1 Timothy 3:16
"And without controversy great is the Mystery of Godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
Stop and consider what it means for the infinite God to take on finiteness. Christ coming to this earth—in time. God in the flesh—is a mystery far beyond our finite mind’s ability to fully grasp. It is like trying to fit an entire ocean into a thimble. Yet, the Scriptures tell us that, like any human being, He grew tired, weary, and thirsty. He was acquainted with grief: a 'Man of Sorrows,’ as prophesied:"Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows" (Isaiah 53:4).
The shortest verse in the Bible, John 11:35, simply states, "Jesus wept." It reveals that He sorrowed in the flesh, just as we do. The point is to show us that, as our Substitute, He was not some 'Teflon man' gliding through life unaffected, as if acting in a play, or pretending in a role. Some claim that He never felt pain, or suffered, but this is false. No—His conception was real, His birth was real, His life was real, His suffering was real, and His obedient death was very real. As Philippians 2:8 declares, "And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
There was also a very real resurrection. Because of Who He is, it was impossible for His body or soul to see corruption, As Acts 2:31 testifies:"He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption.” Similarly, Acts 13:37 affirms: “But He, Whom God raised again, saw no corruption.”
He did not see or know corruption because He was without sin. He was and is the Spotless Lamb—righteous in His obedient perfection, obedient even unto death.
"Having made known unto us the Mystery of His Will, according to His Good Pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself” (Ephesians 1:9).
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