He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, so that He might destroy the works of the devil. (1 JOHN 3:8) NKJV

The declaration of the purpose of JESUS preceded His birth. Long before Adam sinned and committed high treason against God, He made provision for his redemption. He plans ahead of every event, hence nothing catches HIM by surprise. God could plan ahead of every situation because He is omniscient. He knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end. He declares from eternity what would take place in time. He sits upon the circle of the earth and yet carries the universe in His hands. He is God and there is none else besides Him.

Nothing we do or don’t do makes Him more of God or any less God, He is God all by Himself. What He does will last till eternity if He chooses that they do. He is the King — the Emperor of the universe and His decree no one could question.

Here is what Job said concerning Him, “He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and prosper” (Job 9:4).

His plans are perfect and in executing them He is detailed. No one is capable of stopping Him when He sets out to carry out His plan. And what sometimes may seem like a failed execution of His plan is His strategy to prove to His opponents that He is indeed God. It was God who gave JESUS the task to come to the world to execute His counsel on earth. To fulfill the purpose of putting satan’s dastardly acts to a halt and to destroy all his works.

After the LORD JESUS had accomplished His purpose on the earth, God gave John, one of His disciples, the summary of all that He came to do on the earth. I will quote from the Amplified version because it gives a clearer picture and more detailed information about what CHRIST accomplished on earth. It reads, “...He who commits sin, who practice evildoing is of the devil (takes his character from the evil one, the devil has sinned, violated the divine law from the beginning.

The reason the Son of God was made manifest (made known) was to undo, (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil has done.” (1 John 3:8). And He did a good job, on the CROSS He said, “it is finished - meaning it is done, I have carried out the purpose God has for me on earth. I have satisfied the cause of justice, my mission has been accomplished”.

There is a fundamental detail to what He accomplished, which the Amplified version spelled out. He came to undo, loosen and dissolve the works the devil already did on earth and He finished it through His death on the CROSS. So, on the CROSS, He declared “it is done”.

We often think that JESUS was made manifest when He was born and three wise men visited Him, as He laid as a child, in the manger, or when John baptized Him in Jordan, and the Heavens open to attest to His Son-ship. But no, those were private events that only a few witnessed. It was when He died on the CROSS we witness the visibleness of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. He became exposed to the world and all eyes in Jerusalem saw him hanging on that CROSS. That was where the difference was made.

Grace to you and Shalom always.

JESUS REIGNS!