I always love hearing
or reading, “Wise men still seek Him.”
It tends to get me to focus on what this season is truly about. For
hundreds of years, the Hebrew people had been waiting for the promised Messiah.
Finally, He was born! The word started
to spread, a bright star rose to lead the way, and people set out on their
journey to go and worship Him. This was
fulfillment of prophecy, this was God in the flesh come to redeem His people, and
this was THE Good News!
Scroll forward about 33
years, and these people are shouting, “Crucify Him!” You really cannot consider the birth of
Christ without understanding the purpose for that birth. The birth of the Messiah wasn’t the end of
the prophecy. In order to save His
people from their sins, He had to die.
He knew when He took on the form of man, He would have to suffer and
die. There was no other way for our sins
to be forgiven then, now, and forever.
God’s holiness demanded a sacrifice, and His son came to this earth to
be that sacrifice.
The redemptive quality
of His work on the cross continues today.
We still have the opportunity to be forgiven of our sins. We still have the opportunity to accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives.
Not only was He born, did He live as our example, and was He crucified
in our stead, HE LIVES! Christmas means
nothing without Easter; the birth means nothing without the subsequent death
and resurrection. Because He lives, those
who are wise can still seek Him.
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