CHRISTMAS : God’s gift of spiritual KNOWLEDGE
Granted again to men.
The human creature lost the gift of God’s spiritual KNOWLEDGE when Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the prohibited tree which was planted in the midst of the Garden (Genesis 3). Obeying the Lord’s order of NOT eating from its fruit was the permanent source of KNOWLEDGE they had to lead and protect them. This tree of KNOWLEDGE was the living symbol of Christ the Word of God, the TRUE VINE revealed in the New Testament (John 15). But when they broke the order, and ate the fruit, they were no longer a God’s image and got to be definitely expelled from His presence.
Thus, in the 8th century before Christ’s birth, the Lord spoke through prophet Hosea and said: “My people are destroyed for lack of KNOWLEDGE” (Hosea 4:6). Earlier in the 6th century B.C, Daniel had prophesied about KNOWLEDGE being granted again to men:
“… and KNOWLEDGE shall increase…Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the WISE shall understand”. (Daniel 12. 4, 10)
Wasn’t it so amazing as to how the Lord revealed His Son’s birth through a STAR shining in the East (with a written message in it) and where it could ONLY BE SEEN by people who used to search KNOWLEDGE from the stars? Wasn’t it strange to see king Herod not interested at all in the news about A STAR announcing Christ’s birth? He even did not require from the wise men to show him in which direction the STAR was hanging while it was still shining and leading the three foreigners to Bethlehem! Herod, poor Herod, is the symbol of Adam and Eve having totally lost the gift of God’s spiritual knowledge of lifting up his heart to Him.
Lifting up continually our spiritual eyes towards God’s Holy Throne IN HEAVEN is the spiritual gift that the Church of Christ needs to regain in the 21st century. Dear Christian brethren, come and let’s together lift up IN PRAYER our hearts to God and restart searching the messages He issues daily towards his creation. Let’s take our conflicts and problems, our failures and disappointments at his feet EVERY MORNING AND EVENING. For the STAR OF CHRISTMAS, carried by the Holy Spirit is still traveling all over the nations, over the mountains and the valleys, in our churches and businesses! Have you lifted up your spiritual eyes to see HER and follow HER and become THE WISE MAN AND WOMAN OF THIS AGE?
May this special Christmas Time rebuild your calling to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Matth.22.37).
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