The Word Became Flesh

“The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us.” John 1:14a

We are still in the Christmas season, and the liturgy of the word for the Christmas masses are so very rich. What man would ever think of, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...All things came to be through Him, and without Him nothing came to be” (John 1:1-3)? That just has to be a revelation from the Holy Spirit!!! It seems to me that God, the Creator of the Universe, the kickstarter of life, wanted to reveal Himself to His creation by sending prophets to speak to us, which is exactly what St. Paul is telling the Hebrews. “In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets.” (Hebrews 1:1)

But these were all imperfect, incomplete messages. 

Then God sent His Son, “the true light shining in the darkness”, the “Word became flesh”. And Saint Paul continued, “In these last days, He has spoken to us through the Son, whom He made heir of all things and through whom He created the universe.” (Hebrews 1:2)

We can be confident that Jesus lived, and lived an extraordinary life, and died an extraordinary death. The historical evidence for Jesus is both long-established and widespread compared to other historical figures. To me, if we believe Jesus lived and said what He said, and He did claim He was God, it behooves us, it is incumbent on us, it is absolutely life and death for us, to find out why, and discover for ourselves what is that master plan of God? 

We don’t want to be left out of the biggest happening on earth, do we? We don’t want to FOMO! Not me! I want to be in on it! This is huge! It will impact eternity! Our time on earth is an infinitesimal pause in God’s scheme of things. Yet we are given a chance to live forever with Him. Jesus said, “EVERYONE who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do we believe this?” (John 11:25)

And that is just one reason to celebrate this Christmas season!