In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. . . (John 1:1, 14a).
That the Creator would take on the form of the creature is, to me, the most astounding revelation in the Bible. This good news of the birth of Immanuel ("God with us") is far more surprising than the good news of the Resurrection. Given that Jesus was the God-man, how could death hope to hold him? But given that man is sinful, who could hope that God would take on himself the very form of sinful man to rescue him? Yet that is what God did in Jesus Christ our Lord.
And for this gift, Christians are humbly grateful as we celebrate Christ's First Advent and eagerly await his Second Advent.
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