16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)
Thoughts: Here are two Christmas verses from Paul that speak of the incarnation of Christ. Both see the coming of God into flesh as a promise fulfilled to the very beginning of Judaism- the patriarchs. Here Paul sees Jesus as the seed or the human descendant of Abraham. An older-time theologian once talked about "the scarlet thread" woven throughout scripture from Genesis to Revelation- pointing to the sacrifice of Christ. But another thread woven throughout scripture is the white thread that forthtells (to the future and to the present) that God comes to us. God comes spiritually- yes. But the ultimate sign of God's promise being fulfilled is that He comes physically. God did not just create the spiritual realm and restrict His actions to that area. When Jesus came He healed people physically as a sign of His coming physically. The physical coming- through the ancestry of real people- is a sign of God's care about every realm of life.
Prayer: Lord, may I be aware today of your plan to come to us. You are of human ancestry and yet you are also "God over all"- for that I praise you this day.
(Abraham and his son Isaac- being told that "God will provide a lamb." The lamb of God is Jesus- the descendant of Abraham and Isaac).
No comments:
Post a Comment