Texts: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26, 2 Samuel 6:1-11, Hebrews 1:1-4
"Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs."
This is a pretty big shift from Uzzah being consumed when he touched the Ark of the Covenant. From God being an untouchable, unseeable (except for Moses seeing God's backside), to a baby. It blows my mind. Not only was Christ accessible, he was helplessly so. Both Matthew and Luke have fairly developed infancy narratives, but then we flash forward to Jesus as an adult. It's easy to forget all of those years in between, allowing Jesus to grow from a baby to an adult in a few short weeks. When I slow down, the text makes me catch my breath.
God goes from untouchable to requiring touch, from unseeable to present... and I cannot help but wonder if part of the point is to stop us in our tracks. How far would God go to speak to us? How far would God go to love us? It seems that God willing to go to the place of complete vulnerability, of complete trust, of complete love, so that we might learn what vulnerability, trust, and love look like. God breaks down our walls, our barriers, our presuppositions, and comes to us in the ways and in the places we would least expect.
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