The Significance Of The Timing Of Jesus’ Birth Series

And in Ephesians 1:10 GW Paul writes

“He planned to bring all of history to its goal in Christ.”

The question, however, still remains:

Why did God send Jesus as the redeemer at the time He send Him?

Why did God send Jesus at the time He send Him?

Well, if you look at the historical background you would see that this was the optimal time for Jesus to have come to earth as the redeemer.

Here is some reasons:

• There was political piece on earth which was called the Pax Romana

• That meant that there was freedom of movement

• There was also Freedom of Religion.

• In fact, the Roman Empire was very lenient towards all religions.

• Greek was the universal language and most people on the then known earth could speak and understand the language.

• Because of the military influence there was roads and other infrastructure that was developed, which made travel so much easier and faster.

• This also included more developed sea travel.

• It was also the introduction of a postal service, which meant that communication was so much easier.

• And there was a religious and moral searching of the Mediterranean word for the true God and for fellowship with Him.

This was in God’s time when the new era was established by Christ’s coming.

This was the new covenant that came into being, meaning that the old covenant as a means of salvation, had ended in Christ.

God had timed this to perfection from the very beginning.

In the Beginning

Christ’s coming as the redeemer has been predicted in Genesis already:

Genesis 3:15 KJV

(15) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

This was a prediction that Christ will one day be victorious over Satan.

And from the very beginning the coming of the Messiah was expected.

We see that, even with Eve’s first son, Cain, she thought that this son was the Messiah promised by God.

We read the following in Genesis 4:1 GW

Adam made love to his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "I have gotten the man that the LORD promised."

Eve thought that Cain was the Messiah, the Redeemer, the one who would crush the head of the serpent.

But, of course, he wasn’t.

And so, for thousands of years people were waiting for the coming of the Messiah.

But God was waiting for the “Fullness of Time”

He was only going to send His Son to earth when it would have the optimal effect.

He would only send His Son to earth when the timing was right.

And, as we all know today, God’s timing was spot-on.

Christianity grew to be the biggest religion on this earth.

Because of this timing the prediction that the Gospel would be spread to the ends of the earth, could be accomplished.

There needs to be a Waiting

Before God send Jesus to earth He waited for the best suitable time for Him to become the Messiah.

And, I belief that that it was, indeed, the optimal time for Jesus to have come to earth.