Friday, December 18, 2015

Was God Actually Excited to see what He would look like?

Christmas provides a glimpse into a mystery.   What does God look like?  Was the Father actually excited to see what His image would be like in Jesus?  This unusual thought occured to me the other day and I began to reflect on it.  I know it seems a bit out of the ordinary way of presenting Christmas. But could the Father actually have been excited along with the shepherds and wise men to see what He would look like in the flesh?  You say how could an all knowing God, omnipotent and omnicient God, actually get excited?  I just lay out the thought for you to ponder.  The bible seems to tell this truth. John 1:18 "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared him."  And again, John 14:7 "If you had known Me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."
Hebrews adds some more thoughts.  Hebrews 1:2 - 3 "Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He had appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person..."  Perhaps on that calm night in Bethlehem in a manger God awaited with anticipation His image to come forth through a simple girl named Mary. Yes, it was in the fullness of time, it was at the moment appointed God became flesh.  Wonder of wonders! And He dwelt among us full of grace and truth. He not only became flesh, but was now bound by a body for the rest of eternity, for in His resurrected body the everlasting incarnate Christ would dwell.  Little wonder we call it the mystery of Godliness.  
                                       
                                      The Word became flesh and dwelt among us

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