We will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ just nine days from today. This is a great time to refresh our memory about His deity and who He is and what He was doing before He was planted in the womb of a young virgin to become the Savior of the world.
The Gospel of John (NLT) begins by describing the life of God’s Son before He became a human being. “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot extinguish it.”
The life of God’s Son did not begin as a fertilized egg in the womb of a virgin girl in Nazareth or even as a new born baby in a manger in a stable in Bethlehem. His life span was not just the 33 years He spent here on Earth. His life did not end on the cross or even in the tomb in Jerusalem. All of that was just a brief mission of love to seek and to save us when we were lost and to shed His blood as a once and for all, sacrifice for our sins. He is not only still alive, He is preparing to return to Earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords; to gather His church of believers.
C.S. Lewis summed it up nicely when he wrote, “The Son of God became a man so that men can become the sons of God.”