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Friends,
today we reprise the prologue of St. John’s Gospel, which we read on
Christmas. The Word became flesh “and we saw his glory.” All the ways
that the Old Testament spoke of God’s involvement with the world come
together in this description of Jesus Christ. He is the powerful Word
that will not return without accomplishing his purpose.
Now
what is his purpose? Look to the prophet Isaiah. “The Lord has bared
his holy arm in the sight of all the nations. All the ends of the earth
will behold the salvation of our God.” Saying that Yahweh has bared his
holy arm means that Yahweh is rolling up his sleeves to get on with the
work.
Now
take a look now at the manger at Bethlehem. Perhaps we see a tiny arm
reaching out at random from the manger. “The Lord has made bare his holy
arm.” And this anticipates another baring of that holy arm, when it is
stretched out on the wood of the cross, revealed to all nations, just as
Isaiah said. God’s power would be revealed in the powerlessness of love
unto death. This is what became flesh on Christmas day
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