God in the Flesh

"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you."

(1 Peter 1:20)

Now, He Who was foreordained before the foundation of the worldwas manifested in these last times for you. Who are those described here? For you who by Him do believe in God. It is one thing simply to believe the record which God has given to us here of His purposes of love and mercy; it is another thing to believe upon God - that is no small mercy but as Joseph Hart says, the best of all is to be brought by Divine power to believe IN GOD, that is to run for shelter to the Hope set before us, to hide ourselves under the white robe of Christ's righteousness, to abide in the Rock of Ages cleft for poor lost and ruined sinners; this precious glorious Christ is manifested today to everyone who, by Him, thus believes IN God. "0 my dove," says the Holy One in the Canticles, "...that art in the clefts of the Rock" and those who are in the cleft of the Rock know somewhat of what it is to have a Precious Christ manifested unto them. To take refuge there as poor, lost and ruined sinners and taking refuge there, to contemplate the perfect humanity of the Adorable Son of God.