Before The Birth Of Jesus And After His Birth

For God has not sent His Son to the world to condemn it but to save it. Before Jesus, the world was in the era of condemnation, I call it “the Before,” but the birth of Jesus erased that era and phase of condemnation and put the world on a high scale of saving it.

When Adam did offend God, He condemned the world with death and famine, this lasted till Jesus came and lifted it, but there is a clause, “Whoever does not believe in God’s one and only Son Jesus.

If we believe in Jesus, we no longer live in Before the era, which is the era of condemnation, anyone who believes lives in the After, the era of Redemption.

In the later verse, it reads, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him won’t perish but have everlasting life” Here again we see a Before, “Perish” and After, “Everlasting life.”

I want you to understand the spiritual focal point of Jesus’ birth, the people of Old struggled to please God, they lived the best life they could, kept good faith and offered sacrifice, but it was hard for them to please God despite the sincere commitments, God wasn’t pleased with many of them, because it was the era of condemnation, the Before era.

In His Son Jesus man found a new place before God, He sees and loves man the same way He loves His Son Jesus, to make this possible, His son wore the image of man in order to level up the state of man before God, and a man worthy of His forgiveness and redemption was made through Him.

If one should observe the process of Jesus’ birth, the immaculate conception in the sinful body of a woman, and the Holy Spirit’s incarnation forming flesh, it shows how much God loves the World.

The era of Noah was stopped with a flood, and the era of Sodom was stopped with fire, what about our era? Has anything stopped it from existing despite the heaven touching evil and wickedness, the world of the “After” remains because God loves it, why? Because His Son Jesus saved it.

Look around you, Muslims and even people who don’t believe in Jesus observe Christmas, the world’s strongest men and world’s richest men observe Christmas, companies are in sleep mode, the airports welcome a peak of travellers every Christmas, the world government adjusts their schedule because of Christmas, Schools and even churches go for a short break because it’s Christmas, not just Christmas, but the remembrance of God’s ultimate gift to mankind.

The atmosphere of Christmas is that of giving, it reminds us that God gave His Son, it also reminds us to give in like manner to the helpless and poor, for while we were yet weak to keep the rules God gave His Son for us all.

In this Christmas, just believe God gave His son, and let the promises of His birth be made manifest in our lives.

Kanayo Ebuka