Not very many of us know that the story of Christmas is absurd and unbelievable but that mystery started right in Genesis. In fact Genesis 3.
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel…” The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
Genesis 3:15, 21 NIV
Yahweh started writing the absurdity of Christmas’ story immediately after man’s fall and what is that hullahubo?
The absurdity of victory in that it was not man that declared or even desired victory over satan, it was God that declared it for mankind.
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel…” Genesis 3:15, NIV.
Isn’t that absurd for you to declare victory for somebody who deliberately rebels again you with the help of your former employee?
It was not man that declared victory or even desired it over satan, it was God that declared it for mankind.
Secondly, the absurdity of love. Love that covers shame and spiritual nakedness orchestrated by willful disobedience and sin.
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. Genesis 3:21, NIV.
Imagine that great, overwhelming love of Christ? The most absurd part of it is that it was not even man that want to be loved, it was God that loved man even while he was still in sin.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 NIV.
The animal that lost it life was representing the all-giving sacrifice of Christ.
Meanwhile, the absurdity didn’t stop there it continues in Exodus with the absurdity of deliverance.
The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land…I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
Exodus 3:7-8, 10 NIV
God sees the suffering of his people. Suffering causes by sin, pride, lust, dissension, etc., and decided to rescue them through Moses – an old testament Jesus.
God sees the mankind’s suffering and send Jesus to offer us the perfect gift of salvation and see to it that He expended everything – His only begotten Son, in His arsenal for mankind’s deliverance.
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 5:1-5 NIV
Should we talked about absurdity of humility. He was God yet He Himself left His holy abode to dwell in this filthy world, raised by a poor parents and enduring the frailties of human. Yet He didn’t absconded, He completed the work of salvation.
Yet He went around healing, teaching and delivering.
Yet He ate our food. Wore our miserable clothes. Relate with us. Rejoice with us and wept with us.
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Luke 2:6-7 NIV
✅ The absurdity of victory.
✅ The absurdity of love.
✅ The absurdity of deliverance.
✅ The absurdity of humility ans
✅ The absurdity of resurrection.
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:6-11 NIV
Then, the absurdity of resurrection. Deeply connected to the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is His death and resurrection. In fact, if satan has known he wouldn’t have crucified the king of glory.
Must He die before He saved us? He doesn’t but that it how He wished to do.
With this seemingly mysteries about Christmas (for indeed the mysteries have been made known to the church), I am admonishing you to turn over your life to Christ (if you have never done so) or rededicate your life to Him now.
He came to this world purposely for you. Because He loves you that is why He died for you so that your eyes of understanding might be open to the deep riches in Christ Jesus.
That being said and today being the last day of 2022 Blogmas, I am urging you to let the love of Christ richly dwell in you. Gracious Christmas and a prosperous 2023.
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