Day 355 - Hebrews - 2 Peter

ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 355 - Hebrews - 2 Peter (Christmas Means God is with Us)
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"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high"  (Hebrews 1:1-3)

Today, as we celebrate Christmas, what could be more fitting than to reflect upon its true meaning?  Our text above echoes the angel's announcement to Joseph, the husband of Mary, that the child she was carrying was the One whom the prophet Isaiah referred to whose name shall be called Immanuel, which translated meant, "God with us."

The author of the book of Hebrews, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Sprit, tells us that God has 
revealed Himself to the world through the birth of His Son Jesus Christ.  We read that it is through Jesus, who is the heir of all things, that the entire universe was created.  The book of Colossians goes even further to say that "all things were created through Him and FOR Him (Colossians 1:16)."

Our text further states that Jesus, the Son of God, is the "brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power."  That really is quite a loadful to say about the Christ.  It means Christ is God Himself in human flesh.  As God, Christ upholds all things by the word of His power which in plain language means that He is the force that holds the atom (a mystery scientists have never figured out) which is the basic element of all matter in the universe.  Simply put, all that needs to happen in order for the universe to collapse is for Christ to let go of His hold on the universe.

Finally, we are told that the main reason for the incarnation of God was our salvation through His death on the cross.  Jesus was born in this world so that He could die to take the death that we deserved and so that we could receive the gift of eternal life that we do not deserve.  But Jesus did not just die, He rose again and ascended into heaven and is now sitted at the right hand of God the Father as our Mediator or Priest, ever interceding in our behalf before His Father.  

This Christmas, if you have not done so yet, would you give Jesus, the birthday celebrant, your heart as your gift to Him and would you receive the gift of eternal life which He wants to give to you?  If you do, you will experience a Christmas unlike all your past Christmases because the Christ of Christmas will be alive in you for all eternity.