Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Jesus is exact visible representation of the Father, Not merely a mirror, The Father is Spirit, the Son who also was before the universe began, took on Human form, therefore we humans are now able to see the Father in the son. This is where you and others don't comprehend, Jesus took on flesh and was and is the Last Adam, the NEW Adam for all that believe in him. Our (mankind) first Adam failed to bring forth the image of God for which we were created for, and we ALL by being descendents of the first Adam are born into this world like Adam and Eve became. Sunful in nature,
knowing Good and Evil. God promised Adam he would die on the day he ate from the tree of KNOWLEDGE of good and evil.
WHAT DIED? we need to ask and answer this because physicallly he didnt die, and I mean on that very day God promised would happen if he disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit. So what died?? God's likeness, his image in which God created him to be and do. Anything done outside or opposite of God's commands is by definition evil, wicked, that which is directly opposed to God and his likeness.
Jesus (in his humanity, according to scripture, left eternity and took on the form of a man) and lived a perfect obedient life, and was the perfect example of what we are supposed to be. And then by the hands of evil men and YES also by the will of the Father Jesus became the Perfect sacrifice for our sins. By doing so he alone makes a way for us to be forgiven, redeemed, sins removed, and restored, back to fellowship with God, so that we can become what we were first created for. If you remember when they sineed God removed them from the Garden where God said needed to be done lest they eat from the Tree of Life and live forever, signifying mankind would also physically die. And God did what, he put two Angels at the east side of the Garden to Guard the way into the Garden....
The entrance into the (presence, fellowship, relationship of God) that was lost with our first parents has been restored!!!
And this why Jesus said I AM THE WAY, not a way, THE TRUTH, not a truth, THE LIFE, not merely a life! And NOONE will ever be restored, brought back into the Garden, Paradise, The Kingdom, and relationship with the Father except thru Him.
You see Jesus is the Spiritual Tree of Life! Which man was banned from eating (physically) in the garden until the promise God made when he pronounced judgement on the devil would come to pass per Genesis 3:15 Jesus is this seed prophesied in the Garden
The one that when we eat his body and drink his Blood, (BELIEVE IN HIM) we are Born Again and then become sons and daughters of the 2nd man, the Last Adam (Jesus Christ)
John 6:48-57
48 I
am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father:
so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND: There never was nor will there ever be no other Son (Begotten) which by the way means Unique, One of a kind.
We by believing in Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins, being BORN AGAIN become mirrors, reflections of the Father and the Son thru the power of the Holy Spirit now dwelling in us. We become that which was lost in the Garden, thru the First Adam.
1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Now being born from above the indwelling of the 3rd person of the Godhead ismade possible thru the one Time sacrifice of Jesus Christ the ONLY (BEGOTTEN< UNIQUE< God the Son.
BELOW ARE SOME of the scriptures of who JEsus Christ AND NO OTHER is:
What did Thomas proclaim when Jesus, after having been crucified, then risen and then appeared in a physical body before the disciples?
John 21:27-29
27. Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28
Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”…
Jesus is God
Hebrews 1:8-11
But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."10 And: "You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.11 They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment;
Jesus again shown and proclaimed to be the creator of all things
1 John 1:1-3
That which was from the beginning, which
we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,
concerning the Word of life—
Jesus is the Word of Life, just like it is said in John chapter 1
John 11:
25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. 26 And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Jesus is the one whom when believed in, per his own Words, promises Eternal Life. I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE HIM and I have been Born Again! I would lying to say anything else.
Mark 2: 5-7
Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”6 But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:7 “Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Jesus forgives Sins, only God can do that.
And I could go, He spoke and the seas became still, he healed the sick, raised the dead, he feeds thousands with 5 loaves of bread, and 2 fish, He boldly proclaims HE and the Father are One, and I finish with these scriptures which are still only part of who he proclaimed himself to be.
John 5:19-24
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the
Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[e] does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father.
Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment,
but has passed from death to life.