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The Work of Christ
We know that Jesus Christ is the saviour of mankind, and, of course, the saviour of the whole of creation. He will do that by the same power with which he can subdue the univers". Phil. 3:21. . . . all things were created in Him and for Him . . .Col. 1:16. and . . . all things to be reconciled through Him and for Him, everything in heaven and on earth. Col. 1:20.
If there is a God, then what He does is always on a total scale; a perfect scale.
We have a seemingly unending universe and there my be intelligent life on millions of other planets. We can hardly claim to be the only intelligent life in a universe in which our planet has less visual significance than an electron has on the planet.
However, Christ did come to THIS planet and His redemptive work for the whole of creation WAS done on this planet - it was not necessary for Him to be born on every planet that has life (presuming there are others) and going through the agony of the redemptive process on each.
God is not so limited.
And Christ's coming to this planet,
makes Earth the focal point,
the nerve centre, so to speak,
of the entire universe.
Let us presume that there are many planets with intelligent life. It may well be that some are more advanced than we. These may already have inter-galaxy travel, in which case they are already aware of the significance of this planet. They are already aware of the work of the God-made-man. And, should they have failed to find this small planet, then it is only a matter of time.
Perhaps, on the other hand, none have access to space travel. In due course they and we will, and then, communication will be made.
The message of The Christ, in either case, will reach across the galaxies.
When evil became an intricate part of creation, man had chosen against the Creator; his Creator, Satan's Creator. In so doing, man left the lighted path on which he walked with God.
In the darkness, away from this path of natural harmony where he was man, perfectly, he was lost. Not only was he lost, but on leaving the path, he travelled a one-way track, for he was unable to return (by his own power).
How easy to create disaster and how impossible to rectify it!
Yet, God still provided man with the good things of creation. And Satan, with the full assistance of man, provided the evil.
Before Christ, Satan must have reckoned on a complete victory. Those whom he was unable to win to evil, still had no final, eternal reward with God, even on death. The pathway back to harmony with God, was closed, permanently.
Not even Satan was aware, however, of the completeness of the Love of God; that He could even consider taking on the flesh and blood of one of his creatures.
But the Love of God is boundless and He did become man.
The purpose of becoming man was not only to preach the Good News as a priority, not only to experience the life of a
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