05/01/2026
"The Truth About Jesus: He Is God”
This aims to show that knowing the truth means knowing Jesus, because Jesus is God manifested in the flesh and the only means of salvation.
John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” If we truly believe what is written in the Bible, then we must also believe what this verse plainly states. The Word is God Himself. Through God, the heavens were made, and every wonder of this world. John 1:3 “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made.”
John 1:14 says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” The only One who came in the flesh to save humanity is Jesus, after the first humans failed to obey God. These verses connect to tell us that the Word was God, and the Word became flesh, saying that the God who created the heavens and the earth is Jesus. Jesus is God manifested in the flesh. Now, you might ask why God had to be in the flesh and dwell with the sinful people.
The disobedience of the first humans brought sin, and sin brought separation from God. In the old days, as described in Leviticus 16, there was an annual Day of Atonement when the high priest entered the Most Holy Place and offered sacrifices for himself and the people to cover the sins of the entire nation of Israel. Blood represented life, and life had to be given to cover sin. Leviticus 17:11 “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls.” But it did not remove the sins, but only covered them temporarily, which had to be repeated every year.
Hebrews 9:22 "In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." A blood sacrifice is required to cleanse humanity from sin.
Hebrews 10:3-4 "But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins."
It takes the blood of the perfect lamb to free us from the bo***ge of sins. A flesh had to dwell among us to be the mediator between God and humanity so that sin could be fully dealt with once and for all. Hebrews 10:10 “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Only God in the flesh could provide a once-for-all sacrifice
This truth was not revealed suddenly in the New Testament; it was foretold from the very beginning.
In my previous journal, I wrote about Genesis 3:15, when God spoke to the serpent after Adam and Eve sinned: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” This shows the conflict between the serpent’s seed and the woman’s seed. The bruising of the heel points to Satan striking the Messiah, while the crushing of the serpent’s head shows that the Messiah would ultimately defeat evil. This verse, known as the Protoevangelium, is the first announcement of God’s plan to send a Savior. Both the Old and New Testaments reveal the same promise, that God would send the Messiah, the chosen and anointed Savior, to redeem humanity.
Old Testament: Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given… and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
New Testament: Matthew 1:21-23 “She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
These verses from the Old and New Testaments connect to reveal the same truth. The Messiah, the Savior, the Word who became flesh, and God manifested in the flesh is Jesus. He is the perfect lamb whose precious blood would wash away the curse of our sins, which is eternal death. Jesus is the fulfilment of the Old Testament prophecies and all of God's promises. No one else must be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace " but God alone, and His name is Jesus.
During His time on earth, Jesus openly revealed who He was. In John 10:30, He said, “I and the Father are one.” In John 14:9, He also said, “Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father.” Through His words and His life, Jesus made it clear that God is revealing Himself through Him. There is no more than one God. There is only one God. Deuteronomy 6:4 makes this clear: “The Lord is one.” But because of people’s pride and their corrupt expectations of what the Messiah should be, seeing Jesus in His humble state made it hard for them to believe, and they even accused Him of blasphemy.
Seeing and understanding humanity's vulnerability, Jesus, being fully God and fully human, chose to pursue us and to let people know that He is fair, He had to be fully human to understand the weaknesses of the flesh and to be able to demonstrate to the people how important it is to walk by faith and not by sight. Jesus' journey on earth was never easy and was also the worst. But Jesus did not fail to show the people that our faith in God gives us the courage to face death. He knew about His death, but He demonstrated. He endured the excruciating pain because in His thoughts, there was you and me.
And Jesus, being fully God, was raised from the dead and lives forever. His plan will always prevail, so will His promises.
Romans 10:9 "If you declare with your mouth that 'Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Jesus is the only saving name. As stated in Acts 4:12, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
