Why Yahweh God Came into the World (21 Reasons)
Channel: Galen Currah
Date: 2017-02-03

Why Yahweh God Came into the World: 21 Reasons

Bible quotations taken from English Standard Version (2016)
Music by Natrix
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In antiquity, Yahweh appeared to humans as a visible angel. Two millennia ago, Yahweh came into the world as a human being. Yahweh will soon return as the human King over all nations. 

At each visit, Yahweh states a reason for his coming.

In antiquity

1. To frustrate human disobedience 

“The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.” Genesis 11:5

2. To commission the prophet Moses

“The Lord came down on Mount Sinai… And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.” Exodus 19:20

3. To deliver his people

“Then the Lord said, ‘I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians.’” Exodus 3:7-8

4. To command Joshua’s army

“I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” Joshua 5:14

5. To call Gideon

“The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, ‘The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.’” Judges 6:12

6. To call the prophet Samuel

“The Lord came and stood, calling … ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ And Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant hears.’” 1 Samuel 3:10

7. To strengthen the prophet Elijah

“The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, ‘Arise and eat.’” 1 Kings 19:7

In Jesus Christ

8. To do the will of God

“I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.” John 6:38

9. To speak the truth

“For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth.” John 18:37

10. To fulfill the Law and the Prophets

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17

11. To call folk to repent

“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5:32

12. To give his life as a ransom

“The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45

13. To give abundant life to humans

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10

14. To save the world

“I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.” John 12:47

In the near future

15. To receive his followers into heaven

“I go and prepare a place for you… I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” John 14:3

16. To repay each one
“The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.” Matthew 16:27

17. To restore all things

God will “send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,  whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things.” Acts 3:20-21

18. To save from God’s wrath

“You turned to God … to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

19. To raise the dead

“The Lord himself will descend from heaven… And the dead in Christ will rise first.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16

20. To cause us to marvel

“He comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed.” 2 Thessalonians 1:10

21. To reign forever

“With the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man… And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom … that shall not be destroyed.” Daniel 7:13-14