This is the first Christmas season when I had an idea beyond Christmas came to save. A few years ago I came to realize that the idea of God creating us to save us was a little odd. There had to be something beyond that. I found it in Ephesians 3:10-11. The Church is the evidence pointed to for the manifold wisdom of God. It is for the benefit of the “principalities and powers in the heavenly places”. Could these be the rebel angels, seeking to dethrone the Lord? So, God creates a universe where Time, Space, and Matter can exist, so Jesus can stand on a stable planet to live, die, and resurrect. He formulates a people expecting Jesus to come. Jesus does His work and the Church is created; that same Church made for evidential purposes.
And God does it all within a less-than-a-moment, from His point of view.
This is the first Christmas season when I had an idea beyond Christmas came to save. A few years ago I came to realize that the idea of God creating us to save us was a little odd. There had to be something beyond that. I found it in Ephesians 3:10-11. The Church is the evidence pointed to for the manifold wisdom of God. It is for the benefit of the “principalities and powers in the heavenly places”. Could these be the rebel angels, seeking to dethrone the Lord? So, God creates a universe where Time, Space, and Matter can exist, so Jesus can stand on a stable planet to live, die, and resurrect. He formulates a people expecting Jesus to come. Jesus does His work and the Church is created; that same Church made for evidential purposes.
And God does it all within a less-than-a-moment, from His point of view.
Merry Christmas, Ian!
Same to you. He is. I hope the magic of the season leaves you in wonder.