23/12/2020
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL
"And suddenly...a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
Jesus was definitely not born on December 25th but at least we have agreement that since we aren't sure about his birthday we celebrate his birth during this time. If he becomes the purpose of this season: we are on point. If its about how much we expect from our spouses, how many beers we will take, the goodies we will buy, and how much of s*x we will have, or the amount of sales and merchandise we will transact during the season, we are lost already. If its about the transitioning of the sun from its lowest point in the southern sky up again northwards then we are worshiping the creature rather than the creator. Yet if what we celebrate is God incarnate, we celebrate the Love of God: goodwill toward men. we acknowledge that in the lowly womb of Mary: Jesus of Nazareth, a full embodiment of the Godhead bodily humbled himself and was born.
We join in the song of all the Angels to give glory to God who reigns above all creation and to declare peace to the inhabitants of earth because God has come down among and within them. That's the message of Christmas that Divinity has reached down to us and if we open our Hearts to God then we have Jesus and the Father abiding in us by the Holy Spirit. God is no longer mad at us, he has come down in the form of man and lived our life and exchanged his for ours on the cross. He has tasted our pain, sorrow and joy, faced our temptations and overcame them giving us an example and the power we ought to follow.
Our old man under the wrath of God and ready to decay is crucified and in the resurrection this life also materializes the incarnation of Christ in every soul reaching out to him by faith. Hallelujah! That"s the message! That"s the Jesus of the New Testament, and of the Apostles, of whom the Prophets spake. And of-course Paul says: though there be many Lords and many gods, but to us there is but One God the Father of all creation, and one Lord Jesus Christ.
Merry Christmas and happy New year!