Jesus is the reason. His name is above every name! He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. During this season we celebrate and remember His coming to us. (WOW!!! God became a human being and walked around with us for REAL!)
I love the word of God! I get excited when I see Jesus Christ in there. Did you know He's found in EVERY book of the Bible. It all points to Christ. GOOD STUFF! Below is from A Popular Survey of the Old Testament by Norman A. Geisler (emphasis mine).
"...Christ is the theme of both testaments of the Bible....As a sample, Christ is the Seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15); He is the Passover Lamb (Exod. 12:3f.), the Atoning Sacrifice (Lev. 17:11), the Smitten Rock (Num. 20:8, 11), and the Faithful Prophet (Deut. 18:18). Christ is the Captain of the Lord's Host (Jos. 5:15), the Divine Deliverer (Judg. 2:18), and the Kinsman Redeemer (Ruth 3:12). Christ is anticipated as the Anointed One (1 Sam. 2:10) and as the Son of David (II Sam. 7:14). In I and II Chronicles as the Builder of the Temple (I Chron. 28:20). Ezra represents Christ as the Restorer of the Temple (Ezra 6:14, 15), and Esther portrays Him as the Preserver of the Nation (Esther 4:14). Christ is also seen as the Living Redeemer (Job 19:25), as the Praise of Israel (Ps. 150:6), the Wisdom of God (Prov. 8:22, 23), the Great Teacher (Eccles. 12:11), and the Fairest of Ten Thousand (Song of Sol. 5:10). Christ is the Suffering Servant (Isa. 53:11), the Maker of the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31), the Man of Sorrows (Lam. 3:28-30), the Glory of God (Ezek. 43:2) and the coming Messiah (Dan. 9:25). He is also depicted as the Lover of the Unfaithful (Hos. 3:1), the Hope of Israel (Joel 3:16), the Husbandman (Amos 9:13), the Savior (Obad. 21), the Resurrected One (Jon. 2:10), the Ruler in Israel (Mic. 5:2), the Avenger (Nah. 2:1), the Holy God (Hab 1:13), the King of Israel (Zeph. 3:15), the Desire of Nations (Hag. 2:7), the Righteous Branch (Zech. 3:8), and the Sun of Righteousness (Mal. 4:2)."
But wait!! There's more!
"In the New Testament Christ is presented as the King of the Jews (Matt. 2:2), the Servant of the Lord (Mark 10:45), the Son of Man (Luke 19:10) and the Son of God (John 1:1). Christ is the Ascended Lord (Acts 1:10), the believer's Righteousness (Rom. 1:17), Sanctification (I Cor. 1:30), Sufficiency (II Cor. 12:9) and Liberty (Gal 2:4). He is revealed as the Exalted Head of the Church (Eph. 1:22), the Christian's Joy (Phil. 1:26) and the Fullness of Deity (Col. 2:9). In the Thessalonian epistles Christ is the believer's Comfort (I Thes. 4:16,17) and Glory (II Thes. 1:12). He is seen as the Christian's Preserver (I Tim. 4:10), Rewarder (II Tim. 4:8), Blessed Hope (Titus 2:13), and Substitute (Philem. 17). He is also High Priest (Heb. 4:15), the Giver of Wisdom (James 1:5), the Rock (I Peter 2:6), and Precious Promise (II Peter 1:4). John represents Christ as the Life (I John), the Truth (II John), and the Way (III John); Jude portrays Christ as the Advocate and Revelation shows Him as King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Rev 19:16). It is literally true that the Bible is all about Christ!"
GLORY TO GOD!!!! I love that!
Merry Christmas everyone! God loves you.
Praise God! Love it!!
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