And He Shall Soon Crush Satan Under Your Feet At the birth of our Saviour, Christ the Lord, an angel appeared to the shepherds nearby, declaring the good news for all people. And suddenly, in reply, the heavenly host appeared proclaiming in chorus: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.” Luke 2:14 NAS Christ’s birth … [Read more...]
The Joyful Sound
“… He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.” Col 1:18 ESV “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” 1 Cor 15:20 ESV “When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he … [Read more...]
Born of a Woman
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman Gal 4:4 Christ becoming man signals the climax of history. From the proto-Gospel of the Garden, promising that “the seed of the woman would crush the serpents head” (Gen 3:15), to the birth of Christ in Bethlehem as its eventual fulfilment, God declares that his purposes for time and history are … [Read more...]
“What is man?”
“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” Psalms 8:3-4 Christ’s birth is the consummate divine statement concerning man. When the omnipotent eternal God, the creator of the universe, condescended to the human estate by … [Read more...]
The Law of Kingdom Concealment
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field ... Matthew 13:44 The laws of the Kingdom of God are contrary to the ways of men. Hidden from the casual seeker, the kingdom of God is not superficial to be stumbled upon. It does not lie on the surface and is not obvious—it is "like a treasure hidden in the field". It is in fact, concealed, obscured from … [Read more...]
