Why was Jesus sent by the Father?

First of all, God did not send Jesus only to save the world. That was the primary reason but not the only one.

The reason God made the world was to make the invisible things of God visible. God wanted to manifest all His attributes. When God became man (Jesus), He manifested His goodness, wisdom, justice, and power. He manifested His goodness because he showed that his own creation (man) was not despised by Him, since he deigned to become man Himself. He manifested His justice by defeating the devil using the very creature that the devil tempted with the fruit in the garden. The devil led man into sin, so it was fitting and just that the devil be defeated by man. But how can man, who is below the devil defeat the devil without God's help? Thus God became man. He manifested His wisdom by finding a way to remove man's debt. Man sinned against God. The gravity of a sin is measured by who the sin is against. For example, striking a random stranger is less serious than striking the president. A sin against God is infinite. Man is only finite, therefore man, by himself cannot pay the debt. If God paid the debt for him, then it wouldn't really be man who was paying the debt. Therefore, God became man, because only God could pay an infinite debt and also that it was man who was paying it (Jesus). His power was manifested by actually becoming Incarnate as a man.

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