Christmas isn't about when Jesus was born.
Christmas is about why The Great I Am, the God who created the universe, the One who spoke the world into being chose to become a Son of Man.
The Lamb of God without spot or blemish slain from the foundation of the world.
He who knew no sin became my sin. The wrath of God poured out on Him in my place.
Jesus the son of God cut off from the Father in my stead.
Oh the agony, the anguish my Lord experienced when the Father turned His back on the Son at the hour when the Son needed His Father the most. The torment of guilt and shame that Jesus endured on the cross; not because He was guilty but because I was guilty.
The tomb empty and standing open because death could not hold the Lamb of God; the Son of Man who had overcome sin and temptation.
Without the Messiah crucified, hanging on a Roman cross; the little baby born was just another Israelite boy born under the Roman occupation.
And without the empty tomb; standing open for all the world to see the Messiah risen from the dead; Jesus was just a good teacher; another Israelite crucified by Rome.
Do you truly know the why of Christmas?
Have you allowed the one who knew no sin to become sin for you?
If not I pray that God will reveal to your heart the true meaning of Christmas, the message of the cross and that He will draw you into a saving relationship with the Lamb of God.
Christmas is about why The Great I Am, the God who created the universe, the One who spoke the world into being chose to become a Son of Man.
The Lamb of God without spot or blemish slain from the foundation of the world.
He who knew no sin became my sin. The wrath of God poured out on Him in my place.
Jesus the son of God cut off from the Father in my stead.
Oh the agony, the anguish my Lord experienced when the Father turned His back on the Son at the hour when the Son needed His Father the most. The torment of guilt and shame that Jesus endured on the cross; not because He was guilty but because I was guilty.
The tomb empty and standing open because death could not hold the Lamb of God; the Son of Man who had overcome sin and temptation.
Without the Messiah crucified, hanging on a Roman cross; the little baby born was just another Israelite boy born under the Roman occupation.
And without the empty tomb; standing open for all the world to see the Messiah risen from the dead; Jesus was just a good teacher; another Israelite crucified by Rome.
Do you truly know the why of Christmas?
Have you allowed the one who knew no sin to become sin for you?
If not I pray that God will reveal to your heart the true meaning of Christmas, the message of the cross and that He will draw you into a saving relationship with the Lamb of God.