Wisdom 10 15Wisdom rescued the holy and faultless nation of Israel from those who were oppressing them. 16She did this by entering the soul of your servant Moses and opposing cruel kings with her amazing miracles. 17Wisdom rewarded those holy people for their hardships and guided them in a wonderful way, providing shade for them during the day and starlight at night. 18She brought them safely through the Red Seab 19but she drowned their enemies and washed their bodies up on the shore. 20So your obedient people took the possessions of those ungodly people. Then they sang praises to your holy name and praised you for protecting them, 21because Wisdom healed those who could not talk and helped infants to speak clearly.
Above the alternate OT Lesson but I will concentrate on John 1 which we have returned to after hearing it read Christmas Day and the third Sunday in Advent.
In spite of the fact of one being Greek and the other Aramaic Genesis and John have identical beginnings and both are creation stories. The Word has the power of creation in both mythologies. In Genesis God created the Universe, in John the Word, God, becomes flesh and dwelt among us in the being of Jesus.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided between the light and the darkness.
Joh 1:4 In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.
Joh 1:5 And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
In the Genesis account Adam and Eve appear as sexually active fully-formed adults. Jesus arrives as a newborn poopy drawers and all.
John comes proclaiming the coming of a messiah as had prophets for centuries. Jesus' cousin, older by 6 months declares that though his junior this Messiah came before him because he has always been though now made manifest. Until Jesus presents himself before John for baptism in the Jordan there is no indication of their being aware of one another nor is John ever certain as to his true identity. See:
Mat 11:2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples
Mat 11:3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?"
Certainly as cousins they knew one another and it is likely they played together as children.
The important point in any case is that:
Joh 1:16 Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another.
Joh 1:17 God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Joh 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
Above the alternate OT Lesson but I will concentrate on John 1 which we have returned to after hearing it read Christmas Day and the third Sunday in Advent.
In spite of the fact of one being Greek and the other Aramaic Genesis and John have identical beginnings and both are creation stories. The Word has the power of creation in both mythologies. In Genesis God created the Universe, in John the Word, God, becomes flesh and dwelt among us in the being of Jesus.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided between the light and the darkness.
Joh 1:4 In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.
Joh 1:5 And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
In the Genesis account Adam and Eve appear as sexually active fully-formed adults. Jesus arrives as a newborn poopy drawers and all.
John comes proclaiming the coming of a messiah as had prophets for centuries. Jesus' cousin, older by 6 months declares that though his junior this Messiah came before him because he has always been though now made manifest. Until Jesus presents himself before John for baptism in the Jordan there is no indication of their being aware of one another nor is John ever certain as to his true identity. See:
Mat 11:2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples
Mat 11:3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?"
Certainly as cousins they knew one another and it is likely they played together as children.
The important point in any case is that:
Joh 1:16 Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another.
Joh 1:17 God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Joh 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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