The Lord Jesus, the only spiritual hope for mankind, existed before he was born of a virgin in Bethlehem. Astounding details about him are stated in John 1, which are a mind blow. The specifics there are definitely about him and revealed by comparing verses 1 and 14:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
There should be no doubt about the deity of Christ, since Scripture confirms it. He is also the true God and eternal life. Also, we know that Jesus was not called Jesus before he came to earth. He was definitely called the Word and not Michael (as the Jehovah’s Witnesses think). He was given the name Jesus by Joseph, as the angel of the Lord told him to do, because he would save his people from their sins:
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” –which means, “God with us.” (Mat 1:20-23)
His earthly name Jesus (being changed from the Word) indicates his chief mission here, though there are nearly a dozen reasons why Jesus came to earth. As strange as it may sound to some, the Lord Jesus will also get another name change. It is a Bible mystery what that name will be, but that name will be written on the overcomers:
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. (Rev 3:12)
So the Word became flesh, died on the cross for our sins and rose again in a flesh and bone body (Lk. 24:39). He is now seated on the throne of God on the right side of the Father. He took on flesh at the incarnation and will forever have a body of flesh, but it is a glorified body unlike ours now. Do you know him? Do you have saving faith? Do you know the Biblical truth about eternal life?
