The Virgin Birth of Jesus
Christ…
Predicted by God in
the beauty of Eden,
Foretold by
prophets of old: A woman with ‘seed’!
Dreaded by devils
who’d been kicked out of Heaven,
Finally, what an
angel to Mary decreed.
Mary, pondering in
her heart, ‘How can this be?!’
Fazed, Joseph
sought from commitments to be relieved!
‘With child, yet not having known a man
carnally?!’
Finally, Grace
intervened and they both believed.
Bethlehem, City of
David, called ‘House of Bread’,
Jam-packed with
folk because of what Herod decreed.
O’er 5 long miles
this exhausted couple had tread!
There in a stable,
Heaven’s delight was achieved.
Over the rim of
Heaven, delightful JoY flowed.
For so long,
believers to God’s promise had cleaved,
The promise of
Genesis 3:15 outpoured,
At last, of
preparations, Heaven was relieved.
Ahhh! JoY in Israel
was not ubiquitous!
In a jealous rage,
young boys were killed. People grieved.
About being king,
Herod was assiduous!
By news of a baby
King’s birth, he was aggrieved.
This virgin-born God-Man…
In His life, few
had clues of what was going on.
Though His works
were welcomed, His Word was not believed.
His parents, Anna,
John, Peter and Simeon,
By these six, as
The Son of God He was perceived.
At 30 years, it was
time to ‘Let’s get it on!’
Time to ad-minister
what from God He received.
Leaders despised
His ‘in your face’ confrontations!
By crucifixion His
followers they bereaved.
Voila! Right into God’s Hand deceived leaders
played!
To deceptions of ‘doing God’s work’ they still cleaved.
His spirit went to
hades. Entombed, His body laid.
To prove He’s God’s Son, from hades He was retrieved.
That’s Good News!
By His death, new life has come to us.
By devil’s schemes,
there’s no more need to be deceived.
In Christ, there’s
freedom from guilt of sins that disgust.
By His sacrifice,
judgment for sin was reprieved.
Virgin born, He is
free from our sinful bloodline.
His blood and death
swapped for ours, Heaven’s plan conceived.
The Kingdom of Heaven
will now be fully mine.
By people the world
over, He’s being received.
Friend,
This is Christmas, the heart of God’s plan and
story:
God’s down payment
for His Kingdom’s transfer, achieved,
By a virgin birth
that changed our life’s destiny,
All because in
childlike faith, His Word …we believed.
The babe born of a
virgin is now all grown up.
He’s extending His
new life gift this Christmas eve.
He desires in your
life God’s best to develop,
When in your heart
you allow Him to be conceived.
For more on Christmas, please see:
Christmas Reflections
For more on Christmas, please see:
Christmas Reflections
