Monday, January 9, 2012

THE EPIPHANY - IT'S ABOUT US

Why did Jesus come into this world? And in a very humiliating and embarassing circumstances? With threats and so much uncertainties around him? Is it not that He is the Messiah? Can He not just say, "okay, that's it, all of you are saved!"
There are things that cannot be understood by man. Things which are known as mysteries. That is why, there is some form of disclaimer in the Bible that we, human beings, should not lean on our own understanding; for God's ways are not ours.
However, yes, however . . . God has provided a solution to this problem and He only needs us to have a strong faith in Him and no other. He came into this world not to embarrass himself and neither to humiliate himself, but instead, it was a way of being humble notwithstanding the power He wields. He came even at a time when there were so much insecurities among the rulers of this world that their hold to power is threatened by the coming a The Messiah. It was greed in its weirdest form. Indeed, He is the Messiah and He has accomplished His mission with infinitely and absolutely incomparable flying colors. He has to die to our sins in order to make us realize that there is God "who cares for us" and who is willing to go to the extent of sacrificing His only Son if only that we may be saved.
Hence, having celebrated the Epiphany, we have celebrated the realization that Jesus is The Messiah that even the kings and rulers of His time, with the temporal powers at their disposal could not stop His coming from happening; that even the noblemen, the Magis  would vow down and give respect and honor to The Messiah. We have celebrated the fact that His coming is all because of and is about us and no other. It is not for Him to be worshipped, but it is for us to be saved.