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KNOW YOUR FAITH – THE BIRTH OF JESUS |
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The
Scriptures remind us that God planned the coming of Himself in the form of
Jesus Christ and told us of it by many voices. From
the beginning God showed that He loved us, but because we would not respond a
gulf existed in our relationship. That
gulf had to be bridged. Man and God
should and must walk arm and arm together as in Genesis, chapter 2. So
it is that the Prophets were given a role to prepare the way. Note Isaiah
9 vv 2, 6 & 7 and Isaiah 11,
note Micah 5. These well known Christmas readings were
the messages of preparation. Then
came John the Baptist. He was not to
proclaim the birth but the earthly ministry of Jesus. Still with all this preparation, the World
could n0t receive Him (read S. John 1 vv 1-18). The
birth of Jesus is therefore, a well heralded event. However, as usual God did not choose the
way men would choose to execute this tremendous happening. Instead
of a princess He chooses a peasant girl, He chooses The
child is denied a proper cradle, just as we deny God a proper place in our
lives, those who came at the outset were shepherds – the bedrock of the
Israelite society that has descended from the shepherds of Abraham’s
time. It
is in that birth that God says let us return to a time of the Covenants and
make a New Covenant that will restore the breach. Thus Man and God will walk in arm and arm
and peace will then reign and man will prosper. |
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