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The spot where Jesus was born in Bethlehem. My wife Judy and I had the unspeakable privilege of visiting it in October 2014. Photograph by \u201cmomo\u201d (12-9-09)<\/span> [Flickr <\/a>\/ CC BY 2.0<\/a> license]<\/div>\n
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This Christmas poem (my ninth) is the third of a trilogy of biblical \u201cnarrative\u201d poems: the first being from Simeon\u2019s perspective and the second from Mary\u2019s. I determined last year that I would try to write a poem from the perspective of Jesus becoming incarnate \u2014 becoming a man, and a baby \u2014 yet remaining all the while God. It was quite a daunting challenge (writing as if one were God speaking!), but I tried to keep it relatively simple, for readers\u2019 sake and my own (those wishing to pursue theology proper and Christology \u2014 the Incarnation and Two Natures of Christ \u2014 more deeply, see my Holy Trinity web page). I hope you are edified and blessed by the poem and may God bless you and yours abundantly during this Advent \/ Christmas season.Disclaimer<\/span>\u00a0for certain wary Protestants: if you don\u2019t like the \u201cMary \/ Catholic stuff\u201d; just omit the second stanza in your reading. That will eliminate, I believe, any theological objection you may have, and the poem still works okay without it (as a five-stanza piece); but you\u2019ll be missing a crucial biblical and theological aspect of the Incarnation (including the Virgin Birth).<\/p>\n

* * * * *<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

From all eternity, age to age; since the \u201cbeginning,\u201d I AM;
\nWith My Father I created the universe: all things that are.
\nWe decreed to save mankind by sacrifice of \u201cGod\u2019s Lamb\u201d;
\nForetold in Isaiah 53: Messiah scorned, slain, and scarred.<\/div>\n
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* * *<\/div>\n

My mother gave I the grace to be immaculate, without sin;
\nFit vessel for God incarnate: ark of the new covenant pure.
\nGabriel hailed New Eve \u201cfull of grace\u201d: redemption to begin;
\nVirgin with child by the Holy Spirit; man\u2019s salvation now sure.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

In fullness of time I came down from glorious heaven above;
\nClothed with human flesh: a baby-king (!) of Israel from birth.
\nLying in a cave; a manger, in the world I had made and loved,
\nI was worshiped by shepherds and wise men filled with mirth.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Though seeing through infant eyes: helpless, innocent, meek;
\nI knew all things, possessed God\u2019s wisdom even in that hour.
\nAs a baby, though King and Messiah, I cried and didn\u2019t speak;
\nBut I sustained the entire universe by the Word of My power.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Even animals at My birth sensed the wonder prophesied of old;
\nMary and Joseph were filled with thankful happiness and joy.
\nThe three kings gave Me gifts: frankincense, myrrh, and gold;
\nShepherds adored, fell before God: now present as a baby boy.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Mary held Me close and rejoiced, under the star\u2019s shiny beam;
\nI was dependent on her as a son, though I was God all the while.
\nI contemplated the reason I was born, and how I would redeem.
\nBut now all was contentment and peace, so I rested and smiled.<\/p>\n


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The spot where Jesus was born in Bethlehem. My wife Judy and I had the unspeakable privilege of visiting it in October 2014. 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