Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (stanza 1)
Infant holy, Infant lowly,
For His bed a cattle stall;
Oxen lowing, Little knowing
Christ the Babe is Lord of all.
Glenn Doak led a most interesting class this fall on Hebrews. The eloquent Greek masterpiece, composed between the years 60 and 95, is probably not from Paul, as once thought, but more likely from a later Church leader who sensed the weariness of the “second generation.” Those who had known Jesus in the flesh were troubled by his birth and horrified by the scandal of his death on a cross. Some had been persecuted. Most were disappointed that God’s promised kingdom had not yet come. There was talk of abandoning the faith all together.
“What was God thinking?” Glenn Doak asked. “What was God thinking while waving good-bye to Jesus Christ as He left on a journey to earth?”
The author of Hebrews writes with authority and reassurance. Jesus Christ is The One through whom God has spoken. Jesus Christ is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being. It is through Christ that we have a relationship to God. It is because of Christ that we have a direct access to God. We are to remain faithful and confident, patient and hopeful.
Lord, We thank You for Jesus Christ, our hope and savior, who came to earth and was, for a little while, made lower than the angels, but who is now crowned with glory and honor for all eternity. Amen.
Laura Bennewitz
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