The Eternal Word Among Us: When Eternity Entered Time.

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2.

In Jesus Christ of Nazareth, eternity stepped into time. He who is from everlasting to everlasting entered into this world of His creation; the Word who was with God and was God took His place among men, the Creator came as humanity’s Redeemer.

The invisible God made Himself visible; He who is intangible became tangible in a living, walking, speaking Man whom people could see, hear, and touch.

This is the wonder of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Word who became flesh. Almighty God did not remain distant. He came near.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. John 1:14-18.

The Son of God clothed Himself in humanity without ceasing to be God. Jesus did not merely represent the Father; He revealed Him.

Jesus declared with unmistakable clarity, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). The fullness of God was not partially present or temporarily visiting; it dwelt bodily in Christ. What could never be reached by human striving was brought near by divine initiative.

The manger, therefore, confronts every false notion of salvation. Humanity does not climb its way to Almighty God through effort, morality, or religion. For the purpose of redeeming the fallen race of humanity, Christ descends to humanity in grace and truth. In so doing, the Father announces that redemption begins not with human resolve, but with divine intervention.

Through Jesus Christ, the eternal purposes of God were no longer hidden in heaven but unfolded on earth. The character, compassion, authority, holiness, and saving power of Almighty God were embodied in Jesus Christ.

Eternity spoke in human words; heaven touched earth in human hands; divine life was offered within mortal flesh.

Yet this revelation demands a response. Christmas is not merely a season to admire a story—it is a summons to behold the Son.

The One laid in a manger would later call men to repentance, faith, and obedience. To receive Jesus Christ is to receive life; but those who refuse Him are to remain in darkness.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”John 3:16-21.

This is not mere theology—it is the foundation of redemption. Because God came near in Christ, humanity can be reconciled to Him.

In Jesus Christ of Nazareth, God did not send a message alone; He came Himself, that all who behold Him in faith and continue in Jesus Christ would receive eternal life.

The gift has been given. Redemption stands before us in Christ. What remains is whether we will receive Him, follow Him, and live by the light He has brought into the world.