The Revelation of Jesus this Christmas

Revelation of Jesus

The whole scripture is given for the revelation of Jesus. All that is written from the Prophets to the advent of Christ is for the revelation of Jesus. However, the greatest hindrance had been in perceptions and faulty expectations. Being christocentric has taught us that all of scriptures has one Central theme, which is - The Revelation of Jesus!

Like Jesus would say, search the scriptures even the Law and the Prophets they testified of me. He went on to even say that Abraham rejoiced to see his days. All of scriptures culminates in the revelation of Jesus.

There'll be no Christmas if there was no Jesus Christ coming forth. This makes the Christmas Season so vital. It's acknowledged as the beginning of Advent, but you know what many many things had transpired to see the fruition of the Blessed Virgin Mary immaculate conception. Infact discussing the whole gist would be story for another day.

Does it really matter the true date as much as the validity of the immaculate conception, the advent of Jesus Christ who now lives in us as the hope of glory?
At least in this season, even the secular ventures would pause to give credence to gospel. Wouldn't this then be a very good time to gift men with the revelation of Jesus?

Heaven was on party mode when the age long declarations by several Sage finally found fulfillment and Satan couldn't hinder. Angels quickly announced the end of hostility, the goodwill and peace to men.

Pause, the expectations, perceptions and faulty information of the Jews was a big barrier to receiving the Christ. Receiving in the flesh what is spiritually discerned, attempting to explain or reason out what should be first caught and taught by faith was one challenge to the spiritual progress of these Jews. Even the erudite scholar Paul Esq of Tarsus couldn't receive this Revelation of Jesus in the flesh. Yet 1 Peter 1:8-10 would say the Prophets longed to receive Jesus. Infact these all died in faith.

After the futile attempt to walk by sight, Paul would say also, henceforth know we no man after the flesh.

All that has been on God's lip all along is: the revelation of Jesus!

Jesus Christ is the logic of God.

Jesus is the express image of the FATHER. Our Father God, is revealed in Christ Jesus. His love and mercy so irreversible. His commitment to us, so undeniable. If we see Jesus we've seen the Father. No wonder Jesus would respond to the plea of Phillip when he asked: "show us the father and it would suffice us"
Jesus rather asked him again, have you been with me this long and haven't seen the Father?

When Christ is revealed, God is glorified!

It took the same Paul who was versatile in the law another 3years in the University of the Spirit in the Campus at the desert of Arabia to find answers to his two questions on the day he was abducted.

Who art thou Lord - Question of Doctrine
What would you have me do - Question of Practical Mission

We definitely should give ourselves to the school of the Spirit learning the Revelation of Jesus.

Again, talking about the Prophets. God would judge the greatest by the greatest reality of the revelation of Jesus. Lemme share thoughts from Sekou A.

For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.   Luke 7:28

If we will accept the testimony of Jesus, John the Baptist was really a prophet. The list of Old Testament prophets reads like a who is who in God’s word. The comments of Jesus about John challenges our understanding of what a prophet really is. If Jesus had not said this, most people would likely chose Moses or Elijah as the greatest of the Old Testament Prophets.

The Old Testament prophets spoke of the Messiah as someone who would be operational in their future. John the Baptist actually went beyond Elijah and Moses in prophetic ministry – He prepared the way for the hearts of the Jew to receive Jesus by bearing witness to the light that walked on earth in the person of Jesus.

We know from the word of God that while John performed no miracle (See John 10:41), Moses and Elijah moved strongly in the miraculous. Jesus however insists that John is the greatest Old Testament prophet. This must mean that miracles are not the proof of true prophetic ministry. Moses, Elijah and others would speak of the Messiah in a futuristic sense – in a sense, they could only say “Jesus is coming, he is not here yet but we assure you that he is coming”. John however came bearing direct witness to the light. He could point his finger and declare – behold the Lamb of God. He could say “Jesus is here in my presence, that is him”

When Jesus said that he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than John he was showing that while it was true that John the Baptist was the greatest of the Old Testament prophets, he was not born again. No one could be born again until Jesus had risen from the dead.  The one who is a son through the new birth is greater than the greatest prophet in the Old Testament.

Many Christians today function in the mindset of Moses and are unable to press into that of John the Baptist – Yet we are to operate beyond that of John. They speak of certain spiritual activities that bring Jesus to a meeting for until those activities Jesus was not present in their world but elsewhere. In their world, Jesus is never really present but always needing to come. In their mindset Jesus is never really there when a situation requires his attention, thus there are a number of spiritual activities that are used to bring him from the future. John would not speak that way; John was the greatest because unlike Moses he could say “Jesus is here right now”. The thing to note though is that John still had a disadvantage, he saw Jesus as external to himself, as someone coming towards him, standing in his presence, and afterwards walking away from him. Thus in John’s world we can speak of Jesus coming and going.

As sons, we think in the light of the New Testament. We are greater than John the Baptist simply because we can confidently say that Jesus does not come and go away from us. He is always with us. In fact, stated more factually, he is always in us. This would mean that the Christian could manifest the presence of Jesus at anytime for he is the temple of God and the holy of holies today where God abides.

14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15  And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Ex 33:14-15

Moses was correct to pray that the presence of God would go with him. He was aware of the fact that the presence of God was not always with him. Under that dispensation he was right to say that if the presence of God would not go with him he would not go.

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 1 Cor 6:15 – 17

When it comes to the presence of God, we do not make it a thing of prayer like Moses did. The Christian is to know.  We do not pray that the presence of God go with us. The Christian is a Son of God, and he knows that not only is he the temple of God but our very bodies are the members of Christ. In simple terms this means that when our bodies are present, Christ is present. we have him always.

We do not watch him come and go even if it appears that way to our senses. We are truly one spirit with him. In our spirit nature we are one with Christ in aspiration, in goals and in directions! In reality the two have become one and his Spirit multiplies and magnifies that which our spirits stand for.

To be continued...