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only he can fulfill the promises

I'm enjoying Colin Smith's advent blog. He's taken several days to cover the biblical theology of the OT, the narrative of redemption promised. It's definitely not your typical advent meditations.

But in so doing he shows the story line behind the incarnation, and thus the reason for the season:

In the blog this week, we have looked at the broad sweep of God’s promise.

* To create people in His image.
* To deliver His people from evil.
* To bring people from every nation into His blessing.
* To reconcile people to Himself through the sacrifice offered for our sins.
* To establish the Kingdom of His Son forever.
* To cause His people to walk in His ways, and now,
* To give new life from the grave.

Those who question the uniqueness of Jesus underestimate the promises of God. Who else could accomplish what God has promised?

God makes promises so great that only God Himself can deliver them. So God took human flesh. The Creator entered His own creation. God came and stood with us, acting for us, to fulfill His own promise. The Word who was with God, and was God, and by whom all things were made, became flesh and made His dwelling among us. (John 1:2, 14)
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