2,000 year later – Jesus: who is this man?
October 8, 2026
Jesus’ second coming
October 8, 2026Many people look upon God with fear and think of him as hard and unforgiving. The devil tries to make people see God as a severe judge, without pity, always watching for people to make mistakes, so he can punish them.
To show them that this is not true, Jesus came to live in this world. He wanted people to see God’s infinite love. The Son of God came from heaven to give people a clear picture of the Father.
The Bible says, ‘No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known’ (John 1:18). When one of Jesus’ disciples said, ‘Lord, show us the Father’, he answered, ‘Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, “Show us the Father”?’ (John 14:8,9).
Jesus talked about his work on this earth.
He said ‘the Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour’ (Luke 4:18).
This was his work. He went about doing good and healing all who were made sick by Satan. There were whole villages where there was not one cry of pain, for he had gone through and healed all the sick.
Love, mercy, and pity were shown in every act of his life. His heart was touched with tender love for people. The poorest and humblest were not afraid to come to him. Even little children wanted to be near him. Jesus did not live to please himself, but he cared thoughtfully for others. Every person was precious in his sight. He saw all human beings as people who needed to be saved.
The life Jesus lived shows us his character. His life also shows us God’s character.
He lived and suffered and died to save us. God let his dear Son leave the glory of heaven and come to a world spoiled by sin, under the shadow of death. He let his precious Son leave his presence and the worship of the angels, and let him suffer shame, hate, and death.
See him upon the cross! The perfect Son of God took upon himself the weight of sin.
But the Son of God did not give his life to make his Father love us. He did not die to make God willing to save us. No! ‘God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son’ (John 3:16). The Father does not love us because Jesus died for us. Jesus died because the Father loves us. Through Jesus Christ God poured out his infinite love upon a sinful world: ‘God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ’ (2 Corinthians 5:19).
Only the Son of God could save us. Only he who was one with God the Father could tell us about him. Only he who knew how high and how deep God’s love is could show it. Nothing but Jesus’ great sacrifice for us could make known how much the Father loves sinners.
God gave Jesus to live among men, to take their burdens and their sins, and to die for them. By becoming a man, Jesus could know how human beings felt and what they needed. He was one with God, but he will always be joined to the human race: ‘Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters’ (Hebrews 2:11).
Jesus is our Sacrifice, our Advocate, our Brother, standing in human form before his Father’s throne.
In giving up his Son to die for us, our heavenly Father made a great sacrifice. Such a great price should help us understand what God hopes we may become through Jesus.
The apostle John saw how high, deep, and broad God’s love is. John wanted to tell about it, but he could not find the right words to describe it, so he said, ‘See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God’ (1 John 3:1).
What a high value this places upon us!
By sinning, human beings became subjects of Satan. But through faith in Jesus and his death, they may become God’s children. There is no other love like his. Children of the heavenly King! Precious promise!
How wonderful to think about the great love of God for a world that did not love him! Maybe it’s time to meet Jesus.
Worth a try?
The Try Jesus! invitation is simple: come and see for yourself. Not through someone else’s filtered opinion, not relying on secondhand claims. But getting the eyewitness accounts, the primary sources, their own stories. As if you were there, front row.
Take your time. Doubts are welcome. Questions are honoured, and answers are promised. We know: it’s a journey.
