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The Birth of a Serpent Slayer

“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn. There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.” (Luke‬ ‭2:7-8‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

This was the backdrop of Jesus’ birth. The King of glory, God’s precious gift to us, was born on a dark, silent night, and there was no room for Him.

He did not come with great fanfare or a welcoming procession like the kings of the world would have received.

Instead, He came humbly like one of no repute.

But Heaven was not willing to let the Son of God be treated like a nobody.

“Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”” (Luke‬ ‭2:9-14‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

An angel and the heavenly hosts appeared to shepherds, shining with awesome glory, to announce the good news of the King who was born.

At that point in time, Israel was under Roman rule, and had been ruled by the Gentile kingdoms for many years. The devil had subjugated God’s chosen nation and pressed them hard under his thumb.

However, God’s answer was not loud or dramatic. He sent a baby to be born.

Just as He delivered the children of Israel from Pharaoh using a baby (Moses), He would deliver Israel once more from Satan using another baby (Jesus).

This time, the baby would not be a Lawgiver, but a Law-fulfiller. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law through His suffering and death at the cross, and established the New Covenant of Grace for us.

“I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”” (Genesis‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

No matter what its true origins are, today we celebrate Christmas because God made a promise in the Garden of Eden thousands of years ago, that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent. He kept that promise, becoming the prophesied serpent slayer Himself. Christmas is about a promise kept!

Notice that in the prophecy, the one whose head is bruised is the serpent (Satan), but there is another person who is the “offspring” of the serpent. In the original Hebrew, the word “zaraka” is a noun in the singular, masculine tense, meaning one male child.

This wicked male child was destined to have hostility against the offspring (also singular and masculine tense) of the woman, who is our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who is the offspring of the serpent? If you are curious to find out his name as revealed in the Bible, and also the details about his eventual destruction and Jesus’ victory, you can read all the exciting details in “Sandcastles Don’t Last Forever”: https://www.ko-fi.com/s/7b9e3783ae

Do you Really Know?

“For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

How do you truly know something you have never personally experienced?

In the verse above, the word “know” is “ginóskó” in the original Greek, which means to know especially through personal experience.

The same word is used for sexual relations between a man and woman, as seen in Mary’s words:

“Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”” (Luke‬ ‭1:34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

Jesus knew no sin—He never personally had the experience of committing sin or of desiring to sin.

Mentally, and in His spirit, Jesus recognized what sin was objectively and from a distance, like a judge convicting a criminal, but He was never personally acquainted with it.

Along similar lines, when you say “Yes, I already know that,” in response to your pastor’s sermon in church, do you truly know it? You know it when you are actually applying it, and not just having heard it before.

For example, I thought I knew how to take care of a child by attending antenatal classes and reading books, but when my daughter was born, all that head knowledge was thrown out the window, and I had to learn from scratch by experience. Now I can truly say I know how to care for a child—because I have done it and personally experienced it for four years.

Do you know God’s word? You know it if you are a doer of His word. Only if you believe it in your heart. Then the word will become profitable for you, when it is mixed with faith—like a seed that has been watered. Dormant power becoming activated.

“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.” (James‬ ‭1:22-25‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Do you know that you are the righteousness of God? Not just knowing in your mind, but actually believing in your heart that because you are in Christ, you have received His righteousness as a gift. Now God’s favor is upon you and every blessing is yours to receive because you get to enjoy what Jesus deserves.

You can easily tell whether you believe it by checking if you are trying to become more righteous through your works. Are you trying to atone for your sins by doing more ‘holy’ things, hoping that it will restore your relationship with God, so that He won’t be angry with you? Your words, and especially your corresponding actions, reveal what you know in your heart.

If there is one important thing for you, a born-again believer, to know, it is that you have become the righteousness of God in Christ!

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