MERRY CHRISTMAS — The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel†(which means “God with usâ€). An angel appeared to Joseph and told him not to worry, that the baby would be from the Holy Spirit. This would be a supernatural birth.  Not only would this child be born of a Virgin & the Holy Spirit, but he would be the Christ, the Lamb of God who would pay the ransom for our Sins, and who would Open the Door to Heaven. This Door is open to all who choose to follow Him. He became Sin for Us, and in our time of trial and testing, He comforts us by saying, “in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.† No longer strangers or aliens to God, we are invited to become friends and family for He desires a relationship with us. The shackles of sin and death will be cast aside, and He will receive us clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
What better time than at Christmas to realize that God calls himself “Father,†inviting us to receive His Son and share in the Gifts that He has to offer. There is no better way to interact with Almighty God – the One who gives life in this massive Universe. He spoke into existence trillions upon trillions of stellar bodies which we see with the James Webb telescope – stellar bodies located where we thought was empty space – which disproves the Big Bang (any explosion automatically creates an empty space as the flying parts move away at high speed from the source.)  As Time advances, we observe that He created it all, Time-Energy-Space-&-Matter.  We also see this in studies of the diverse animal and plant kingdoms, of elastic collagen found in so-called 200-million-year-old fossils, and in the amazingly super-complex DNA that is both a living language and a computer using epigenetics- dialing up or down certain traits or functions. Only God could have conceived of and designed such complex systems of life. Simple logic tells us, trillions of years will not spontaneously write a book much less DNA. So why would anyone believe that it could generate life or even a simple enzyme.  His creative power generated species that number as the stars and each new generation brought adaptations – each a miracle birth.  And of course, the most significant birth comes, “through the Spiritâ€, to anyone who accepts the Gift that God offers. “If you confess Jesus as LORD and believe that He rose from the dead, you will be saved.† Through His Word and in His Love and Grace, God declares that He is with us answering our prayers.  He invites us to believe in the power of the Cross and the Resurrection. For though He was crucified and buried, death and darkness could not hold Him down.  He Opens the Door to Heaven for ALL who wish to follow Him.