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"Christmas Incarnation" (posted December 7, 2012)
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
- 1 John 4:14 The moment we speak of the birth of Jehovah the Savior, the mystery of the incarnation constrains our attention. It had long been foretold; and, far from being veiled under dubious language, it was exactly and minutely described, so that Matthew could write, "So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,' which is translated, 'God with us'" (Matthew 1:22-23). Even the very place of His birth had been foretold: "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting" (Micah 5:2). Moreover, the holy nature of His humanity was shadowed forth in the type of the meal offering, especially in the unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, telling out as it did the truth communicated to Mary by the angel, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35). It is the miracle of miracles, and for that very reason it is the revelation of the heart of God. Edward Dennett |