The Reality of Jesus

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the one who was, who is, and who will be, the Lord Almighty." This quote is from Revelation 1:8. It is one passage that links us to who is Jesus and who is God.

The world has been struggling with the reality of who is Jesus since the first generation of Christians died and rose to heaven. The first generation is also the "eye witness" generation. These are the ones who saw Jesus. Even a few of the eye witnesses needed a little assistance to believe. One of the Twelve, who was Thomas, needed some help to believe. Once he saw Jesus stand before him after a week, Thomas exclaimed, "My Lord and my God." Thomas believed because he saw Jesus raised from the dead. Even in this time of miracle, Jesus speaks to Thomas and to us as well. He tells Thomas, "You believe because you have now seen me. Blessed are those who will believe even though they will not see me." Jesus is talking about us. He is saying that we, who are many generations separated from the eye witnesses, believe in a Savior and Lord who lived, died, and rose to life that we've never seen. It is awesome.

But who is Jesus? Is he man or God? Is he 50% man and 50% God? The world has struggled with that question for millenia. And the reality of Jesus doesn'i make sense. We can't wrap our logical and rational minds around the belief. Many popular points of view attempt to remove the "Godness" out of Jesus. It is being reported that Jesus was a man only. Jesus was, and contiues be human. He showed the apostles the scars of the nails, thorns, and whips. Yet Jesus is raised from the dead. Only God did that. So what's a person to do? He or she BELIEVES that Jesus is not 50/50. He's 100/100. Jesus is fully human and fully God. Jesus came to give to us life from death, forgiveness from sins, and life everlasting. The Bible tells us that. That is what we believe.

And that belief fuels and spurns us on to living with God living in His promises. Jesus is both God and man. He was sent in the world to save it, to save us by himself. Only the Alpha and the Omega, the one who was, who is, and who will be does that. And we are healed and renewed.

Remember this today. We believe in one we cannot see who changed our lives. And it's awesome.