DECEMBER 6 WHY CHRISTMAS IS GOD’S ANSWER TO HUMANITY’S GREATEST TRAGEDY By Scott Foreman Vice President of Growth and Impact Strategies, Word of Life Fellowship
Today’s Passage: Genesis 3
The tragedy of Genesis 3 is far greater than a couple deciding it was a good day to eat forbidden fruit. This chapter marks a dramatic pivot in Scripture. At the end of Genesis 2, we see two people in perfect fellowship with each other, in unbroken fellowship with God, fully understanding His plan, free from sin and any sin nature, and on a course to spend forever with Christ. But in Genesis 3, everything changes. Adam and Eve are now out of fellowship with each other, walking away from God, holding a distorted view of His plan, carrying a newly formed sin nature, and – apart from God’s forgiveness – facing the reality of spending forever separated from Christ. This is why God’s promise of One who would “crush” Satan’s head (Genesis 3:15) was so vital. The damage done by Adam and Eve’s sin was so great, so far-reaching, that only God Himself could save us. The Trinity, in eternity past, graciously determined that the Son would come – the Word who would become flesh, dwell among us, and rescue us from the horrors introduced in Eden.
The Baby of Bethlehem was the only solution to undo the evil of Eden. Without that remedy, we would never be brought near by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13).
Christmas is a season for celebration, but it is also a season for pause. Our first parents plunged us into hopelessness, and without Someone to save us, we would have spent forever paying for our sin. Genesis 3 brought darkness and despair, but Christ our Savior brings light and hope. This Christmas, may we remember that the manger is God’s answer to the Garden. The One wrapped in swaddling clothes came to crush the serpent, redeem His people, and restore what was lost.
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