Jesus didn’t begin in Bethlehem.
He existed long before creation…
before Abraham…
before Eden.
So here’s the part most people don’t think about:
If Jesus came in His full heavenly form like an untouchable divine being,
He couldn’t be nailed to wood.
He couldn’t bleed.
He couldn’t truly die.
That’s why the Incarnation wasn’t just a “Christmas story.”
It was a strategy.
God had to enter mortality to defeat mortality.
He came as a real human:
born, raised, hungry, tired, wounded… and ... moreJesus didn’t begin in Bethlehem.
He existed long before creation…
before Abraham…
before Eden.
So here’s the part most people don’t think about:
If Jesus came in His full heavenly form like an untouchable divine being,
He couldn’t be nailed to wood.
He couldn’t bleed.
He couldn’t truly die.
That’s why the Incarnation wasn’t just a “Christmas story.”
It was a strategy.
God had to enter mortality to defeat mortality.
He came as a real human:
born, raised, hungry, tired, wounded… and killable.
Because the Cross only works if the sacrifice is real.
Not symbolic.
Not pretend.
A spirit doesn’t die like a man.
But a man can.
So the eternal One stepped into flesh…
so death could finally touch Him..
and lose.
✠ Sir John Scivoletti ✠
✠ Turco Joan of Arc Priory ✠
✠✠Act and God will Act (Actus et Deus Act)✠✠
