in diverse ways, through various appearances, and CHOSEN means, all of which are, interestingly, inter-related somewhere along the way! HE LOVES HIS Children, and KNOWS what they face in this realm! Therefore HE HAS dwelt amongst us to lead us in our 'exodus', despite the fact that more than enough refuse to acknowledge HIM in our midst, as they reject, and refute that, and those HE works through, in, and around...
Through ALL ages, humanity has denied the voices in the darkness, and while many DID come to HIM, via these, the majority did not, and does not! Throughout time, prophets, and shepherds of THE LORD have been ridiculed, cast out, even put to death, as the people do not want to see, nor to hear, or they wish to deal with *GOD* face to face, void of middlemen! They will have their day, indeed they will, though this very fact OUGHT to inspire us to 'notice' HIM in our midst, and to 'listen' for HIS guidance...
From the early peoples of this Earth, all the way through the generations, THE LORD has been PRESENT with us, and has used diverse means to 'reach' HIS people! Since early on, SACRED SCRIPTURES have appeared in also, diverse forms, all introducing HIS PLAN, HIS WILL, and HIS instructions for HIS own, and HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that HIS people ARE not without necessary awareness, and tools, and inspiration! In the OLD TESTAMENT, there are 300 or more references to CHRIST JESUS, and *GOD'S* PLAN to bring HIS Children safely through the valley of the shadow of death! ALL generations have been, and ARE in 'exodus', and thus the NEED for them to FOLLOW HIM closely, as all sorts of dangers exist, and exist, SOLELY for the purpose of robbing from *GOD*, HIS own! And so, as we enter into CHRISTmastime, we renew our awareness through such voices as John the Baptist, whose ONLY purpose was to awaken the senses of the people to prepare THE WAY for, and to receive their KING, CHRIST JESUS!!!
John the Baptist was born to Zechariah, a Priest, and Elis(z)abeth, a descendant of Aaron, also a relative of Mary the Mother of CHRIST JESUS, of the tribe of Judah, and the lineage of David. You see the DIVINE, and finely woven lineage of those whom are CHOSEN vessels, and voices! *GOD'S* GENIUS is more than evident throughout HIS PLAN, and HIS WILL of manifesting the SALVATION, and REGENERATION of HIS Children! Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! ROMANS 11: 33...
The CHRISTmas story would be empty without John the Baptist; he was, as was CHRIST JESUS, prophesied about in THE OLD TESTAMENT, in ISAIAH 40, verse 3: A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God., for the purpose of proclaiming the approach of CHRIST JESUS, fully *GOD*, fully Man, who came, in LOVE, to SACRIFICE, once, and for all, HIMSELF as ransom for our sins! The Baptist was like the trumpet before THE LORD, which many were COMPELLED to heed!!!
Yes, the GIFT which makes CHRISTmas HOLY, and unprecedented, has been with us since the beginning, and even before! While it HAS been, and IS, still one of the most controversial, and denied TRUTHS ever, BECAUSE of enmity, this IS the ONE TRUTH we OUGHT to not only accept, but take DEEP to the soul, as we PREPARE THE WAY of THE GLORY OF *GOD*, when HIS PLAN completes itself, and THE KINGDOM is FINALLY, and ETERNALLY established upon the footstool, the Earth!!!
In this time of celebration, let us be not only reminded of the GREATNESS of THE LORD'S WILL, and PLAN, but let us be RENEWED again, again, and again, until we are melded into it's practical, and sensible reasoning! Let us become more aware of HIS PRESENCE, and more awakened to HIS VOICE as it, through various means, cries out to us, HIS Children through the intense noise of the enemy in this time! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME, and WORSHIP HIM with all REJOICING, for HE IS THE LORD, our *GOD*, SAVIOUR, HOLY SPIRIT, and KING!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2014
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