14Since all of these sons and daughters have flesh and blood, Jesus took on flesh and blood to be like them. He did this so that by dying he would destroy the one who had power over death (that is, the devil).15In this way he would free those who were slaves all their lives bec...
Matthew 1:1; Acts 2:22-36, (especially note verse 36); Romans 8:28-30; and Revelation 22:12-13, 16. In this way, Christ the Lord/God is truly come manifest in the flesh, as ‘the bright and morning star’, according to the revelation of the mystery of Christ and of godliness...
“Isaiah puts it beautifully in chapter 56 verse 3: ‘The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.’ Same word, different context. Solomon needed correction for his own sin, but Jesus voluntarily took on our punishment.” Bill sat back, his earlier agitation replaced with wonder. “T...
teaching us to receive comfort so we may pass it on, chastening us as children, or simply loosening our death grip on this world so we may reach for the next one – but if our flesh isn’t on board with His purposes, it’s of little use. ...
When the verse says ‘the stone had been removed from the tomb,’ this is also a prophecy for the future for all people who come to follow God. Because we ourselves are the stones that will be removed from our own personal tomb, our body of death, our grave of perishing flesh. Like...
(and so,annunciation) that the Virgin Mary would conceive and bear a Child: the Son of God. When Gabriel announced this, Mary responded, Let it be according to your word. So the Annunciation is the Incarnation. The Word became flesh. The Feast of the Annunciation is always in Lent. His...
Getting pregnant was a bit like the run on the Bailey Savings and Loan that kept poor George Bailey from getting out of Bedford Falls inIt’s a Wonderful Life. Only I didn’t stay and save the town from Potter. I took the money and ran. ...
28About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.29As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes flashed white like lightning.30Two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him.31They were clot...
“Hail, king of the Jews!”19Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him outto crucify...
Mary took a pound of costly perfume made out of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him) said, “Why was this perfume not...