If you have ever boarded one of our Alaska Airline combis and sat in the first row, row 17, or made your way up to the front wall to stretch between our many stops, you might have noticed a wire cage type object. I think at my first glance, I thought it should hold the inflight magazine, safety card, and one of those small white gift bags. After many conversations, that is not why it is there. But, many times in life, I have asked “Why is that there?”
With that in mind, in reading the Christmas story from the book of Matthew, we often start at verse 18, of chapter 1... “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows...” completely skipping the first 17 verses of that same chapter! But “Why?” Why are those 17 verses there? It’s just genealogy, right? People had kids.
Actually, those 17 verses have a purpose, even for you and me at Christmas. Those 17 verses are proof that God fulfills His promises! God promised that through Abraham, ALL would be blessed! Through the birth of Christ that happened, even after all those generations!! You and I, ALL, can enjoy the promise of Hope, Peace, Love, Joy, Forgiveness, Eternal Life, and much more. All we need to do is receive the gift, the promise, Christ, that was given! Receive Christ and be blessed now!! UR❤’ D
Kem Haggard
Pastor at Harbor Light Assembly of God
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