Why Did Jesus Come to Earth?

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Jesus said he had come to seek and save that which was lost. Adam by disobedience had lost life, the right to life, and a perfect environment to sustain life. Adam no longer reflected in his character the image and likeness of his creator as originally bestowed. He did not lose heaven, for he never possessed it, but he lost an earthly paradise in which the human race could develop and prosper everlastingly in the glorious perfection of human nature.

The Apostle Paul refers to Jesus as the second Adam, saying that as all in the first Adam die, so in the second (or last) Adam, all shall be made alive. Jesus gave his own life that the world might be rescued, given an opportunity to make a full recovery from the effects of the death sentence and be restored to human perfection. Jesus can never take back his sacrificed humanity, but God's Word testifies that he was raised to the divine nature and has a future role as Life giver to the human race, when his stated purpose will be realized: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).

But one might ask: "Why have suffering and death continued so long since Jesus died for the world? Jesus intimates (Matthew 24:14) that considerable time would elapse during which the gospel would be preached throughout the world. During this 'Gospel Age' a body of faithful believers would be gathered from among Jews and Gentiles, called to follow Jesus as were the early disciples, laying down their lives in sacrifice as he did, and destined to share with him in bringing blessings to the human race in due time. These faithful ones constitute the true church, not recognized by the world in general, but known to God, their gathering being an essential feature of Jesus' work during his first advent and in the centuries that followed.


 

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The Son of God was born of a virgin woman of the Jewish people as per prophecy, to be a saviour for his people. The people of promise to Abraham.

When God was born of the flesh, he proved his great love to his creation. As he grew into maturity as a man he knew his purpose was to do the Father's will and give himself as the final perfect sacrifice for sin. Not a once sacrifice to put off sins for a year but one that would forgive the sin, never to be remembered. again.

Jesus, himself said he came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. By their rejection and removal of their branches we were able to be grafted into the vine to receive this wonderful salvation .

Jesus said, if you see me, you see the Father. It is only by his grace through faith that salvation is imparted to us and ONLY THROUGH JESUS, no other.

By our belief in his redemption plan, we must believe HE IS. We must repent of our sins and turn from those sins.Then we must confess with our mouth the miracle of new birth and begin to study his word, walk in his commands and follow his Spirit as director of our journey or walk with God !

This is WHY Jesus came to the earth, per OP's question.
 
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Are you brave enough to hear the spiritual truth? I'm going to use a word that many Christian sites "flag" and when it pops up, the carnal site will ban the person because of their holiness beliefs. Is that fair, when false teachers are allowed to spew heresy?

The plan of redemption started in the Garden of Eden when Adam sinned. Man sinned, and Man had to free us from the curse of sin.

1 Corinthians 15:
21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

Paul is talking about freedom from SIN. The wages of sin is death, but in Christ all shall be make alive. How? Sinlessness, and the knowledge and power to stay that way. 2 Peter 1:10-11
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jesus said in John 8:32-36 that the Truth shall set us free. What truth? The truth that Jesus came to free us indeed from sin.

1 John 3:5 And He was manifest to take away our sin, and in Him is no sin.

Because of people's carnal life experience having never been born again, let alone taught about the necessity of the infilling of the Holy Spirit for power to become perfect, these people despise and call sinlessness heresy, but that is exactly what Jesus came to give us who could never be sinless on their own. For heaven to be free of sin and perfect forever, the germ of sin will not be allowed into heaven. Sinlessness is given to us at justification by faith; but it doesn't end there. It must be maintained, and the fruit of the Spirit must mature to complete perfection. Sinlessness is at the beginning of our walk once we have been cleansed of ALL unrighteousness, but perfection is after a lifetime of maturing the fruit. It is the only way to be children of God and no longer sinners. I was appalled that some "Christians" brag they are sinners 24/7/365. They are misguided into believing that the cross makes sinning alright and without condemnation. That is "the power of the cross." No the power of the cross makes us crucified with Him and DEAD TO SIN OURSELVES. Once the desire to sin has been taken out of us it is easy to maintain purity. 1 John 3:3; 1 John 5:18.

Those who call 'sinless perfection' heresy, like John MacArthur are carnal minded having never been born again themselves. Besides sinless perfection is never at the same time. First comes freedom from sin, but after much growing and maturing can someone complete their perfection. Flee from false teachers who mock the ways of God. "Without holiness, no man shall see God." Hebrews 12:14.
 
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Jesus said he had come to seek and save that which was lost. Adam by disobedience had lost life, the right to life, and a perfect environment to sustain life. Adam no longer reflected in his character the image and likeness of his creator as originally bestowed. He did not lose heaven, for he never possessed it, but he lost an earthly paradise in which the human race could develop and prosper everlastingly in the glorious perfection of human nature.

The Apostle Paul refers to Jesus as the second Adam, saying that as all in the first Adam die, so in the second (or last) Adam, all shall be made alive. Jesus gave his own life that the world might be rescued, given an opportunity to make a full recovery from the effects of the death sentence and be restored to human perfection. Jesus can never take back his sacrificed humanity, but God's Word testifies that he was raised to the divine nature and has a future role as Life giver to the human race, when his stated purpose will be realized: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).

But one might ask: "Why have suffering and death continued so long since Jesus died for the world? Jesus intimates (Matthew 24:14) that considerable time would elapse during which the gospel would be preached throughout the world. During this 'Gospel Age' a body of faithful believers would be gathered from among Jews and Gentiles, called to follow Jesus as were the early disciples, laying down their lives in sacrifice as he did, and destined to share with him in bringing blessings to the human race in due time. These faithful ones constitute the true church, not recognized by the world in general, but known to God, their gathering being an essential feature of Jesus' work during his first advent and in the centuries that followed.


I can answer that Be. He came for 3 reasons sir:
First he came to preach the good news of the Kingdom of God:
(Luke 4:43) . . .he said to them: “I must also declare the good news of the Kingdom of God to other cities, because for this I was sent.”
Secondly, he came to die in our behalf:Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Third, and most people are unaware of this, he came to prove that a perfect individual can live without sinning, in other words that Jehovah's creation is not defective:
(1 Peter 2:21, 22) . . .Christ suffered for you, leaving a model for you to follow his steps closely. 22 He committed no sin, nor was deception found in his mouth.

This proved satan wrong in his accusation to Jehovah:
(Job 2:4, 5) . . .But Satan answered Jehovah: “Skin for skin. A man will give everything that he has for his life. 5 But, for a change, stretch out your hand and strike his bone and flesh, and he will surely curse you to your very face.”

Great subject Be.
 

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The Son of God was born of a virgin woman of the Jewish people as per prophecy, to be a saviour for his people. The people of promise to Abraham.
On this we agree.
When God was born of the flesh, he proved his great love to his creation. As he grew into maturity as a man he knew his purpose was to do the Father's will and give himself as the final perfect sacrifice for sin. Not a once sacrifice to put off sins for a year but one that would forgive the sin, never to be remembered. again.
So God became man, just to do the will of God? Hmmm
Jesus, himself said he came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. By their rejection and removal of their branches we were able to be grafted into the vine to receive this wonderful salvation.
Matthew 15:27
Romans 11
Jesus said, if you see me, you see the Father. It is only by his grace through faith that salvation is imparted to us and ONLY THROUGH JESUS, no other.
By our belief in his redemption plan, we must believe HE IS. We must repent of our sins and turn from those sins.Then we must confess with our mouth the miracle of new birth birth and begin to study his word, walk in his commands and follow his Spirit as director of our journey or walk with God !

This is WHY Jesus came to the earth, per OP's question.
John 14:7
John 3:16
 

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The Son of God was born of a virgin woman of the Jewish people as per prophecy, to be a saviour for his people. The people of promise to Abraham.
Not only the Savior for believing Jews, but for believing Gentiles also (see Book of Isaiah).

The people of promise to Abraham is not just about Jews. Per Galatians 3 and Romans 4, Apostle Paul showed that all those of Faith like Abraham's Faith, have become the "children of Abraham", and inherit with Abraham. Thus God's Promise originally given to Abraham, and Abraham believed and it was counted as righteousness, was about The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that is not just for Jews.

Jesus, himself said he came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. By their rejection and removal of their branches we were able to be grafted into the vine to receive this wonderful salvation .
You are confusing the ten tribe "house of Israel" with the three tribe "house of Judah" (JEWS). Per the Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.), those who began calling themselves by the title of Jew, he said comes from the sole tribe of Judah, and all living in the lands of Judea began using that title. Per 1 Kings 11 forward, God split the kingdom of Israel in Solomon's days into 2 separate kingdoms, the "house of Israel" (ten tribes) in the northern lands, and the "house of Judah" (Jews) in the southern lands. And God scattered the ten tribe "house of Israel" out of the land first, which to this day they have never returned. It's the Jews only of the "house of Judah" that have been returning to the nation state of Israel in the holy land.

So look at who Lord Jesus was pointing to again with those lost sheep of the "house of Israel". He was NOT pointing to the Jews who rejected Him, but to the lost ten tribes of the "house of Israel" that He scattered back in the days of 2 Kings 17.

And thusly The Gospel of Jesus Christ was REJECTED at Jerusalem, and would go to the Gentiles, and AMONG those Gentiles in Asia Minor and Europe were the scattered lost ten tribes of the old "house of Israel". As of still today, the majority of Jews STILL reject Jesus of Nazareth as The Christ, and that won't change until the day of Christ's future return.
 
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I started in a chronological order of a fashion as to WHY he came to earth.

In the 600th yr of Noah's life the floods came and all life; except those in the ark were destroyed. This is where the earth began to be replenished.
Genesis.9.

In Genesis 10:32 we see ALL nations that divide the earth coming through Noah's seed. Shem , Noah's son was the grand- father of Abram unto whom the promise was made to make a great nation from in whom all the families of the earth would be  BLESSED. Ham, bc he saw Noah's nakedness when Noah was drunk, his descendants became the Gentile nations,whereas Abram, Shem's son was called an Hebrew.

It all traces back from Jesus,to Noah, to Adam, the man God formed in his image. Per Jesus words in sending out his disciples during his ministering, he told them not to go to the Gentiles nor the Samaritans.

I have not researched unto which house he spoke about but I do understand the division of the twelve tribes to just the tribe of Judah as favoured. Thank you for your research.

Yes, I agree, today all Jews are not Israel. By their rejection we came to have a place to be grafted into God's salvation plan for as John said in 3:16, God so loved the WORLD and was not willing that any should perish.

Thank you God for this love that we might ALL receive SALVATION that believe in you and your word.
 
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Why Did Jesus Come to Earth?​

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To fulfill Gods Promise that He would send a Savior for mankind.
 

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Jesus said he had come to seek and save that which was lost. Adam by disobedience had lost life, the right to life, and a perfect environment to sustain life. Adam no longer reflected in his character the image and likeness of his creator as originally bestowed. He did not lose heaven, for he never possessed it, but he lost an earthly paradise in which the human race could develop and prosper everlastingly in the glorious perfection of human nature.

The Apostle Paul refers to Jesus as the second Adam, saying that as all in the first Adam die, so in the second (or last) Adam, all shall be made alive. Jesus gave his own life that the world might be rescued, given an opportunity to make a full recovery from the effects of the death sentence and be restored to human perfection. Jesus can never take back his sacrificed humanity, but God's Word testifies that he was raised to the divine nature and has a future role as Life giver to the human race, when his stated purpose will be realized: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).

But one might ask: "Why have suffering and death continued so long since Jesus died for the world? Jesus intimates (Matthew 24:14) that considerable time would elapse during which the gospel would be preached throughout the world. During this 'Gospel Age' a body of faithful believers would be gathered from among Jews and Gentiles, called to follow Jesus as were the early disciples, laying down their lives in sacrifice as he did, and destined to share with him in bringing blessings to the human race in due time. These faithful ones constitute the true church, not recognized by the world in general, but known to God, their gathering being an essential feature of Jesus' work during his first advent and in the centuries that followed.


To defeat death , one must understand the reason man was made flesh in the first place
 

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Why Did Jesus Come to Earth?​

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To teach mankind HOW TO become MADE in Gods Likeness, according to Gods Order and Way.

Glory to God,
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