From Crib to Cross
During this time of advent (which means 'to come') I can’t help but think about what is actually ‘to come’. Christmas (which means 'Christ Sent'). The Son of God is sent into the world to make the love of God visible for us. He doesn’t come in a flurry of fire or descending in the clouds, he comes to us as a baby. A helpless little infant.
I wonder sometimes about the infant Jesus. Jesus is the second person of the Holy Trinity the Word of God. The word infant comes from two Latin words "in" meaning 'not' and "fans" which means 'to speak' (in fans). The work infant means speechless. The incarnation, when the Son of God takes on human flesh, is a time when the Word of God becomes speechless!
It amazes me that the word that spoke all of creation into being steps into time and becomes speechless in order to show the world what it means to love. Jesus, the Second person of the Holy Trinity, the eternal Logos, (the word), gives himself to humanity and takes on flesh. He becomes one with us yet remains fully God. So he is Emmanuel (God with us). Throughout the Old Testament all God wants is to be with his people—to dwell among them. Time and time again, His people refuse Him, choosing to live in ways that exclude God.
So He becomes one of us. The Word of God becomes speechless because of His great love for us. He is born into the world and laid on the wood of a manger (a feeding trough) in a town called Bethlehem (Which means house of bread). Thus begins the earthly life of our Savior. At the end of His life he is again laid on the wood but this time it is the wood of the cross where he offers himself as the One True sacrifice where he finishes what was began in the upper room. He becomes the Bread for the world and the cross becomes the source of nourishment for all humanity.
O come let us adore him!!
Merry Christmas
I wonder sometimes about the infant Jesus. Jesus is the second person of the Holy Trinity the Word of God. The word infant comes from two Latin words "in" meaning 'not' and "fans" which means 'to speak' (in fans). The work infant means speechless. The incarnation, when the Son of God takes on human flesh, is a time when the Word of God becomes speechless!
It amazes me that the word that spoke all of creation into being steps into time and becomes speechless in order to show the world what it means to love. Jesus, the Second person of the Holy Trinity, the eternal Logos, (the word), gives himself to humanity and takes on flesh. He becomes one with us yet remains fully God. So he is Emmanuel (God with us). Throughout the Old Testament all God wants is to be with his people—to dwell among them. Time and time again, His people refuse Him, choosing to live in ways that exclude God.
So He becomes one of us. The Word of God becomes speechless because of His great love for us. He is born into the world and laid on the wood of a manger (a feeding trough) in a town called Bethlehem (Which means house of bread). Thus begins the earthly life of our Savior. At the end of His life he is again laid on the wood but this time it is the wood of the cross where he offers himself as the One True sacrifice where he finishes what was began in the upper room. He becomes the Bread for the world and the cross becomes the source of nourishment for all humanity.
O come let us adore him!!
Merry Christmas
posted by Richard Deanda at Tuesday, December 18, 2007
