Tuesday 30. December 2014
1. Sunday after Christmas
And the angel Gabriel said to Mary: „Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear son, and you shall call Him Jesus. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.“ (Luke 1,30-31.32b)
Luke traces Jesus' Davidic ancestry through David's son, Nathan, and takes us all the way back to the beginning with Adam. Jesus human genealogy is a rich tapestry of Old Testament patriarchs, including David, Boaz, Judah, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Shem, Noah, Seth and ultimately Adam. The Apostle Paul calls Jesus the Second Adam: „The first man Adam became a living being“; the Second Adam became a life-giving spirit. The first Adam was from the earth, a man of dust; the Second Adam is from heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of the dust, we will also bear the image of the Man of heaven. (1. Corinthians 15,45.47.49)
The Scriptures testify that Jesus is human from His mother Mary and He is God from His own Divine nature as the Son of God. Jesus is both God and man in full union and communion in one person. He is man as we are man, but He had no original sin or sinfulness in Him. He is God and promises to make restore us in His Divine image. This is the Light and Glory of Christmas: God has become man. God has become one of us. God has dwelt in our midst in order to redeem us.
Prayer: O Almighty God, grant that the birth of Your Only-begotten Son in the flesh may set us free from the bondage of sin; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen. (L08)
Luke traces Jesus' Davidic ancestry through David's son, Nathan, and takes us all the way back to the beginning with Adam. Jesus human genealogy is a rich tapestry of Old Testament patriarchs, including David, Boaz, Judah, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Shem, Noah, Seth and ultimately Adam. The Apostle Paul calls Jesus the Second Adam: „The first man Adam became a living being“; the Second Adam became a life-giving spirit. The first Adam was from the earth, a man of dust; the Second Adam is from heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of the dust, we will also bear the image of the Man of heaven. (1. Corinthians 15,45.47.49)
The Scriptures testify that Jesus is human from His mother Mary and He is God from His own Divine nature as the Son of God. Jesus is both God and man in full union and communion in one person. He is man as we are man, but He had no original sin or sinfulness in Him. He is God and promises to make restore us in His Divine image. This is the Light and Glory of Christmas: God has become man. God has become one of us. God has dwelt in our midst in order to redeem us.
Prayer: O Almighty God, grant that the birth of Your Only-begotten Son in the flesh may set us free from the bondage of sin; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen. (L08)
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