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by John Dennis Bain
Josh McDowell, a well known Christian apologist, has written a great little book entitled, More than a Carpenter. Eye catching title and a very good quick study of the uniqueness of Jesus.

That’s really what the KJV “only begotten Son” of John3:16 is addressing. A more literal translation would be “the one-of-a kind” Son. There has never been nor will there ever be anyone quite like Jesus of Nazareth. He was and is unique.

But the primary aspect (as far as OUR benefit is concerned) of the incarnation was that He purposefully took upon Himself so many traits and characteristics that made Him exactly LIKE us.

In this vein we might describe Jesus as a carpenter . . . .and more.
He WAS a real carpenter. A carpenter like Joseph. Probably even like Joseph’s father and grandfather. He probably didn’t heal uneven table legs or miraculously create wooden works of supernatural art. No doubt a GOOD carpenter, but a normal, human carpenter.

Tables, chairs, oaken chests. Doors, door frames, window frames.
Ladders, bowls, utensils.
Carts, cabinets, yokes, and spoked wheels.

What good practice for a Savior. Shaping, smoothing, fitting together. Ancient, simple tools not the least of which were His strong, calloused hands.

He had probably spent many hours in Joseph’s shop as a little boy. Playing at carpentering, mimicking the man who served as His earthly father. Being given a taste every now and then of the real thing, actually helping, assisting. Exposure to the work was a natural consequence of living in a Galilean home whose carpenter shop no doubt joined the family domicile.

But when he was 13 years of age, immediately after His BarMitzvah, the serious task of carpentry apprenticeship had begun.

He was taught to respect the wood, its texture and grain. Its type and family. It was handled lovingly, gently and always with the finished product clearly in the mind of the builder, the creator, the CARPENTER.

Selecting, measuring, shaping, fitting, and joining. No glues or adhesives. No bolts, screws, metal hinges bands or staples. And especially . . . no nails.

Maybe some wooden pegs; probably. But never nails. That was a rough gentile invention. It violated the natural body of the wood. It was a lazy fixture. Probably considered by any true carpenter to be an obscenity.

“You see,” Joseph said, “if you do your work correctly, it will FIT together. It will hold. The grooves, the hand-made rabbets, and dove-tailcuts will snug it up beautifully, naturally.”

What an additonal shame and disgrace, for hands that had never driven a single nail or spike. Hands that had never splintered a single piece of God’s wood with a crude mallet . . . being nailed to a cross.

Thank you Jesus....

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