"Guess Who!"

 "The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" (John 12:34 KJV)

  "For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven's Armies will make this happen!" (Isaiah 9:6-7 NLT)

 Well, as deep of a topic that this might be, on the surface it is really not that hard to comprehend! Jesus has said, more than once, that He would rise again; yet, understandably, most everyone that heard what He said, did not really understand what that meant, "Rise Again," was really not part of their vocabulary! 

 Even after the fact, many still did not understand what had happened; there were several different versions of what took place. One such version was that He never did in the first place; another was, that He was just a ghost or raised up in the spirit, as if His body remained in the earth. 

 Please believe me when I say this: You must believe who Jesus was, is, and forever will be! He does not change; the same Jesus will always be: "KING of all kings, and LORD of all lords!" The Son of Man, was the Son of God, for a very important reason: because He needed to take on the form of man, so that He could redeem mankind! He came in the flesh, but was still God in the flesh, only made in the fashion that He could die! 

 I know that there are many people who don't get that, as I have described it as plainly as I could possible try, and they still have that same answer: 'I just don't get it!' There are many things in the Bible that I don't understand, but who Jesus was, why He came as a man, and why He needed to die, is not one of those things that I don't understand!

 What say you...

"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe of his testimony. John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He came into the very world he created, but the world didn't recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. But to all who believe him and accept him, he gave the right to become the children of God. They are reborn - not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son. John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, "This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.'" From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses, but God's unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us." (John 1:1-18 NLT)