Perhaps it is a funny name for a poem before Christmas, but I do not mean chronologically beyond Christmas but rather conceptually beyond Christmas. The baby in the manger is a good historical reality and symbol for the humility of the divine Son of God, but it is only the beginning and by no means to the focus of His coming. As a lady reflected to me the other day, “We should always connect Christmas to Easter.”* For that matter I would add, we should connect First Advent to Second (judgment and heaven), and to Passover (the Cross), and to Resurrection. It is important and essential that we know and believe Jesus is fully God and fully man, as the Christmas story conveys, and why that is important in God’s salvation plan.
It has been quite some time since I have written a poem for Christmas. If you want to read my last ones, click on “Advent Colors” and “Tabernacled Among Us“, and then click on “The Fullness of the Empty” for a short commentary that explains much of what is intended to be conveyed in the following poem.
Just a little note to say
That we remember the day
Christ came to Earth as a man
To fulfill God’s saving plan
In the manger there He lay
All for us our sins to pay
Lived a life utterly pure
By His death made us secure
Exalted divinity
In fragile humanity
Perfect substitute we trust
By faith we can and we must
As man could die in our place
As God rescue Adam’s race
The little babe of Bethlehem
Came here sin and death to stem
The first noel angels sang
From David a Savior sprang
Peace and joy to Earth He’ll bring
With hope the ransomed will sing
Gold a present for the King
He has come, let the bells ring
Speaks of glory of divine
Never tarnish, always shine
Frankincense, means for the Priest
To please God well for us least
Our sins are gone, we rejoice
Loudly give our praise voice
Myrrh encases the Savior
Who died for our behavior
Symbol of a true wonder
Death could not hold Him under
Unto us a Son given
With death and hell has striven
Next time He will rule outright
With one word put foes to flight
Merry Christmas and a new year of knowing God better and following Him more closely.
*I am quoting, but I no longer use that term. I prefer Resurrection Day and I regularly use the term First Advent.
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