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ordained by God, mankind was joined to the One who could make men perfect.
Christ, in His person, is the perfect image of the Father. Because Yahshua is an
“an exact representation of [God’s] nature,” He is able to show the Father’s nature
fully, and perfectly to man. When Christ sent forth His Spirit to indwell man, the
power to become perfect was given to men. The Spirit of Christ residing in man
provides the power to accomplish God’s purpose.

Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Yahshua from the dead dwells in you, He
who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Yahweh’s purpose is to have mature, perfected sons. His instrument to produce
these sons is the Spirit of Christ. That which was weak and a mere shadow, has been
replaced by that which is powerful and an exact representation of God’s nature.
In their infancy, the people of God were given a tutor and schoolmaster to guide
them. The tutor was not capable of making men perfect. It could only guard men
during their infancy until the time came to deliver them into the hands of the One
who could make them perfect.

Galatians 4:4-5
But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a
woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under
the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

“The adoption as sons” is a reference to being judged as mature, having the
character of the Father formed in the child. When the Father’s character is observed
to be replicated in the child, the child is adopted. He rises from the rank of a child
under tutors, to a son who is given authority and liberty.
Paul is declaring that “when the fulness of the time came,” for mature sons of
Yahweh to be manifested, He sent forth His Son. Yahshua was “born of a woman,
born under the Law” which signifies that He is the transitional point. He arose among
those who were children, but He progressed onto maturity that He might lead others
to this same maturity. Christ had to learn obedience and be perfected as a son
(Hebrews 5:8). He grew up among a people who were disobedient and forever stuck
in adolescence. Yahshua was the first to receive the commendation from Yahweh that
He was a well pleasing son.

Matthew 3:17
And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased."

Throughout the course of His ministry on earth Yahshua never did any work, or