The most profound, the most mysterious, the most wonderful plan ever conceived has to do with God’s intra-Trinitarian counsel to create and redeem humanity. The incarnation, death and resurrection of God Himself into the person of Jesus to save believers onto His glory is the center of this plan.
This mystery of human redemption is so great that under the guidance of the Holy Spirit apostle Peter writes in 1 Peter 1:12 that even angels “long to look” into this matter. These majestic, pure, and unfallen beings who live in the presence of God, long to observe the unraveling of this mystery, that is God’s redemptive plan for us.
Imagine the greatest movie ever produced, one that took many years to complete, the one with perfect ratings across the board, the one which everyone in the country awaits to see… That anticipation pales in comparison with the anticipation that heavenly creatures have in observing God’s redemption of humanity. That is why we, the subjects of this great salvation, must always keep in mind this eternal plan, especially when we celebrate Christ’s incarnation.
Before this world was corrupted by sin, before Satan and his angels fell, before the foundations of creation were laid, and before time became a dimension… in the greatest mystery ever conceived, God installed this plan of creation and redemption for His Glory. He knew that His beloved creation will fall and will need to be redeemed. In His omniscience, God foresaw this as revealed to the prophet Isaiah:
“The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.” (Isaiah 59:15-16)
It is a special treat for believers to get a glimpse into God’s counsel as we observe past tense language used in this verse for a future event! Past, present, future… these are human considerations… God is not bound by time, therefore His counsel stands eternal.
Consider what Paul writes:
“7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:7-12)
As the born-again believer is faced with this realization, he or she is overcome by an awesome desire to worship the Redeemer, to give Him the all glory, to thank Him and to serve Him.
Let us remember God’s mysterious and eternal plan for us as we celebrate His incarnation this Christmas.
You should look more into holidays and their true beginnings. It is nice to have a time to remember Christ but really we should not need a time because it should be all the time. The date of our Lords birth nor any other birth is recorded nor is any time of death or resurrection (side note. If Christ’s birth is not recorded or celebrated we should not celebrate our own either and truly or deaths are more worthy of celebration as we become closer to walking with the Lord). Christmas is a pagan holiday, celebration of the winter solstice, and like ALL other holidays was changed ever so slightly to be made “Christian” in order to make converting easier. Holidays are merely another one of satan’s tools to take our focus away from living for God. Santa..satan.. See any similarities? Also who, if birthdays were meant to be celebrated, which they are not, would give presents to everyone else but the birthday boy, Christ? Not to mention the pagan traditions of trees, lights, gift giving and everything else dealing with the holiday. Easter is now a bunny that lays eggs what is more untruthful than that. The king of lies, satan, is behind all holidays/distractions, which also only lead people to spend money and the need for more money which is not of God. Holidays are not mentioned anywhere in the bible nor does our Lord ever require this kind of pagan worship from us, he actually forbids it. Also on birthdays, the only time birthdays are mentioned is when Job cries out cursing the day he was born and when Joseph gives the meaning of a dream and tells how a death will occur at a celebration of birth or birthday party, neither which are good things dealing with birthdays. If Christ, Mary, Joesph, Noah, Moses, etc birthdays were ever recorded I can not imagine anyone special enough to have their own birthday recorded much less celebrated. Holidays are of the world and anything of the world is not of the Father.
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