Mediator between God and Man

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:5

         

A mediator is only effective when both sides have confidence in their go-between. Divergent sides with no common ground cannot be brought together unless there is someone standing with one foot firmly in each camp - unless someone takes seriously the interests of both.

Job had many problems but he was afflicted most of all by his loss of fellowship with the living God. Feeling frustrated and rejected he cried out to his maker, “Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both” (Job 9:33). Job longed for a mediator who could get things settled.

Holy God and sinful man - a great gulf separated the two. The vast expanse was uncrossable so a cross was provided. The Creator took on his creature's form and bridged heaven and earth at the moment of the incarnation. Christ Jesus having both the divine and human natures became the true mediator between God and man.

                            God

                            Holy Omnipotent

                            All-seeing Ruling Judging

                            Jesus Christ Savior Lord

                            Feeling Searching Thirsting

                            Living Breathing

                            Man
                                                                         R. Khol