As the eternal Word, Jesus revealed God to us. Further, He identified with us as a human being. The last phrase, “he has revealed him,” in verse 18 means that Jesus came to clarify for us who God is. The reason Jesus came to this earth is because God wants to be known, and Jesus is the fullest way we can know who God is. Not only does Jesus identify with God. In putting on human flesh, Jesus identified with us in our humanity (Heb. 4:15). Have you ever thought, “Where is God?”Or, “Why is He allowing this to happen to me?” Christmas is meant to tell us that God does care—and He does understands. In fact, God cared so much that Jesus became a man in order to experience the things we do. We have a Savior who not only suffered with us, but also suffered for us in order one day to end all suffering.

How does it bring comfort to you to know that the Son of God cares about human suffering and experienced it Himself as a human being?