Good Tidings

The third term used by the angel to describe Jesus is different still from the first two, and of all the terms, this one compels us to see Him now and think forward to His Second Advent.  Jesus is the Lord.  With this title the messenger is saying that Jesus was, is and will be the Ruler-King-Master of all.  He was born as Lord King (so the Magi, affirm) because he was already the Lord of heaven a...

The second term used by the messenger had deep roots in Israel.  A priest or king approved by God would undergo an anointing ceremony and thus, became God’s anointed.  It usually involved oil being smeared or poured on the servant’s head as a symbol of God’s Spirit upon them.  In God’s Word, there would come a final Anointed One: sent, approved, and anointed by God Himself; this is the term Messia...

Of all the aspects of Jesus and His coming, this one points to our greatest need.  In the beginning, all was Good, and then it was not.  And when Adam chooses to go his own way, death enters humanity, and so we too choose our own way and death still reigns in us.  What will stop the cycle of death?  Or better said, Who?  Those who are dead do not need advice on how to do better in their death; tho...