This week’s post follows my previous posts, The Holy Trinity and God the Father.
My goal is to share more insight about Jesus’s deity, God’s only begotten Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
Jesus Christ is present from the beginning of time to the end and is God’s blessed promise throughout His word, the Holy Bible.
He is the hope for all mankind that humbled Himself and came down from Heaven to dwell with us on Earth.
He taught us how to live according to God’s ways and challenged the unfaithful who lived under the pretense of godliness.
He lovingly called those who had fallen short of God’s perfection to follow Him to a better life—a life of freedom and joy through His forgiveness, and to follow His plan for their lives.
Jesus epitomizes God’s love for mankind through His willing sacrifice of self.
He is known as God, the Word, Prince of peace, Messiah, the anointed One, Christ, Savior, sacrificial Lamb, the good Shepherd, Light of the world, King of kings, LORD of lords, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, to name a few.
There is much to know and love about our LORD Jesus Christ as evidenced in His many names that testify to His unique personhood in the Holy Trinity.
Today we will focus on three names that signify His deity, His servanthood, and His return as a mighty warrior.
Creator God
As we learned in my post, The Holy Trinity, Jesus is God—the Son of God, the second person of the Godhead, the Holy Trinity.
He was in the beginning and partnered with God the Father in the creation of all the world. (John 1:1-5)
The apostle Paul testifies of Jesus’s deity.
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:16-17
Jesus created the beauty that we see all around us.
He created us and placed us in a specific era of time to fulfill His plans.
We are living on this earth now because He placed us here for His purpose of serving Him at this very moment in history.
Our LORD Jesus created all the natural beauty that we can see with our own eyes and what we cannot yet see from our vantage point. There will be a day when we will know and experience these mysteries of His creation if we belong to Him.
He is the master Creator who has given us all this because He wanted to; because He loves beauty, because He loves us.
Lamb of God
God our Father always has a plan, and His plan for His Son since creation was to come to earth in human form to die for our sins.
Since the very first sin of mankind in the Garden of Eden, God gave us His promise of a Savior. (Genesis 3:14-15)
God’s promise of a sacrificial Lamb can be found throughout scripture told by the prophets in the Old Testament. (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6-7; Isaiah 53; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Micah 5:2)
This promise was fulfilled by the act of Jesus’s supernatural birth and ministry on earth as witnessed by His apostles, friends, family, and others who dropped everything to surrender to and follow Him as LORD and Savior. (Matthew 1:18-24; Luke 2:4-12; 4:14-21; John 1:1-15; John 3:16-20)
Jesus defeated Satan by doing the unthinkable—accepting ridicule, extreme torture, and death on a cross because He loved us.
Jesus came to earth willingly
- in obedience to God the Father to be the sacrificial Lamb for all mankind
- as a Servant for us even though He had sovereign power and unmatched wealth
- to display meekness (power under control) as an example for us
- to teach us to be humble and serve one another rather than take advantage of others.
Jesus called them together and said, “You know those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:42-45
Jesus defeated death and the grave which is miraculous and awe-inspiring news for us!
He resurrected from the grave and is alive seated at the right hand of the God the Father making intercession for us and preparing to come back for us as our mighty warrior King who will take on and put an end to Satan and his followers.
Warrior King
Jesus walked humbly during His first appearance on earth and is well known as the sacrificial Lamb; but He will return as a Conqueror, the Lion of Judah, the King of all kings.
At His second coming, He will come as the mighty Warrior who defeats Satan and his devotees.
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation 19:11-16
While exiled to the island of Patmos, John the Apostle had visions of the future of our world’s end time events and is told by Jesus Christ Himself to write it all down. This is the Book of Revelation.
If you’ve never read Revelation, I encourage you to with a study Bible that will help explain the imagery and mysteries you will read about.
We are told that there is a special blessing for us when we read the Book of Revelation.
While a teenager in 7th grade, a friend of mine at school was reading a fictional book about the end times. I was immediately interested in what she was telling me, so she gave me the book after she finished reading it. It was scary, but fascinating.
For someone who at that age didn’t like to read, I devoured the book and had many questions.
Although it’s been many years since, if I ever get the chance, I will tell her how that book served to transform my life and my thoughts about God and my need for salvation.
I can attest that reading Revelation has blessed me because I am no longer afraid of end time events but understand much more of what will be taking place.
It has helped me to center my life in preparation for Jesus’s return and to see how events now taking place are setting up this colossal conflict that will be won by our Savior Jesus over Satan and evil.
God the Son, Jesus Christ, will consummate His role that has been written about since the beginning of time when He and God the Father created the world.
The world belongs to Him and He paid a dear price for all of us. He is coming back to do away with Satan and set up His eternal kingdom on earth where He will rule righteously.
This is good news! We will be alive and serving God in His eternal kingdom with no more fear and sadness.
There will be truth and fairness. We will not be plagued by evil or illness, simply because Jesus will rule over creation.
What a glorious day!
Join me for my next post, God, the Holy Spirit.
May you be blessed through Jesus Christ, the only Way to the Father and blessed eternal life. (John 14:6)
If you want to have a relationship with God and are not sure how or where to start, see my previous posts Relationship with God and Relationship with God – Part 2.
