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the deity of Jesus and the nature of the Trinity are at the heart
of the theological objections Jewish people have toward Jesus
being the Messiah.
All of this to say, the incarnation—the real reason for the season—
flows directly from the covenant made by God with Abram in
Genesis 12:1-3. In this great passage, God promises to bless Abram
in many ways, one of which is to make his seed a great nation and
to use this nation, Abram’s seed, to bless the nations of the world.
A nation and a people needed to exist and be preserved through
time to bring these promised blessings to the world. God has
and always will be faithful to His covenant promises. We see this
clearly in the way His powerful hand has preserved the Jewish
people throughout the ages. He rescued the Jewish people from
the threat of extinction and sheltered them until that appointed
day in history when the Savior of the world was born. For it is in
Yeshua—God Himself in the flesh—that the promises of God to
bless the world through Abram are fulfilled.
But, there is more! For during this season of Christmas and
Hanukkah, we are reminded of the great hope that the One who
was faithful in the past will be faithful in the future. His promise
to the Jewish people did not cease with the incarnation or at
Golgotha, since His promise to complete redemption at His
second coming is not finished. And His chosen people still have
a vital role to play in the future. The festival of Hanukkah and the
reality of the incarnation remind me that God will keep His hand
on His chosen people; sheltering, rescuing, and preserving the
Jewish people until the last day when He comes to reign over His
recaptured earth.
God’s Gift Wrapped in Human Flesh
We think about gifts at this time of year. Whether we celebrate
Christmas or Hanukkah, we cannot help but be influenced by our
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