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- To Subject the World to Humanity (Hebrews 2:5) Jesus was born to subject the world to come to us, not to the angels. That’s what Hebrews 2:5 says: “For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.”
- to Bring many sons to Glory by Tasting Death for Everyone (Hebrews 2:5–10) Jesus came to bring sons and daughters to glory by tasting death for everyone.
- To be made perfect by suffering, so that he could sanctify us (Hebrews 2:10c–11) Jesus was born to make humans holy and to sanctify us. It is fitting that God “should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- To Adopt us into Jesus’s Family (Hebrews 2:12–13) Jesus was born to be our brother, and so bring us into the family of God. Jesus is our brother. God is our father.
- Jesus had to be born because of mankind's sin. God created Adam and Eve and placed them in a beautiful environment that supplied their every need. In the Garden of Eden our original human parents found food plentiful, animals tame and a loving teacher—God Himself—accompanying them and teaching them everything they needed to know.
- Jesus had to be born because God wanted to reveal His own character to humanity. God wanted to reveal His righteous character to Adam and Eve and to all of mankind so they could become like Him in mind and spirit.
- Jesus had to be born to remove the sins of humankind through a perfect sacrifice. Noah and the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—offered sacrifices to God.
- Jesus had to be born for mankind to have a Mediator. Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant. Under the New Covenant, God replaced the sacrifices of the Levitical priesthood with the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Himself.
- To Do the Will of the Father. “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.” John 6:38. “Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
- To Save Sinners. “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.”
- To Bring Light to a Dark World. “I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” John 12:46. “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.”
- To Be Made Like His People. “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
Dec 10, 2021 · Why Was Jesus Born When He Was? When you think about what it means by the fullness of time has come you can learn a lot from the Old Testament prophecies. In regards to Jesus’ birth, here is what you will discover.
Dec 12, 2023 · These two verses, Matthew 1:18 and 20, show us that the birth of Jesus Christ was by no means the ordinary birth of an ordinary man; it was the extraordinary incarnation of God Himself. The birth of Jesus was the birth of a God-man, a wonderful Person who was both divine and human.
Dec 22, 2021 · By being born, Jesus became a member of a nation in a particular time and place. He became Jewish. That means that God entered Israel’s story from within, redeemed and elevated it, and invited all of us to share in it.
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It was believed that, based on the Anno Mundi calendar, Jesus was born in the year 5500 (5500 years after the world was created) with the year 6000 of the Anno Mundi calendar marking the end of the world.
