God Taking Flesh

The coming of Christ is the central theme of the entire Old Testament. The promised deliverer, Messiah, God made flesh was and is the story of the whole revelation of God. The people of Israel were set apart by God to produce that Messiah and were intended to be the revelation of God's glory among the nations. It is thus that the Christmas season is a continuation of the whole Old Testament, the retelling of our expectation of and the fulfillment of the promised Christ is the faithful reminder that God always keeps His promises in the fullness of time. To make sure that we had all that we needed to understand just what was promised, Christ made many appearances throughout the Old Testament to show us just exactly who was coming and just exactly what He was to do when He came. These appearances are pre-incarnate instances of the intervention of Christ, and we will be spending this advent season considering some of them, to understand more of the Christ who came to set us free; to worship Him for all that He has done and to stir up our hearts with love for Him.