96 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
Now let's look at the Son.
Before the Lord Jesus came to earth, He, with God the
Father, had only an immaterial form. His earthly body of
flesh, blood, and bone was given Him when He was born as
a babe in Bethlehem. And, like you, He grew to be a man.
If I were to ask "Of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
which is a real person?"—most people would say the Son.
We can identify with Christ because He took the form of a
human being. In fact, if you do not believe that Christ lived,
died, and rose from the dead, it is impossible for you to be a
Christian. It is the foundation that makes possible your
salvation.
The Bible makes it clear that Jesus—part of the
Godhead—has a soul. At Gethsemane, before the
crucifixion, he said to His disciples, "My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful, even to death" (Mark 14:34).
We have a physical description of Christ that shapes our
image of Him. We know, for example, that he wore a beard
and had long hair. In Old Testament prophecy concerning
the suffering of the Messiah, the Lord says, "I gave My
back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who
plucked out the beard" (Isa. 50:6). Christ was also a
Nazarite, from a city where the men customarily wore long
hair.
Today, Christ in His resurrected body sits at the right
hand of God the Father. And what does He look like? John,
in Revelation, saw a vision of Him "clothed with a garment
down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden
band. His head and His hair were white like wool, as white
as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire.... His
countenance was like the sun shining in its strength" (Rev.
1:13-14,16). On his head was "a golden crown" (Rev.
14:14). And on his robe were written the words, "KING OF