Jesus' birth

Jesus' Birth

Then Simon blessed them and said to Man; his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."

Luke 2:34-35

The Beginning

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made...

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 1:1-14

The pattern of creation that God wanted to enjoy centering on human beings was not realized on this earth due to the fall of Adam and Eve, our progenitors. God created all existence in six days through the Word. All created beings ... hoped for one mediator, one center that would enable all of creation to move if God moves and rest if God rests. If human beings had become such a center, the chaotic history that has unfolded on this earth would not have taken place.

God's hope was to see one existence emerge who could represent him and who would be able to take action on his behalf. God not only wished for this in the course of providential history after the human Fall; it was the center of God's hope from the time of the creation.

Jesus came as the incarnation of the Word. At the same time, centering on God's love, he must become the embodiment of life ... In the Bible, there is a verse that reads, "I am the way and the truth and the life." (John 14:6) Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. This signifies that, although due to the fall of Adam and Eve, God's word went back unchanged to God's spirit without being attained on earth; God again bestowed this word upon humanity through one man living on this earth... With the appearance of Jesus, the Word that had been buried in God's mind could be transferred to Jesus' heart. This is the most joyful good news for humankind.

What must Jesus have felt when, after appealing as the substantial being of this historical Word, he announced the Word? What was in his heart? Jesus knew that his words represented the will of the historical providence. What's more, he felt the deep heart of his words, which represented, what was hidden in God's mind. He understood that his words were the words that would begin Gods history of re-creation, which would continue until God's will was attained on earth for the whole of eternity.

Jesus, the incarnation of the truth, said, "I am the way and the truth." What was the purpose of these words of Jesus? Jesus spoke in order for human beings to become incarnations of the Word like him. This would be attained only if people came to believe in Jesus' words.

Sun Myung Moon, Let Us Be the People Who Attend God February 2, 1958

The Only Begotten Son

In the Bible, Jesus is described as the "only begotten Son." What does this mean? Jesus was the only person who inherited the total love and total lineage of God, and the only person who could represent it. For that reason, he had the power of God's lineage flowing through him. That is why he is the Savior.

We know that God is the Father of mankind; furthermore, Jesus is the only begotten Son of that God. Therefore, it is only through Jesus that we can be connected to the lineage of God; otherwise, God's lineage cannot flow through mankind.

Sun Myung Moon, True Parents and I June 15, 1986

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes m him shall not perish but shall have eternal life." The most important part of that verse is that God loved the world. However, many Christians put the greatest emphasis upon the second part of the verse, forgetting the most important thing: that God so loved the world. God did not love the church or the individual so much that he sent his only begotten Son. It was because God loved the world, the universe, so much. Thus Jesus is the one who was meant to save the world. When we believe in Jesus, the world is very much in our minds. God is in Jesus and Jesus is in God.

Sun Myung Moon, Perfection of Restoration by Indemnity through Human Responsibility March 1, 1983

"I am the way and the truth and the light. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

Jesus was born without sin. Jesus came without having anything to do with satanic blood. It had been completely separated front him -- God had prepared this line for a long, long time, so that Jesus could come as a sinless child. Therefore, he was indeed able to claim: "I am the only begotten Son, the only Son of God."

In human history, this was the first time a sinless child was born on earth. "I am one with God," Jesus said. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father," he said. In the 14th chapter of the Book of John, Jesus says, "I am in my Father and you in me: and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." So Jesus came to restore the sinless position of love, the love that had been lost since the time of Adam. This fact has not been known until now.

There is a reason, a most important reason, why no one could come to the Father except by going through Jesus. He is our only bridge, our only hope, our only channel for reaching God. Therefore, Jesus proclaimed, "I am The Way. The Truth, and The Life. and without going through me, no one reaches the Father."

There have been in human history many saints, many religions geniuses, and many wise men. But no one else could play the role of Jesus, who alone brings us to the Father. This is because he came in a stainless, sinless position which no one else has. He is the only channel to reach God. Though Buddha, Confucius, and Mohammed were all religious saints, they did not have the same relationship with God that Jesus had. Therefore, the birth of Jesus as the Messiah was the day of hope for all humankind.

Sun Myung Moon,The New Messiah and the Formula of God in History February 21, 1972