That is why Isaiah 9:6 says, “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.” The child Jesus was born flesh. The Son was not born; the Son was eternal with God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… and the Word became flesh” (John 1:1, 14). Christ was the name of the Word, and Jesus was the name given to the Word when God the Father gave him a body. “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me” (Hebrews 10:5). Who was speaking if he did not have a body yet? “A body You have prepared for Me, for me!” That was the Son that was the Word.
Chapter 3 - Impossible Assignment?
The next time we see Him was when He came to John to be baptized of him at thirty years old. When John looked at Jesus, he said, ”Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) Jesus came to be baptized of John, and John said, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” (Matthew 3:14) Jesus responded, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill al righteousness” (Matthew 3:15). In other words, “I know who I am, and you know who I am; but the will of God has been revealed to Me, and this is necessary for Me to get into My purpose and My anointing. Between the years of twelve and thirty, the will of God for My life has been revealed to Me and this is a part of the will. So baptize Me, man, and let’s get on with this!”
Now, at this point, Jesus was baptized the Spirit of the Lord descended upon Him in the form of a dove, and he began to walk in His earthly ministry. He performed no miracle before He was anointed with the Spirit of God. Until this baptism and anointing came upon Him, He did no miracle. Now, He was ready to begin His ministry and, between the ages of thirty and thirty-three, He began walking and doing all the things written in your Bible. The revelation of Jesus was revealed to Him by the Spirit and Word of God. He then began to know, “I am who the prophets have spoken of.” He began to understand, “I am the Messiah, the one who is going to die for the sins of the world.” He did not come into the earth knowing that, but at age thirty, He began to walk in it, he knew who He was. Therefore from age thirty to thirty-three, He was set toward the cross. He knew it. He had something amazing to accomplish – He was going to become sin for you and me, then He was going the die and be resurrected.
He began walking in the revelation of who He was and that He had something to accomplish. He had to do what no man had ever done before. He had to become sin, and He had to die, pay for your sin and mine. No one had ever done this. A man was going to die, and in three days was going to be raised from the dead. Between the time that He died and gave up the Ghost on the cross, and the time that He came back into the body of Jesus (in Joseph of Arimathea’s borrowed tomb), He was going into the lower parts of the earth and preach to the spirits in prison (see 1 Peter 3:19).
Jesus did not do this; Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing, did. The name of the flesh was Jesus. The name of the “greater one” on the inside was Christ. That’s why He was called Jesus, the Christ – Christ was not Jesus’ last name.
That is why Isaiah 9:6 says, “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.” The child Jesus was born flesh. The Son was not born; the Son was eternal with God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… and the Word became flesh” (John 1:1, 14). Christ was the name of the Word, and Jesus was the name given to the Word when God the Father gave him a body. “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me” (Hebrews 10:5). Who was speaking if he did not have a body yet? “A body You have prepared for Me, for me!” That was the Son that was the Word.
On the cross, Jesus the flesh became sin and said, “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani?” (Matthew 27:46) He was experiencing separation from God for the first time. Before the flesh expired, Christ said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit” (Luke 23:46). The body of Jesus was laid in the tomb. Christ, the Anointed One, said, ”Into Your hands I commit My spirit,” not My flesh, My “spirit.” So, the flesh went into the tomb and the spirit went into the hands of the Father to accomplish the will of God.
First Peter 3:19 tells us “…He went a preached to the spirits in prison.” Ephesians 4:9 says, “now this, ‘He ascended’ – what does it mean but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?” By the time He went to the cross, he know that the plan of redemption and the condition of the entire world was dependent upon his fulfilling this assignment. And He had to do it, not as God but as a man anointed with the Spirit of God. Today, you may be saying, “God has given me an impossible task. He is telling me to do something that no one has ever done before. How can he expect me to do it?” Because Jesus did it! And if you will do as Jesus did, you will also be able to do what no other man has ever done before, if you use the God-Kind of Faith.
That is why Isaiah 9:6 says, “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.” The child Jesus was born flesh. The Son was not born; the Son was eternal with God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… and the Word became flesh” (John 1:1, 14). Christ was the name of the Word, and Jesus was the name given to the Word when God the Father gave him a body. “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me” (Hebrews 10:5). Who was speaking if he did not have a body yet? “A body You have prepared for Me, for me!” That was the Son that was the Word.
