Lord Horatio Nelson, as you may remember, was the English Admiral who defeated the fleet of Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and lost his life in that battle. The grateful English people erected a towering 170 foot statue at Trafalgar Square in London in his honor in the years 1839 - 1843. That is the monument that is that high, but the statue of the man atop the monument is that high, but the statue of the man atop the monument is so high above the street that the people objected that one could not see the man that was so honored. When I was in there in a long-ago January he was up there with the London fog and the pigeons.
The bringing of Lord Nelson down to street level is, I think, the perfect illustration of what our Heavenly Father did when He sent the Lord Jesus to earth in human form. Primarily, of course, this was so He, as a man, could die as the all sufficient atoning sacrifice for mankind. In response to Philip's question, Jesus stated, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." John 14:9. This truth is stated many times in scripture. See also John 1:1; John 10:30; 12:45; 17:11- 22; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3.
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