Unlike the war in Ukraine where the aggressor invades without permission and destroys the country completely, God’s Kingdom comes only to those who invite him and slowly sanctifies them into Christlikeness.
Christ shared our humanity, and yet maintained his divinity.
In Isaiah 9:6, we are told, “For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us”. And in the Gospels we are given an account of his birth. “A child has been born to us”, signified the start of Jesus’s humanity, “a son has been given to us” signified his divinity.
The word “answer” was used five times in these three verses. The purpose of the original design of creation was for fellowship between God and man. That purpose was thwarted in the fall. The consequences of that rebellion have affected all creation. But here it speaks of a change in circumstances – a time when God will graciously answer the prayers of the people.
This week’s readings from the Bible reading plans reopened my eyes about disobedience and the consequence of sin. The repercussions of sin go beyond the individual level, reaching entire communities, nations and, I’m afraid to say, even for the generations to come.
As I unpacked each day’s readings, the big idea for me emerges—which is for us to fear God and hate sin. Sin changes and affects not only our individual well-being, communities and nations but also our future generations as well but most of all, our relationship and fellowship with God.
