Why does GOD have a physical son named Jesus Christ if GOD is not of the flesh?

Question

When religions talk about GOD, most of the time they talk about GOD as if GOD was a person/Man or a dominant being. How do we really know that Jesus Christ was an actual person when there is no proof of his "physical" existence? Who put the Bible Codes in the Bible? Aliens or some other physical presence, besides GOD and Man?
Ask yourself why you believe in something that could be a lie. GOD could be no believable as the GREEK MYTHOLOGIES. Proof? What proof? Those proofs are "all" written by man who think GOD spoke or told them to write it down on paper. Why does religions teach people to "FOLLOW" instead of lead your own lives with GOD teachings?

Answer 1

To address each of your individual questions:

1) Jesus was not a mortal, he was sent to earth in the form of a mortal.

2) There is proof of Jesus physical existence, there are lots of historical accounts of this. It would be harder to prove that he didn't exist. Historians/Critics don't question Jesus's existence; they question whether Jesus was actually God or not.

3) There are no "codes" in the Bible; this is a fiction created by man.

4) Refer to #3

5-6) Its called "faith" not "seeing is believing". / John 20:29 "...Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

7) The men who wrote the various books of the Bible lived in different places and different times. The miracle is that they all communicated the same information (which came from God) without having seen each others works.

8) We follow God because he has shown his love for us in the greatest possible way - by sending his son to die so that we could have eternal life instead of being punished to an eterinity in hell. We obey him out of love and appreciation. Why wouldn't you love and respect someone who has done something this great for you?

Answer 2

Proof. Evidence. Needed? No. But, amply available. Check out Josh McDowell's "New Evidence that Demands a Verdict," C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity" or Ken Ham's "The Answer's Book" (he is a biologist and leads a program called Andwer's in Genisis). These are just a few sources if you are serious in your question. The Bible is the greatest validated source of history - including documenting the life of Jesus as true and accurate - available today. The way to test any written text for its validity is to consider the number of copies available today (to compare them with each other) and how old/close to the original is our oldest copy. Based upon these criteria, the text that comes closest to the Bible in evidence is Homer's Iliad (400 year time gap and 643 copies). The New Testament, for instance, has about a 50 year time gap and boasts some 5,366 copies (not to mention the countless quotes or commentaries that can also piece together much of the New Testament. These all show virtually no change. It is the same clear message. Now, no one puts the Iliad on the stand questioning its account of history or its claims. Why? The Bible confronts people's wolrdview. It means accountability and people don't like that.
C.S. Lewis takes a logic approach. One of his arguments begs the question, if there is no transcendent being, namely God, then how can there be an understood right and wrong? If everyone can live how they please, make no mistake that you have no right to be upset at the worst "evils."
Ken Ham tackles questions such as "Where did Cain get his wife?" or "What about the different 'races'?" or "How could all those animals get on the ark?" or "Carbon Dating?" or...
Archeology also continues to support Christian claims. For example, the Hitites were formally thought to be Biblical myth, that is until there civilization was excavated right were the Bible says they were.
Science, it affirms Christianity too. In the beginning dirt or in the beginning God? (check out "The Case for the Creator" by Lee Strobel...I don't agree with an old age earth, but it has some good info, especially the beginning...deals with falsified tests such as Ernst Haekel's Embryo drawings that so influenced our culture - exposed in the late 1860's as faked evidence for evalution.
It all boils down to people still want to be God, in essence the first sin. They cling to bankrupt theories like evolution or other mystic beliefs because the only alternative is the Truth - that "For God so Loved the world that He gave His only Son...that who ever believes in Him (as Savior and Lord) will not perish but have eternal life..." Is that so bad? Is it so difficult to recognize transcendent truths and or own currupt nature in need of a Savior?
Well, I hope this helps.

-Mark
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Answer 3

As for "proof" there's a God, watch a spider make a web-we, humans, supposedly the most intelligent creatures on this rock have to be taught to tie a shoe, but a little arachnid w/ an amoeba-sized brain automatically knows how to make a web, immensely more complex than tying a show, without instuctions from a mother spider or a pamphlet written in Japanese which shows intelligent planning being done because no mere Big Bang could accomplish that--besides you have more to gain worshipping God and being wrong than not worshipping God and going to Hell. It'd be hard to look too intelligent in a lake of fire--this all comes from a former atheist by the way who studied this issue long and hard.

Answer 4

Interesting question. You have many questions each would be a long answer. First there is the answer of evidence. When speaking of myths, one is that there is no secular evidence of Jesus' existence.

When determining whether someone truly existed in history, research is performed very much in the same way as a detective. One looks for evidence from cooberating sources. The first source is, of course, the Holy Bible. But this doesn't seem to be enough. So here is the secular proof.

In AD 64 the Roman historian Tacitus wrote:
"Nero fastened the guilt...on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of...Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of evil, but even in Rome..."

Pliny the Younger wrote:
"They were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food--but food of an ordinary and innocent kind."

Josephus, a first century Roman historian, mentions Jesus indirectly twice in his Jewish Antiquities when describes James (Jesus' brother) as "...the brother of Jesus the so-called Christ."

In another writing called Testimonium Falvianum, Joshephus writes:
"About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he . . . wrought surprising feats. . . . He was the Christ. When Pilate . . .condemned him to be crucified, those who had . . . come to love him did not give up their affection for him. On the third day he appeared . . . restored to life. . . . And the tribe of Christians . . . has . . . not disappeared."

You'll notice that none of these accounts are very flattering to Jesus. That is because Jesus was not well received in Rome because the Christians were viewed as a threat. Therefore it would be very difficult to say these sources were written to bolster faith in Jesus.

The "codes" in the Bible does NOT exist. They're are the kin to the people who believe Area 51 is real. Anyone can take any book and skip letters and then use a computer to find new words in the new collection of letters selected from the original text. This is a hoax.

God does not have a "son" like we think of a child. The son is one of the "persons" of God. God is triune. This is evidenced thoughout the scripture. The "son" (God) became flesh so that He could sacrifice Himself for the salvation of man.

And finally in reference to the Bible written by "Those proofs are "all" written by man who think GOD spoke or told them to write it down on paper." First paper had not been invented when it was written down. Second the Bible was written over 4000 years by men of all different walks of life: kings, peasants, prophets, fishermen, priests, etc. The Bible was written in many different countries in a number of different languages. Yet in the full 66 books there is not any contradiction in doctrine. (Yes there are some who think they have found contradictions, but they have all been shown to be more from the ignorance of the person claiming the contradiction.)

Other proofs of the Bible's devine roots is the many prophetic writings that have been proven true by archialogical work. No, the text was not post written. There are manuscripts that are dated older than the events they predicted. Just 8 of the 300+ predictions about the birth of Jesus (again location and time proved by archiology) had a probability of 10 to 127 power that is 10 with 127 zeros. Mathematicians consider 10 to the 15 power is called "Impossible".

As for why you should follow God? Well, that is what the Bible says. If the proof that the Bible is real (again supported by secular writings and research) then what it says necessarily it truth. It says that we should submit our lives to God.

Proof? Of course there is proof. Most people who choose to believe that Jesus did not exist or that the Bible was not inspired by God refuses to look at the evidence.

Answer 5

It is written, "The Word of God was made flesh and dwelt among us." Jesus is the Only Begotten Son of God. He did not have sin nature because He was born of a virgin. Every one else has sin nature from the first Adam who fell into sin. Jesus overcame sin and was the Spotless Lamb of God. By one man, the first Adam, the wages of sin is death, so we all die. So by the righteous of one man, Jesus, the gift of God is eternal life, so we all live.

Jesus showed us the way as a person anointed with the Holy Spirit as an example for us to follow. He is the express image of God and the fullness of God was with Him.

Answer 6

First of all the religions that you are speaking of are full of confused(I didn't say stupid) people; if not there wouldn't be so many of them that think differently and they wouldn't always be ridiculing or destroying one another. Jesus promoted a spirit led life. Even when Peter seemingly wanted to control what was going to happen with John-Jesus reproved him. Let no man be confused in this; if God were domineering we wouldn't have all this division down here.

Answer 7

Jesus Christ was the God that created all things. He was manifested in the flesh and came to earth as a man so He could die for you sins. 1 Timothy 3: 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. God is a Spirit but He had to come to earth as a man to be temped as a man without sin. 2 Corinthians 5: 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Answer 8

I don't need to have proof that their is a God because I can feel it. Also, if these things that you say, are fake and not true. Then oh well...they make me feel better and my life a whole lot stronger. So I don't see what the problem is in that. Don't put down what others believe in just because you must be having doubts yourself, or your not happy

Answer 9

There are no codes in the bible. It is all about leaving your fleshly carnal mind. If you judge it is almost impossible to understand most of bible. If you look hard and realize that your heart is evil and except that, you will see things you have never seen before. God says your carnal mind is an enemy of God. The bible is not allegories and codes. When you begin to see after your insides have been torn apart, you will begin to see that all the books totally agree and are talking about God's salvation of the world. The book is about him. I will post one scripture God Bless

Isaiah43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Answer 10

God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth in the form of man so that we humans could identify and relate. Jesus is fully God and fully man.