Christmas Day

 

 

It’s Christmas!

In the season of Advent many have used the Advent wreath and its candles to prepare for this great celebration of the birth of Christ.

When we lit the first purple candle, we asked God to come and be our Good Shepherd. 
God our Shepherd has come in Jesus Christ.

When we lit the second purple candle, we asked God to come and forgive our sins. 
God has come in Jesus Christ to take our sins and die upon the cross so that we might be forgiven.

When we lit the third, pink candle, we felt joyful even in our longing for Christ to come. 
Christ, who has been born in a manger, will come again in glory to wipe away every tear from our eyes.

When we lit the fourth candle, we remembered that Christ would come as a son -- the son of Mary, the Son of David, and the Son of God! 

This Son has been born!  He is Immanuel -- God with us.

Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ, Jesus the Good Shepherd, Jesus who forgives our sins, Jesus who will come again, Jesus the son of Mary, the Son of David, and the very Son of God.

Micah 5:2-4  -  "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor gives birth and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites. He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.