To say that Jesus is unique is without question the understatement of the ages. To get a glimpse of His uniqueness just consider the words of Charles Spurgeon: “Infinite, and an infant. Eternal, and yet born of a woman. Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast. Supporting a universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms. King of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph. Heir of all things, and yet the carpenter’s despised son.”1
Or read how Max Lucado states this amazing divine/human contrast: “The omnipotent, in one instant, made himself breakable. He who had been spirit became pierce-able. He, who was larger than the universe, became an embryo. And he who sustains the world with a word chose to be dependent upon the nourishment of a young girl. God as a fetus. Holiness sleeping in a womb. The creator of life being created. God was given eyebrows, elbows, two kidneys, and a spleen. He stretched against the walls and floated in the amniotic fluids of his mother.”2
And if this were not beyond the limits of our understanding why not meditate on how Sam Storms summarizes the paradoxes of Jesus:
“The Word became flesh!
God became human!
the invisible became visible!
the untouchable became touchable!
eternal life experienced temporal death!
the transcendent one descended and drew near!
the unlimited became limited!
the infinite became finite!
the immutable became mutable!
the unbreakable became fragile!
spirit became matter!
eternity entered time!
the independent became dependent!
the almighty became weak!
the loved became the hated!
the exalted was humbled!
glory was subjected to shame!
fame turned into obscurity!
from inexpressible joy to tears of unimaginable grief!
from a throne to a cross!
from ruler to being ruled!
from power to weakness!”3
My friends the next time you ponder on the unique nature of our Lord don’t try to fully understand it but marvel that because of Christ’s dual nature He was able to take our sins upon Himself and impute His righteousness to us. And as a result we who are born mortal will become immortal! And just as Mary treasured up all the things she heard about her precious baby boy and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19) we too should treasure and ponder just how precious we are to Jesus and the host of divine mysteries that we read about Him in Scripture!
1 Infinite, and an infant. Eternal, and yet born of a woman. Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast. Supporting a universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms. King of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph. Heir of all things, and yet the carpenter’s despised son. – Grace Quotes
2It All Happened in a Moment by Max Lucado » Reasons for Hope* Jesus (reasonsforhopejesus.com)
3 Sam Storms: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma > The Word Became Flesh! A Meditation on the Paradoxes of the Incarnation