The Victory of Christ
Patrick Edwards
Revelation 12:1-12
Introduction
As we continue to celebrate the coming of the Son of God to humanity throughout this advent season, we've been asking simply for the last two weeks, ''Why.'' As Evangelical Christians who believe in the truthfulness, trustworthiness, and authority of the Bible, we believe that the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger was indeed also the full incarnate deity, the Second Person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God. As followers of Jesus we believe that when we look upon the nativity scene, we are looking upon the face of God. We've simply just been asking ''Why.'' Why would the glorious, majestic Son of God become the Son of Man? Why leave the glories of his heavenly abode to take on this corrupted estate?
During the first week of advent we looked at how it was the love of the Father that sent the Son. Last week, during the second week of advent, we looked at how it was the need for a satisfaction of the justice of God that sent the Son. This week, in our third week of advent, we expand our view of the atonement and incarnation to look at how it was the reality of the Kingdom of God that sent Jesus. We take a step back, therefore, this morning to see not just ourselves or even the human race in the Incarnation, but the cosmic work and effect for which God became man.
We jump, therefore, into a complicate passage which sits within a complicated book of the Bible called the Apocalypse of John or, more commonly, the book of Revelation. I must admit to you, it is always a risky matter to attempt to exposit John's Apocalypse, even more so to extract one particular passage without thoroughly covering the rest of the book. But I've chosen Revelation 12, nonetheless, for it uniquely speaks to the Christmas story and answers the question of ''Why God became Man'' in ways that no other passage of Scripture does. Revelation 12 forces us to expand our view of the incarnation, ...
Patrick Edwards
Revelation 12:1-12
Introduction
As we continue to celebrate the coming of the Son of God to humanity throughout this advent season, we've been asking simply for the last two weeks, ''Why.'' As Evangelical Christians who believe in the truthfulness, trustworthiness, and authority of the Bible, we believe that the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger was indeed also the full incarnate deity, the Second Person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God. As followers of Jesus we believe that when we look upon the nativity scene, we are looking upon the face of God. We've simply just been asking ''Why.'' Why would the glorious, majestic Son of God become the Son of Man? Why leave the glories of his heavenly abode to take on this corrupted estate?
During the first week of advent we looked at how it was the love of the Father that sent the Son. Last week, during the second week of advent, we looked at how it was the need for a satisfaction of the justice of God that sent the Son. This week, in our third week of advent, we expand our view of the atonement and incarnation to look at how it was the reality of the Kingdom of God that sent Jesus. We take a step back, therefore, this morning to see not just ourselves or even the human race in the Incarnation, but the cosmic work and effect for which God became man.
We jump, therefore, into a complicate passage which sits within a complicated book of the Bible called the Apocalypse of John or, more commonly, the book of Revelation. I must admit to you, it is always a risky matter to attempt to exposit John's Apocalypse, even more so to extract one particular passage without thoroughly covering the rest of the book. But I've chosen Revelation 12, nonetheless, for it uniquely speaks to the Christmas story and answers the question of ''Why God became Man'' in ways that no other passage of Scripture does. Revelation 12 forces us to expand our view of the incarnation, ...
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