What if Christ had not come?
John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
Effects on mankind:
Man would not have the possibility to gain heaven. The only way to enter heaven is to have our sins paid for and we cannot pay for our own sin and live. Heaven would be closed to mankind and God would remain separate from us. Man would abide forever under the curse of sin. There would be continual sacrifices being made.
We would be telling time as the Jews – 6,023 or something like that. There would be no hope for a lasting peace on earth.
There would be no Christmas season to celebrate. No decorations, carols, or nativity.
There would be no church, no communion or Easter, no great hymns. There would be no New Testament; no new covenant. The story of man would end in a curse Mal 4:6. The bridge from God to man would be incomplete.
God without honor:
Bethlehem vindicated God’s promise of a Deliverer in Genesis. The announcement of “a child is born . . . a son is given. . .” would be only an empty promise. God would be counted as unfaithful to His promises. God’s work would go unfinished (Jn 4:34).
God’s promise of a Kingdom with righteousness would be unreal and impossible. There would be no “Book of Jesus Christ”. There would be no Revelation of Jesus Christ. There would be no “grace of our Lord Jesus Christ”. Rev 22:21
Prophecy without fulfillment
The many prophecies would never be fulfilled. The Seed of the woman; the devil’s head crushed. There would be no Shiloh or Shiloh to come; no Star of David, no Lion of the tribe of Judah. There would be no sign to Israel of their restoration Isa 7:10-15.
Eternity without hope
Old Testament saints offered in faith looking forward to the One Whom the sacrifices represented that would take away their sin. There would be a constant reminder of our sin Heb 10:3, 11. There would be no assurance of hope now. We would face uncertainty after death.
World without a song
Christianity brought the world the greatest of songs about the Savior. The world’s music would be without the blessedness of forgiveness as we know it today. The best of the world’s music is Christian and related to worship and adoration of Christ or about His comings – first and second – or about His redemption of mankind. If Christ had not ome we would be without these tremendous blessings.