Merry Christmas, everyone!
O the Incarnation.
The eternal God born as Jesus of Nazareth.
The One who has always been God added humanity to His divinity, so that humanity might partake of divinity.
The One against whom we sinned eternally, deserving eternal punishment, offered His eternal blood as payment for our sins, that we might be eternally justified.
The holy, sinless God offered Himself as our substitute in the place of judgment, so that our sin was punished in Him, and His sinlessness was credited to us.
O the sacrifice that paid for sins.
O the substitution that satisfied Godโs wrath.
O the redemption that bought us back from death.
O the propitiation that appeased Godโs judgment.
O the expiation that removed our guilt and punishment.
O Jesus, who stepped from eternity into time, so that at the end of time we might dwell in eternity with You.
O Son of God, thank You. We worship You. To You be glory forever. Amen.