The Word Became Flesh

Christmas Eve. For the past week we have looked at the truth about Christmas and the birth of the Savior from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. We looked at the purpose of His Incarnation, His Crucifixion, our Salvation and God’s Glorification. We looked at the meaning of the swaddling clothes and the Old Testament prophecy of His birth.

We sometimes celebrate His birth with the misunderstanding that this was the beginning of His existence, but it was not. The Gospel of John tell us that He has always existed. In the beginning was the Word (Jesus),and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Christ always existed from eternity past and was with God and the Holy Spirit before the creation of anything that existed (1:1). His death on the Cross was not the end of His existence either; He lives today!

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14). It’s hard to grasp that God was willing to leave the throne of heaven to become like His own creation so that He could save us from our sins. While on earth, He was still fully God as well as being fully human. He still knew all things but still got hungry and tired.

That baby in the manger that we celebrate at Christmas became the man that was despised and crucified on the Cross. “He came unto His own and His own received Him not” (John 1:11).  There is no Christmas without Jesus Christ!  He is THE reason for the season.

Have a Merry Christmas and God bless.