Time of Fulfillment

“This is the time of fulfilment.” Mark 1:15

After Jesus was baptized by John, He went out into the desert wilderness for forty days. There He was with wild beasts and tempted by Satan. The angels ministered to Him. When He was ready, He went to Galilee and preached the Gospel. 

What did Jesus look like? There is nothing of His physical appearance in any of the four gospels or other books in the New Testament. But there is a letter said to be written by the governor of Judea, Publius Lentulus to Tiberius Caesar, in the year 32 AD. 

"There lives at this time in Judea a man of singular virtue, whose name is Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians esteem as a prophet, but his followers love and adore him as the offspring of the immortal God. He calls back the dead from the graves and heals all sorts of diseases with a word or touch. He is a tall man, well shaped, and of amenable and reverent aspect; He has hair of a color that can hardly be matched, falling into graceful curls, waving about and very agreeably couching about his shoulders, parted on the crown of his head, running as a stream to the front after the fashion of the Nazarites. His forehead is high, large and imposing; his cheeks without spot or wrinkle, beautiful with a lovely red; his nose and mouth formed with exquisite symmetry; His beard of a color suitable to his hair, reaching below his chin and parted in the middle like a fork; His eyes, bright blue, clear and serene, look innocent, dignified, manly and mature.

"In proportion of body most perfect and captivating; his arms and hands delectable to behold. He rebukes with majesty, counsels with mildness; His whole address, whether in word or deed, being eloquent and grave. No man has seen Him laugh, yet his manners are modest and wise, a man for his extraordinary beauty and divine perfection, surpassing the children of men in every sense."

Imagine this man appearing out of nowhere, and proclaiming, “This is the time of fulfilment.” Dr. Mary Healy explained that this means, “that now, in Jesus, God is breaking into history to fulfill His promises and to bring His whole plan to completion.” 

God became man in Jesus. Isn’t that inconceivable? We can spend our whole life trying to make sense of it!