John the Baptist introduced our Lord with the proclamation: βRepent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at handβ (Matt. 3:2). Throughout His earthly ministry Christ was known as βthe Son of Davidβ, the king with whom God made a covenant to establish His Kingdom forever.
The Old Testament prophets predicted that Christ would β and He will β reign on earth upon the throne of His father David. While His Kingdom was being proclaimedΒ βat handβ, He walked and talked and ate with men asΒ βthe Son of Manβ. Wearied with travelling, He sat at Jacobβs well and asked for a drink of water. Pressed by the throng, He got into a fishing boat and addressed the multitudes from the sea. Hated by His adversaries, He was tried, scourged, spit upon, and nailed to a tree. This was indeedΒ βChrist manifest in the fleshβ.
With regard to His humiliation, however, the Apostle Paul says, by divine inspiration:Β βGod also hath highly exalted Him and given Him a name which is above every nameβΒ (Phil. 2:9).
Again, the Apostle declares that Godβs mighty power was βwrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right handΒ in the heavenly places, FAR ABOVE ALLβ¦β (Eph. 1:20). He is no longer to be known as βthe lowly Jesusβ, but as the exaltedΒ βLordβΒ in heaven. And this has its bearing on us too:
βWherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: Yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now, henceforth, know we Him no moreβΒ (II Cor. 5:16). Our blessed Saviour is now to be known as the glorified Son of God,Β the Great Dispenser of GraceΒ to a lost humanity; the One who in love and mercy βtasted death for every manβΒ (Heb. 2:9). source
