The Great Mystery

Read John 1:1-14

This passage records the mystery of godliness. The mystery is not that God is unknowable or that He is a trinity of persons, but the mystery is how the great God of eternity made himself flesh and took on Him finite humanity. It is the greatest message of the world. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. We can read and teach about all the miracles, sermons and parables, but the greatest event in history was found in a baby boy wrapped in swaddling clothes in Bethlehem.
If you read closely in scripture, 95-98% of all miracles benefited the flesh. The healing of the eye, hand legs, etc., the casting out of demons, raising the dead and the feeding of the five thousand all primarily dealt with the flesh.
In the passage of John, however, the miracle is for all humanity in terms of eternity. If God would not have come, we would never have the opportunity of salvation, freedom, Sprit. In fact, the very presence that we feel when we gather together in His name would consume and annihilate us because of the heat of His holiness. The only way we have any opportunity to enter boldly into His presence is because He decided to intervene.
When CEO’s find trouble at a particular branch of their business, they oftentimes send a representative to work things out. The representative comes along and negotiates a settlement that is pleasing to all parties involved.
The “business” that the Lord created in the Garden of Eden was so messed up, that all of the Old Testament “representatives” failed to accomplish the goal. He knew that, as the “owner”, He would have to step in and intervene. You are a part of the Kingdom of God because He came Himself. When things were so out of alignment, He intervened, and He made arrangements for you and I to walk in His Kingdom. That is a great mystery.