Superman

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Superman, the man of steel, a man who could leap over tall buildings with a single bound, was faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive. He was a man from another world, yet the world knew him as Clark Kent, the mild-mannered reporter.

In a moment, Jesus Christ could descend into the depths of hell and then ascend into the heavens to the throne of his Father. Jesus, like Superman, hid his glory, covering it with the flesh of a man. Grew as a child, lived like a man, and kept the law of the land. He was King who wore the clothes of a common man, worked as a carpenter, ate when hungry, slept when tired, yet he possessed the power to call out demons, withstand the challenges of the devil, endure the lashes of a whip, withstand the pain when a crown of thorns was pressed down into his head, and the nails that were pounded through the flesh of his hands and feet, yet he never cried out.

Jesus hid his glory when he became a man to show his Father’s glory. “No man hath seen the Father at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”

When Moses spent forty days alone with God on Mount Sinai, it was necessary to cover his eyes, and the people were told to stay off the mountain or die.

What happened when Jesus showed man his glory? When John was on the Isle of Patmos, he had a vision of Christ. He wrote, When I saw Jesus in his glory, “I fell at his feet as dead.” Paul had a similar vision of Christ; he was blinded with light from heaven. When Isaiah saw the Lord in the temple, he cried out, “Woe is me! for I am undone.”

If Jesus had come in all his glory, he could not have accomplished his work of salvation, he could not have shed his precious blood, blood that was necessary for the forgiving of sins. He was sent for one purpose, “To seek and to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” He presented himself as a humble servant, and for the most part, the Jews rejected him.

And when he finished with his work, he prayed, “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”

Yes, as a man, he had limitations, yet as God, he could read the minds of men, forgive sins, heal, and perform miracles. But he came as a stranger to a strange land and to a people he loved.
Only those who love him more than their own lives and have the Holy Spirit will not understand, for they are blinded by the spirits of this world.

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Superman, the man of steel, a man who could leap over tall buildings with a single bound, was faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive. He was a man from another world, yet the world knew him as Clark Kent, the mild-mannered reporter.

In a moment, Jesus Christ could descend into the depths of hell and then ascend into the heavens to the throne of his Father. Jesus, like Superman, hid his glory, covering it with the flesh of a man. Grew as a child, lived like a man, and kept the law of the land. He was King who wore the clothes of a common man, worked as a carpenter, ate when hungry, slept when tired, yet he possessed the power to call out demons, withstand the challenges of the devil, endure the lashes of a whip, withstand the pain when a crown of thorns was pressed down into his head, and the nails that were pounded through the flesh of his hands and feet, yet he never cried out.

Jesus hid his glory when he became a man to show his Father’s glory. “No man hath seen the Father at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”

When Moses spent forty days alone with God on Mount Sinai, it was necessary to cover his eyes, and the people were told to stay off the mountain or die.

What happened when Jesus showed man his glory? When John was on the Isle of Patmos, he had a vision of Christ. He wrote, When I saw Jesus in his glory, “I fell at his feet as dead.” Paul had a similar vision of Christ; he was blinded with light from heaven. When Isaiah saw the Lord in the temple, he cried out, “Woe is me! for I am undone.”

If Jesus had come in all his glory, he could not have accomplished his work of salvation, he could not have shed his precious blood, blood that was necessary for the forgiving of sins. He was sent for one purpose, “To seek and to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” He presented himself as a humble servant, and for the most part, the Jews rejected him.

And when he finished with his work, he prayed, “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”

Yes, as a man, he had limitations, yet as God, he could read the minds of men, forgive sins, heal, and perform miracles. But he came as a stranger to a strange land and to a people he loved.
Only those who love Jesus more than their own lives and have the Holy Spirit will understand; all others are blinded by the spirits of this world.

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