"To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."(Colossians 1:27)
I often think of how awesome it was for the disciples to be able to hangout with, eat with, spend their days and nights with, Jesus in his human form.
They were able to talk with Him, walk with Him and even hug Him. They could hear His voice, his laughing, His teaching and His singing.
They knew the color of His eyes, hair and beard. the look of His face, the shape of His nose, if he had an under-bite or over-bite. The smell of His clothes. If he snored or not. They knew the physical Jesus like no one else, because He was Immanuel, "God with us" (Matt 1:23). God became a physical man in the flesh to know us and for us to know Him and most importantly, to be our perfect sacrifice to end all sacrifices.
But Jesus said it best, "...it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. (John 16:7). Jesus knew that Him being accessible physically walking beside us in a fleshly body was great and all, but Him living in us would be glorious.
Immanuel is great and I praise God He came to provide The Way, but God in us is much better than God with us and Jesus knew that, and that was His plan all along. To stay with all believers, not just a few. To give us power that we didn't have alone. To live through us in a way that would bring Him glory and save all that would believe. I'm very glad that He came...but I'm also very glad that He didn't stay.
Vern
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