How does one talk about God the Son? Who is he? Well, he is the God who became incarnate as a man in history, the man Jesus of Nazareth. This is why the Apostle's Creed states 'Conceived by the Holy Spirit, and 'Born of the virgin Mary.' He is identified as the Son of the Father. Not a son in the sense that he was the offspring of God but in the sense that he had a Father - Son relationship. Christianity has long held that the Son existed along with the Father in eternity passed and that there has never been a time when the Son did not exist alongside the Father. Afterall, the Father couldn't be the Father without the Son.
Why did God the Son incarnate himself? Well, Jesus' mission on earth was to announce the coming of the 'Kingdom of Heaven' which he accomplished through preaching, miracles, and signs; feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and fulfilling the Law according to Moses and the Prophets. What is this kingdom you ask? The rule of God breaking into the rule of man. The day of salvation where men may turn to God and he will be their God and they will be His people! All of the fulfillment and plans set forth by the Father are accomplished through the Son.
He is the very image (icon) of the Father. He is God incarnate, the divine becoming one of us while still being divine. Everything we can know about the Father and the Son is manifested in Jesus. He is God bridging the divide and revealing himself to us, giving himself to us. He reveals himself to be the God who gives himself.
He is the God who gave of himself even unto death. The incarnate God chose to die a criminal's death and became the sacrifice for sin so that all those who put their faith in him will have the blood of Christ, who did no wrong, as their defense before the holy judgement seat of God. Furthermore, the Son is the God who conquers death! After dying himself he was raised from the dead; not merely 'waking up', not as a zombie, and not having never actually died, but actually rising from the dead whole and completely, with a new body that could never die. He is the God who became what the Scriptures call 'The First Fruits' from among the dead, the 'template' if you will, for all those who put their faith in him, that we can hope, and have good reason to hope, in a bodily resurrection after death.
Furthermore still, he is the God who having descended to earth ascended back into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father, with every power and authority under him to fulfill the will of the Father and mediates now between us and the Father so that we may be one with the Father as the Son is one with the Father.
Finally, he is the God who will come again and will finally be victorious over all things. The will of the Father will be completed because Jesus will return and the Kingdom of God will outshine and overcome the Kingdom of Man. He will bring to complete fruition the justice, hope, peace, and love that was promised so long ago when the Scriptures were written.
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