The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14.
Jesus is God’s message. It wasn’t a message contained in a book or given in a vision. This message from God wasn’t revealed on a mountain to only a watchful few. God’s most complete message was human flesh, bone, and blood — God’s incarnation in human flesh as Jesus of Nazareth. God’s message came and lived among us as God’s Word — the pre-existent Word. He faced our hardships, got our dirt between his toes, felt our disappointments, struggled with our temptations, suffered our treachery, and bled real blood to redeem us. Yet, living in our world, God’s message brought us more than truth; he delivered us from death by his grace and showed us how to live and share his message.