universe that is always expanding physically as scientist are looking further into space. As electronic microscopes and other ways of measuring the infinitesimal, building blocks keep getting smaller and smaller and more complicated. The human body no doubt has complexities that will keep scientists and the medical profession preoccupied for ever, to understand all aspects. One could also ask philosophical questions like, “If God is all powerful and good, why doesn't he solve the world's problems in a blink of an eye?”

The more I think about God, and I have been asking questions for over 7 decades, the more I am convinced that I know only a very slight amount of the whole nature of God. How much more is God, than suggested by the above questions? I feel lost, bewildered, and humiliated to think that I have thought that I know about God to any extent. Actually, the more I think, the less I believe that I know much of the entirety of God- what he really is like as the whole of his nature. This is where Christmas comes in.

God did want us to know something about himself. Not his whole nature; we can push that out endlessly with no assurance of satisfaction. But what was important to God that we should know about him? What really does he care about, for us to know? What is important to him for us to know? That is what Jesus came to show us. He did not answer all our questions about God; only what was really important to God for us to know about him. To study Jesus is to learn what was in the mind of God in sending Jesus. This is a life long pursuit. I expect we will have major surprises about God when we get to Heaven! We can only learn here and now what God wanted to reveal about himself in sending Jesus. (And later from the Spirit) I couldn't more than begin to say here what God wants to tell us through Jesus, but we know he waned to declare that he is basically love to us in every situation. That he has a way for us to live that is superb beyond the imagination of mankind. He also wanted us to know that he loves us in spite of our childish, rebellious heart that is often very foolish. He even takes the blame for us and forgives us of all that.

Jesus came to show and tell us about the nature and will of God for us. God is so different infinitely that we would have no grasp of who he is had he not become one of us to radiate forth his true nature- at least what he wants us now to know about him. (I have mused to wonder if he has come to all of his fallen nature- animals- atoms- in many other forms to show who he is. But that is another subject.) We just see that he had to become one of us as we would not have grasp what was most important to God for us to know. Yes, Christmas can have more meaning for us every year as long as we live, Because God has a lot more to show us about himself, I am convinced. (See the blog “God our Loving Creator” 2/5/13 for more on this infinite God.)