Why earth?
John wrote: "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work." (1 John 3:8)
Peter said: "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil" (Acts 10:38)
Here are the reasons given in the Gospels why Jesus came to earth.
Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:23 Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”
Matthew 9:13 “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:35 Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
Matthew 10:7 “Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”
Matthew 10:34 “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
Matthew 11:27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Matthew 11:29 “Learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls.”
Matthew 18:11 “For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.”
Matthew 20:28 “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom* for many.”
Matthew 24:14 “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
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Mark 1:14 Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1:38 “Let us go to the nearby villages so I can preach there also. That is what I have come to do.”
Mark 2:17 “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom* for many.”
Mark 16:15 Jesus told them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”
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Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
Luke 4:43, 44 “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 5:32 “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 9:2 He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing.
Luke 9:11 The crowds followed Jesus; and welcoming them, He spoke to them about the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing.
Luke 9:56 “For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them.”
Luke 9:60 “But as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”
Luke 12:49-51 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.”
Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
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John 3:17 “God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”
John 6:38-40 “I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
John 6:51 “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
John 9:39 “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
John 10:10 “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Jesus 12:31 "Now the prince of this world will be driven out."
John 12:46 “I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.”
Jesus 16:11: "The prince of this world now stands condemned."
John 18:37 Pilate said to Jesus, “You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
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* To many Christians, the word "ransom" sounds like sacrificial language, for we sometimes speak of Jesus as the ransom for our sins. But it almost certainly does not have this meaning in the two places that it is used in the Gospels. The Greek word translated as "ransom" (lutron) is used in the Bible not in the context of payment for sin, but to refer to payment made to liberate captives (often from captivity in war) or slaves (often from debt slavery). A lutron is a means of liberation from bondage.
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