The Baby Creator

The crowded streets smelled awful from the many animals carrying people in and out of the little town.  The steady swaying of the animal and constant stopping made the rider, a young peasant woman, feel sick.  Worst of all, she was in labor, and her husband could find no place for her to stay.  The sun began to set, and still, no place to rest and give birth to her first child.  Finally, the young couple decided that even a barn would be better than the streets, so they pleaded with an innkeeper who gave in and allowed them to use his simple stalls, though they were already crowded with the animals of his guests.  There, in the dark and crowded stall, a baby boy was born and lain gently in the animals feeding box.

This baby was not a simple peasant boy, but the Creator of the universe.  He chose to come to earth in this way.  He is the King of Kings and the Creator of the mysteries of science, yet He chose to be born like this and suffer insurmountable because He loves us!  The baby, the perfect, pure, omnipotent baby, died because of what I have done.  At any point, He could have shown His power and not allowed Himself to be tortured and mocked, yet He endured it all so that I can be with Him for eternity.

If we deny God as our Creator, or undermine what the Bible says about when and how God created, we are undermining the salvation message itself.  Genesis gives us the reason for our salvation, so if a person undermines what God says here, he or she  ultimately undermines God’s gift of salvation.  We say that Jesus is the reason for the season, but the reason for Jesus is in Genesis.  So, the truth of Genesis is the underlying reason for Christmas.  Please keep in mind that I am not saying one must believe in a young universe to be saved, all I am saying is that it is not logically consistent to believe otherwise.  As you celebrate God’s gracious gift this week, remember that it’s because He is our Creator that He can also be our Redeemer.