So, Jesus is reigning over the creation; He is sustaining the creation; and He will also be the judge in the last day, Acts 10, verse 42 [“And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He Who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.”].

As Lord, He will continue again at the end of time to render vengeance on the lost, 2 Thessalonians 1:7 through 10 [“and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.”]; and He will take the saved home with Him to heaven, 1 Thessalonians 5:1 through 11 [see verses 9-10: “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.”]; and John 14:1-4 [“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the Way you know.”].

Next, let’s look at the HUMANITY OF JESUS. As we’ve said before, Jesus, as Christ, was fully God, and He was fully man. Although conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, Jesus’ birth was a normal entrance into the world. Little is actually told to us about His life before the age of 30, but He grew as a normal Jewish child would have grown in that day. Matthew records that “Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,” Matthew 2, verses 1 through 6, and as a young child, He was taken to Egypt, Matthew 2:13 through 15. Sometime later, His family returned to Nazareth, in Galilee, and this is where He grew up, Matthew 2:19 through 23. That, of course, is why He is often referred to and known as “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Luke records that at the age of 12, Jesus had gone with his family to the City of Jerusalem to observe the Passover. It was during that time that Jesus was left behind at their departure, Luke 2, verses 40 through 51. Not to suggest that He was not aware of this beforehand, but this is where it’s recorded for us that it is also at this time [in the temple in Jerusalem] when Jesus gives His first indication or awareness of His relationship to God. He had come to this earth with a mission. In Luke 2, verse 49, Jesus makes this statement to His parents when they had found Him in the temple: “Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business.” Luke 2, verse 52 sums up the period of Jesus’ life between the ages of 12 and 30, stating that during that time, “Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” Thus, the implication there for us is that He grew in all areas of life, including intellectually, physically, spiritually, socially, and so on, to adulthood.

As a man, Christ was born of the seed of David, as reflected by the genealogy that is contained in Matthew 1, verses 1 through 17, and also in Luke 3:23 through 38. This, of course, fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning the coming Messiah, prophecies such as the one contained in 2 Samuel 7:12 through 16, Psalm 89:3 and 4, Psalm 132:11, and Isaiah 9:6 and 7.

As a man, Jesus was like us in all things except that He was sinless, Hebrews 4, verse 15 [“For we do not have a High Priest Who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.”]. The fact that He was fully human was seen in the fact that He became tired—He became exhausted, Mark 4, verse 38 [“But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, ‘Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?’”].

We see that Jesus had all of the emotions that we as humans have:

He was angered on one occasion, Mark 3:5 [“And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.”].

He was moved with indignation, Mark 10, verse 14 [“But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.’”].

He showed surprise, Mark 6, verse 6 [“And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.”].

He was moved with compassion, Mark 6, verse 34 [“And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.”].