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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE CONFUSED IDEA THAT JESUS CAME TO
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EARTH TO COME GET HIS PEOPLE AND TAKE THEM OFF TO HEAVEN.
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THIS CONCEPTION OF JESUS IS COMPLETELY OTHERWORLDLY.
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BUT IT MISSES A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT’S TEACHING,
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AND IF WE’RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN MISS AN ENORMOUS PART OF WHAT
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MAKES THIS SEASON SO SPECIAL.
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YOU SEE, WHEN GOD CREATED THE UNIVERSE, IT WAS GOOD.
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ADAM AND EVE BROUGHT SIN INTO THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR
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DISOBEDIENCE, BUT GOD’S SOLUTION IS NOT TO DESTROY IT IN
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FRUSTRATION AND GO MAKE SOMETHING ELSE.
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INSTEAD, HE SENDS HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO REDEEM IT.
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THAT MEANS THAT HE INDEED SAVES PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS THROUGH
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HIS LIFE, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION.
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AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT THE CREATION MATTERS TO GOD.
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AT CHRISTMAS WE’RE CELEBRATING THE INCARNATION OF JESUS, HIS
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TAKING ON FLESH AND ARRIVING INTO THE CREATION AT A SPECIFIC
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PLACE AND TIME ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO IN BETHLEHEM.
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THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES IN ROMANS:
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JOHN’S REVELATION DESCRIBES THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW
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EARTH TO COME THIS WAY:
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JESUS IS LORD OF HEAVEN, BUT HE’S LORD OF EARTH, TOO.
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HE’S GOING TO RETURN AND BRING HEAVEN HERE WITH HIM.
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THAT’S WHY THE CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS HAD SUCH AN ENORMOUS IMPACT
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IN HUMAN HISTORY, BRINGING US MODERN SCIENCE, EDUCATION,
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HEALTH CARE, CHARITY, THE ARTS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
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GOD LOVES HIS CREATION, AND HE’S GOING TO REDEEM IT.
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CHRISTMASTIME IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE ARRIVAL IN THE PHYSICAL
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FLESH OF THE ONE WHO WILL BRING IT ABOUT.