Christmas - a mission

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Christmas, if we define it biblically, is actually a mission, a quest, an errand. It involves a Sender, and the one Sent. Christmas celebrates the arrival of the Sent One, the Questing One. Christmas is not really an end point of this quest, a celebration of the mission completed. Christmas is more the celebration of the arrival of the questing one, a celebration that the Father sent, and the Son indeed came.

22 Dec 2024 English South Africa Religion & Spirituality · Christianity

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