Which was more of a shock for Jesus? You have Him giving up his place in heaven, Becoming a man,
(Php 2:5-7 NAS77) Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.And then you have Him becoming sin,
(2Co 5:21 NAS77) He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.We focus on the passion. Mel Gibson made a whole movie about it that I imagine much of America watched. We see the pain. We see the suffering. We rejoice in thanksgiving because Jesus was willing to suffer and die for us. But the pain started before that.
I can picture the suffering of the beating and the cross. Because I’ve never been there, it may be that I can’t really get to it, but I can picture it. What I can’t picture is being in the form of God and giving that up to become a human being. The shock must have been tremendous.
Of course trying to compare that to God, who knew no sin to actually be coming sin so that we could have salvation is difficult. But it bears meditating on. It’s important for us to understand what John 3:16 means.
(Joh 3:16 KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.Now that is something to meditate on.
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