At Christmas, incarnation and revelation go hand in hand. God becomes flesh, and God grants us knowledge of himself. In Bethlehem, the immortal Creator of all is manifest in a mortal creature. The Lord shows himself forth in all his works, but in the incarnation, we see the nature and perfection of the one true God with maximal clarity and beauty (Heb. 1:1–4).
To be sure, the Incarnation isn’t limited to Christmas. It begins in the womb of Mary, continues throughout the whole earthly life of Jesus, and reaches its climax at the cross and empty tomb. Even now the risen and ascended Jesus remains incarnate, since he did not slough off his humanity when the Father raised him up to heaven to sit at his right hand. In point of fact, the Lord Jesus will remain human into all eternity. In this lies our hope, for “when Christ appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). He is the one truly human being who ever lived. Jesus is our brother forever.
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By Brad East | christianitytoday
