Christophany

Most of us think of Jesus being born as a baby, but He was around WAY before then.

Have you ever heard of the word "Christophany"? A Christophany is a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus. A pre-Baby Jesus, Old Testament appearance of Jesus on earth.

The word Christophany is a compound word of the Greek words christos, which means Christ, and phaino, which means “to appear.”.

"Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever." - Hebrews 13:8

Jesus appeared at least a dozen times in the Old Testament. Most people remember the first Christophany because we have all watched the movie The Ten Commandments. Remember the burning bush that Moses went to investigate? Do you remember when the voice told Moses to take off his sandals because the place where Moses was standing was holy ground? Of course you do. That was Jesus.

Fast forward to the Book of Joshua, Chapter 5.

"When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped3 and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15 And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so." - Joshua 5:13-15

Sound familiar? Mhmm. Jesus again!

Jesus still has a couple more Christophanies to go, and they will be coming soon to a planet near you. He will return for His church and then He will return to reign for 1,000 years in the Millennial Kingdom.

Jesus always was and always will be. He is part of the Trinity. He is eternal. God has made an incredible offer to US, to be part of that kingdom. Jesus is returning soon. You don't want to miss His next appearance. We have until then to repent of our sins and believe in Him. BUt act quickly, He could return later today. Or tomorrow.

It has been said that God is a God of second chances. While that is true, we all have had multiple chances to place our faith in Christ already. He has already made the offer, but tomorrow may be too late to accept it. Trust in Him today.