And Let There Be God. Pt 2

 (Cont. from Pt 1)

But then again, would if surprise you if I said,

…God did have a beginning and an end

He was not only born, but He died.

Not in the traditional sense of the word, mind you. When it comes to God, well, He set a precedent. He broke the mold. 

Isaiah, the Prophet had plenty to say on the topic of God’s birth and His subsequent death.

Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and will call His name, Emmanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

For you see, on a date certain God, the Father of all creation, sent His Son to the earth, and irrevocably and permanently joined the seed of Heaven with the seed of mankind to form the most unique being in recorded, (or unrecorded) history. 100 percent God. 100 percent man. The Son of God put on flesh and in so doing limited Himself to one place at one time; forevermore. Whereas, prior to His advent, He was as much spirit being, as the other two persons of the Godhead. 

And later Isaiah speaks of the death of God when he says,

But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and by His stripes, we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

An event predicted by the prophets of old. The death of God. And though we have been assured by some that ‘God is not dead,’ you could not have proven it by His twelve disillusioned disciples, and to the thousands of men and women, boys and girls whom He touched, and who had touched Him. So inestimably paradoxical when viewed in the light of the self-existent, ever-existent One of Genesis Chapter 1, John Chapter 1 and Hebrews Chapter 7.

The eternally existent Creator of the universe, He, we have been assured, who is without beginning and without end, Himself experienced something altogether unprecedented among the eons.

Saints and sinners, alike are as familiar with that amazing verse in the Gospel of John, as they are the song which speaks to the tenor of it.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

The God-man. The Creator of the entire universe Who being big enough to fill up His entire Creation, but Who became small enough to inhabit the body of a man. He who could not fully identify with the creation of His hands; until He put on flesh and assumed an identity like unto our own. And men and women, boys and girls who could not fully identify with the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient One in a manner in which they, ultimately, found themselves able.

I think no passage of scripture expresses the role and intent of our amazing Savior any better.

We have not a high priest who cannot be touched by the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all ways tempted like as we are; yet without sin.

Let us come boldly to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy, and grace to help in the time of need. (Hebrews 4:15-16)

Christ has come and lived among us, and has sacrificed Himself on our behalves. But having died a sacrificial death on the cross, this is not a God who remained dead. He who laid down His life took it up again, and ascended into the heavens to resume His place next to His Father who sent Him. 

And what a perfectly amazing song which speaks to the finished work of that perfectly amazing Savior.

“Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now I’m found

Was blind, but now I see.”


 By William McDonald, PhD. From (Mc)Donald's Daily Diary. Vol. 42. Copyright pending

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