Jesus is God in flesh and blood

This is the first and the last miracle of all, that God became one of us.

John 1:1-14

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.
Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men.
That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.
There was a man named John
who was sent from God.
He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
but he came to testify about the light.
The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world was created through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.
He came to His own,
and His own people did not receive Him.
But to all who did receive Him,
He gave them the right to be children of God,
to those who believe in His name,
who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.
The Word became flesh
and took up residence among us.
We observed His glory,
the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
[HCSB]

The Word was first,
the Word present to God,
    God present to the Word.
The Word was God,
    in readiness for God from day one.
Everything was created through him;
    nothing—not one thing!—
    came into being without him.
What came into existence was Life,
    and the Life was Light to live by.
The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness;
    the darkness couldn’t put it out.
There once was a man, his name John, sent by God to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in. John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light.

The Life-Light was the real thing:
    Every person entering Life
    he brings into Light.
He was in the world,
    the world was there through him,
    and yet the world didn’t even notice.
He came to his own people,
    but they didn’t want him.
But whoever did want him,
    who believed he was who he claimed
    and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
    their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten,
    not blood-begotten,
    not flesh-begotten,
    not sex-begotten.
The Word became flesh and blood,
    and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
    the one-of-a-kind glory,
    like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
    true from start to finish.
[MSG]

What a mystery! How does the ocean fit inside a tea kettle? How can the sun inhabit the flame of a candle? How can God Himself become a man? And THEN! This miracle takes place, and we don't even recognize it! Didn't like the version of God/man He presented. We quizzed Him and challenged Him and argued with Him and accused Him of insanity and sinfulness and even being a demon. And we rejected and killed Him.

Well, not me, of course. I've accepted Him as savior. I'm one of the good guys. I would have been right there with the apostles at Pentecost. I've been in church all my life, and I know my Bible inside and out, and I... Wait, that sounds more like the Pharisees than the apostles...

I'm not saying I'm not saved, but I think there's a principle here, that Jesus is at times not what we expect Him to be, or want Him to be. The challenge of Anno Domini is to allow Him to show us WHO. HE. IS. And as we see Him for Who He is, and receive Him for Who He is, we will see His glory, and be transformed by that glory...

Jesus, blow me away, take me by surprise, rock my world...just don't let me be satisfied to put You in MY box of what I expect You to be, want You to be... let me be changed!