John 1:1-3
1 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 – The same was in the beginning with God.
3 – All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Many people assume that Jesus’ existence began with His miraculous birth in the tiny town of Bethlehem just a little over 2,000 years ago, but in reality He has always existed. When the Virgin Mary was conceived of the Holy Ghost as described in the Gospels, that simply marked the beginning of His human life.
The 33 years that Jesus spent on earth was just a tiny fraction of His “life”. Not only was He with the Heavenly Father when the heavens and the earth were created, but He Himself did the “work”!
When we refer to “God”, we are actually referring to the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Ghost. Each of these are separate beings, but each of them is also fully God, and all three of them have existed forever - and they will continue to exist for all eternity.
You see, God has no beginning and no end, and since Jesus is fully God, He also has no beginning and no end. He always was, and He always will be. He is our Lord and Saviour – the great “I am”.
It is very important that we understand that Jesus wasn’t “created” at the point of Mary’s conception. Instead, He left His glorious throne up in Heaven to temporarily come down to earth in human form in order to shed His perfect blood on the cross for the remission of our sins. Then a short while after His resurrection, He ascended back up to Heaven where He once again took His exalted place on the throne.
When Jesus said “It is finished” right before the death of His earthly body, He wasn’t referring to His life. Instead, He was referring to the mission that God the Father had sent Him down to earth to complete in the first place: making a way for a lost world to be forgiven of our sins.
Isn’t is great to know that we have a Saviour who always has been, and always will be? And isn’t it wonderful that we serve such a merciful, living God?
Truely!