Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flower bright,
Amid the cold of winter
When half-gone was the night.
This Flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load
Jesus had a carefully planned family tree and from it we can
learn a lot! A reading of His lineage given in Matthew 1:1-17 will tell the
story of 4 women whom were in His family. Tamar, a harlot; Rahab, a woman of
Israel’s enemies, Bathsheba who was Uriahs wife and Mary, His mother. The first
three mentioned were not women who we would think would be in the family tree
of the Savior of the world, but apparently, God, the Father had other plans! By
having these three women in the family tree and actually placed in the record,
we see a wonderful manifestation of the gospel in the tender plant of Christ.
No one is excluded from this message of redemption. All may know His
forgiveness. This is the message of Christmas!
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