Why Did God Wait to Send Jesus? – Part 2
After the fall of Adam and Eve, mankind became very wicked. God destroyed them in a great flood. Noah’s family began a new era of hope for man to have relationship with God. The years went by and finally, Abraham was born. Could Abraham’s family produce a person who was morally upright? Through the book of Genesis, we see the history of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and his twelve sons. The descendants of Abraham are anything but righteous. They sin frequently even though there are some that do better than others. They do not get the job done.
Could a nation produce a morally upright person? In Exodus, God redeems the nation of Israel from Egypt and has Moses lead them to the promised land where they could develop. Yet, the nation itself becomes corrupted repeatedly. From reading the many sins in the Old Testament, a distinct pattern emerges. No individual human, family, or nation is free from the corrupting influence of sin. This is proved throughout the pages of the Old Testament.
Finally, God said, “if mankind cannot do it, then I will.” So, God produced a morally perfect person, His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, both God and man in the flesh. Galatians 4:4-5 says, “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.” God knew all along that mankind would not accomplish salvation. God proved this beyond a shadow of a doubt over the many years of waiting for His Son to come into the world. Today, that record stands. Man needs God to save him, and the history of the Bible documents all of man’s failures “that no flesh should glory in His presence” (1 Corinthians 1:29).
God bless you, and I love you.
Kevin Cauley