Christ is Coming @28

Ephesians chapter 2 begins with the bad news of man's sinful condition, but beginning in verse 4 we find the good news:

 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Often in the Old Testament we find God responding in mercy to the cries of His people and reaching down to help, deliver, or provide for them.  This goes a step further. Here God reaches down -in fact, comes down and does something by His grace.  Both His mercy and His grace are connected to His great love.  He reached down and came down so we can be taken up with Him some day.  In the Christ Child we have all bundled up God's love, mercy, grace and kindness, given to us freely. May we joyfully receive Him.