2nd Day of Christmas – December 26th

“On the 2nd Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to me Two Turtle Doves”

John 1: 1 - 18
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own,[c] and His own[d] did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.”
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and End. The Old Testament tells of the coming Savior. The New Testament testifies that He has come, died and will come again. Together they reveal God’s plan for our salvation from the beginning.

In the Old Testament the Nazirite would sacrifice 2 turtledoves, one as a sin offering, and the other as an offering for atonement. The New Testament bears witness of the dove that has come to save us, Jesus. He has covered our sin with his blood and reconciled us with the Lord. Through his death we have been given a new life, what will we do with it?