Aspects of Jesus' Ministry
 
Jesus' ministry as it relates to man has various forms depending on whether His ministry is pre-incarnate, incarnate, or post-incarnate. In His pre-incarnate ministry, prior to the creation of the world He existed as God and it is through Him that all that is created has been created. Yet even here, before the creation of man, He is ordained as our Saviour. Subsequent to the creation of the world and prior to His birth in human form He occasionally appeared as the Angel of the Lord. In His incarnate ministry, from His birth in human form to His ascension into Heaven, He lived among man as a man, interacting directly with His created beings. In His post-incarnate ministry, subsequent to His ascension into Heaven, He is at the right hand of the Father and acting as our ultimate High Priest, the one to whom the Old Testament sacrificial system was pointing. From there He will return at the end of time to take us home to live with Him and He will reign as our King forever.