The annual Christmas Season assure us that the historical Jesus has given to mankind God's intended revelation of the universal reign of the incarnate Christ of Faith, in all human hearts and lives as Emmanuel. As God's great high priest, the historical Jesus reveals the true identity of the Christ of Faith and humankind’s true spiritual identity as the image and likeness of God. The Christ of Faith is mankind's universal Emmanuel, God with us and God within us.
By emptying himself of the inappropriate dominion of the mind of the flesh, the historical Jesus truly unveiled, taught and manifested the mystery, glory and superiority of the Christ of Faith as Emmanuel in all human flesh. The historical Jesus truly bore the superior witness of God's intended covenant relationship with all humankind through Emmanuel, the incarnate Christ of Faith [Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 17:20-26]. The superiority of the Christ of faith is made real in following the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery.
As the Son of Man, the historical Jesus manifested humankind's true physical identity, Christ consciousness and divine spiritual heritage of intimate communion with God and one another through the Christ of Faith. The historical Jesus taught and demonstrated that humankind's deliverance, salvation and redemption come through repentance, humility, obedience and faith in the indwelling Christ of Faith as Emmanuel, through one's own spiritual body. Let us truly experience the true inner spiritual meaning of Christmas, God with us, by following the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery.
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