Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. He is God manifested in human form. When we see Jesus we are seeing the Father also. Our Lord said that He and the Father are one. This means that Jesus is both God and man. Before the foundation of the world, God devised a plan to save the human race. That plan is called “Operation Grace.” In this plan, Jesus went to the cross and became the propitiation of our sins and not only ours (believers) but the sins of the whole world.

When the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, He ascended into heaven and “Operation Grace” was complete. Now, all an individual must do to be saved is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus did all the work of salvation at the cross and we get all the benefit.

There is a GREAT MYSTERY about God’s plan that confounds the human mind. That mystery is defined in this question: How can God be in control of history and yet at the same time, allow man to exercise this volition? Only at the end of time will the question be answered by our Lord.