Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
The Bible is clear that the divine Son of God, whom the Father gave to the world, became a man. His name is “Immanuel,.... ‘God with us’” (Matt.
But we humans have not as yet been clear in our understanding of how close He has come. He came “in the flesh” (1 John 4:2), which means “closer than a brother” (Prov.
What “we” as the fallen human race have been slow to grasp is that His taking our fallen sinful nature upon His holy, sinless nature meant that He became a “man,” the Greek word that means a male. And a “man” loves a “woman” and wants to be one with her; the “woman” whom Jesus loves in His humanity is more than a woman—she is the church (cf. Eph. 5:25). What we can’t seem to grasp is how He loves her as a man loves the one woman out of billions whom his heart is devoted to with conjugal love... “Many waters cannot quench” such love; it’s “strong as death” (S.S. 8:6, 7). But “she” has been unfaithful!
If a woman loves a man who forsakes her, it is painful for her; but if a pure man loves a woman who forsakes him, there is a special lonely pain there that our Savior can understand in a unique way. He has suffered the same pain in an enormously greater way. Nowhere does the Bible say that it’s not good for a woman to be alone; but the Lord said, “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Gen. 2:18, KJV; I’ll probably be shot for quoting this).
The story of Hosea (1:2) gives us a tiny glimpse into reality: it’s clear that he loved Gomer as a good man finds it in his heart to love one woman only; read the story in the book of his heartbreak. Then try to understand Jesus as He is today. (And don’t forget Rev. 19:7, 8.)
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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