Reflections

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26

In the Gospel of John we are told that in the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God and the word became flesh which is Jesus Christ.  In Genesis when man is created God made man in His image.  Since Jesus was in the beginning and the beginning was the word then man was created in the image of Jesus.  God made us in His image and according to His likeness.  God then gave man dominion over all the earth

So from the beginning we were created to be like Jesus.  This was God’s plan from the beginning.  December is the month that we celebrate the birth of Jesus.  Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas.  There are many who want us to take the “Christ” out of Christmas, but this is the season we reflect on the purpose of Jesus’ birth and life.  So over the next several reflections we will look at the purpose of Jesus’ birth and why He came to live among us.