Jesus the Divine Messiah was BOTH the "messenger" and the "message"..
The Message:.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will
pass away, but My
words will not
pass away.
The Messenger:
John 1: 4-18 ...
Jesus: the spiritual LOGOS...extracts + annotations in parens mine
And the
Word (spiritual LOGOS) became flesh (sarx), and dwelt among us, and
we saw His glory, (heavenly)
glory as of the
Only begotten ("not made" /ultimate, epitome New Adam)
from the Father,
full of grace and truth...
For the Law was given through Moses;
grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
No one has seen God at any time;
the ONLY begotten God (-Man) who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
Jesus the Christ "APPEARED" via the miraculous incarnation. Luke 1 through 2.
Galatians 4:4
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Q: And for WHAT PURPOSE(s) was he manifested?
Here are some of His completed "
missions":
Jesus the Christ, The Divine Messiah, Son of God, Son of Man, True God, True Man
CHANGED the world because of HIS "works" / words / messages/ missions:
1.
Message...spiritually true WORDS
2. Miracles...spiritual and super-natural ACTS to AUTHENTICATE His message AND:
3. Prophesies...spiritual fore-sight
4. Teaching...of spiritual principles, sometimes in parables
5. Preaching...the Law and interpreting it, adding precepts, warning unbelievers
6. Ministry...a perfect example to follow...sin free
MISSIONS:
Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
1 Corinthians 15:3... Christ died FOR our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also died FOR sins once FOR all,
the just (JESUS) for the unjust (US),
so that He might bring us to God,(RECONCILIATION!)
having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;