Jesus Christ's Physical Human Form Ended on the Cross - Biblical Vision of His Current Countenance to be Fulfilled in the Revelation

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Aug 15, 2008 at 16:12

Others have responded to the ‘why' question as well, though as this reader did provide an explanation, there was more to the answer that others thought might help. However, there is simplicity in the Biblical context, and here are the references necessary to escape the confusion of unbelief. In Philippians we read in Chapter 2: 5) Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6) Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8) And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross. 2:9) Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] on earth, and [things] under the earth; 11) And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father. We refer to Paul's writings here, because if anyone had a complete knowledge in those times of what the Hebrew Holy Scriptures say, it is him. His confrontation with Jesus Christ on the roads to Damascus turned a devout and devoted Jewish person into a saved and dedicated disciple of Jesus Christ, and those writings underscore the very necessary circumstance of Jesus Christ being in the flesh to fulfill the Word of the LORD as He assumed His relationship with humanity. In other exchanges, it is generally assumed that no true answer coming from the Holy Bible is going to be sufficient to turn a mind if that mind continues in unbelief. This response therefore does not seek conversion, for as mentioned, a Christian does not, nor cannot convert a person to Christ, but can only witness. The heart of the person seeking forgiveness and conversion must be sincerely seeking the heart and mind of Jesus Christ to be saved. Now the previous post, to which this response is directed, recognizes as satirical in context the answer that purports that the Islamic Prophet saw Yeshua in his vision and not Gabriel. In strict Biblical context, Gabriel does not have any Biblical directive to appear to anyone not called out by Almighty God for service to Him, such as the woman who gave birth to Jesus in complete obedience to Almighty God. There are other instances; this serves as a point to Jesus' temporary humanity. An entity labeled as Gabriel has been used in other extra-Biblical apparitions, serving there also to subvert the truth of the Holy Bible. So there would be the question that Gabriel did not have a Biblical imperative to speak to anyone outside of the Hebrew Holy Scripture. It is certain also, that any apparition outside of the Biblical context is not Jesus Christ either, for His next visit will come in such a spectacular way, there will be no mistaking Him then, just as the Islamic Prophet did in unbelief so many hundreds of years ago. ‘Why' is answered by saying that it says so in the Holy Bible, and as mentioned by another reader, it is just as easily answer in the Gospel of John, 3:16. But just as quickly, it must be remembered that unless the heart is prepared to accept the truth, it will be mired in confusion for the lack of belief. The bottom line will always be the same: ‘believe in the LORD Jesus Christ and be saved', Acts 16:31. Then there will be no need to ask, ‘why?'

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