So If a Birth has Taken Place...
The vast majority of Christians just celebrated what they think is the birthday of Jesus. A relative few of us abstain from that practice because, as my friend Lenny preached this last Sabbath, Jesus was not born in the winter. Also, the practices of Christmas are almost all linked to pagan religions of antiquity, so those of us who know that need to act accordingly.
But today’s post is not about XMAS but rather about the birth part. All Christians accept that Jesus was born, in a manger, of a woman, and was reared to adulthood by an earthly family. The WORD became flesh and dwelt (or tabernacled) among us. No controversy yet, so far as I know. The question I have is if a birth took place, then a death had to take place, too!
For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Heb 9:15 (NASB)
Ahh, isn’t that a powerful verse, brethren? It is one of the verses that the whole faith hinges upon, huh? And it is about the subject of the New Covenant, the voluntary death of the Messiah who now mediates for believers and redeems us from the penalty of our sins. Sin is the transgression of the Law, a Law He kept without blemish. It is also an impossible verse to comprehend if one accepts the Trinity.
Because if a birth took place, which it did (and it’s date was not recorded), then a death took place. God the Father did not die, His Son did. His Son stayed that way for 72 hours (give or take) and was resurrected by the Father. He died and yet lived again, raised immortal and exalted. He again dwelt among us and taught the Apostles all things about Himself from the Torah. After His resurrection, He said he had not yet ascended to the Father. Yet another verse that is not possible to reconcile if one accepts the Trinity. If the three-in-one God thing is true, Jesus never really left the Father, never really died, wasn’t really resurrected, and the price of our sins is not paid.
Praise Almighty Yahweh (that’s God in English, btw.) that His Son was born, so that He could die, and yet live again. All will now live again, some to a resurrection of life and others to a resurrection of judgment. Accepting Yeshua (Jesus in English) as Messiah (Christ) is the path unto a resurrection of life! Accept Him and you shall be saved!
