Need Some Joy? Try This

"....Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."  (Luke 2:10b, 11)

Just a little sidebar here:  It is "The city of DAVID," not Mohammed, Ghandi, or Obama.  But today, because of Carter, the Bushes, Clinton, and Obama, Bethlehem, "the city of David," is in the hands an alien, terroristic people.  Warning:  You do not trespass, or offer the means of trespassing on the property of the King----------------- and survive. 

In 2 Samuel 4:9 (NLT), as a foreshadow of The Coming One, David refers to Jesus as, "the Lord, who saves me...."  Matthew tells us that the angel told Joseph to, "call His name JESUS, for He will save...."  Our text today tells us that the angelic host called Him, "a Savior Who is Christ the Lord."  We can see why the scenario in our text would be "to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness."  Look at the words which are compounded in Luke 2-- "City of David--Savior--Christ--Lord--Baby--manger."  These personages and location just do not fit into Greek mythology, or Jewish theology.  In the First Covenant, the word, "LORD," means, "The Existing One," i.e., "I AM."  In the Second Covenant, the word means, "supreme in authority, controller, (and I like this one) Mr."  The gods of pagan theology and the God of most Jews, "The Existing One," or, "The Eternal One," just do not become babies ("became flesh") and descend to stables.

Here is a mind-blowing, foolish, "stumbling block" translation------------"For unto you is born this day in the city of David (in a dark, smelly, stable, a baby is born) a Saviour which is Christ the Lord ('Supreme in Authority, the Controller, Mr. God, the Eternal One, the Self-Existing One, Creator, 'Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace....The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known')"--------------- and on and on and gloriously on!

Father, in Jesus' Name, I still have so little understanding of Who You really Are.  But I am enjoying the journey.  Amen.
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Eighteen year old Norwegian, Peter Torjesen, "when he heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2