The incarnation opened the way for the new covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31–34. Through this covenant, humanity is brought back into relationship with God and freed from sin.
Jeremiah 31:31-34; “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the LORD. “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the LORD. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No one will need to teach their neighbor or relative, saying, ‘You should know the LORD,’ for everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me,” says the LORD. “And I will forgive their sins and never again remember their wrongs.”
The Incarnation brought a new way of worship. This new worship is tied to the relationship established by the new covenant. We see this in Matthew 6:9–18 and Luke 11:2–4, where Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray. In these verses, Christ calls God “Father,” a title the Jews did not use for Yahweh. By doing this, Jesus revealed the new relationship of the covenant—God becomes our Father, and we become His children. Our worship is now rooted in this relationship of love and closeness with God.
Through the Incarnation, the gap between God and humanity was bridged. This is also revealed in Eph 1:5 and Eph 1:10.
Eph 1:5; God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
Eph 1:10; And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.
The Incarnation made it possible for God to be both just and merciful. Because God is just, sin could not go unpunished. But because God is loving, He also made a way to save us from His wrath. The Incarnation accomplished both: the death of Christ satisfied God’s justice, and His resurrection revealed God’s mercy.
WHOEVER REFUTES THE INACARNATION OF GOD
The Bible makes it clear that anyone who denies that God came in the flesh is the Antichrist. This truth is revealed in 1 John 4:2–3 and 2 John 1:7.
1 John 4:2–3;“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already”
2John1:7; “For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
Refusing to believe in the Incarnation destroys the foundation of the Christian faith. Christianity is built on Christ and His work of redemption—saving mankind from sin and bringing restoration. The Incarnation is central to God’s plan. To reject this truth is to step outside the Christian faith and fall into error and deception.