GOD HAS BARED HIS HOLY ARM!
[BREAKING THE BREAD OF GOD’S WORD] CHRISTMAS DAY 2015 GOD HAS BARED HIS HOLY ARM Promise has come to fulfillment today. A child is born for us; a Savior is sent to us. All our longings, from the historical viewpoint, took place in history. All our dreams and desires, have been given a definite pledge of fulfillment, though the fullness of which is not yet with us. But the already of His birth has come to pass. The “not yet” of the fullness of salvation is something we still need to work for “in fear and trembling” but with a definite outcome on the side of the God of promises and the God of fulfillment. Isaiah is definitely inspired today. He speaks of God “baring His arm.” The arm is a symbol of power. The arm is a concrete sign of presence. When one’s arm is outstretched, it could be a hand of blessing or an arm of support. But the arm outstretched could also be an arm that reprimands, that punishes, that reminds us when we go our wayward ways. But a gent...