The Birth of Our Lord
Stop looking at the world with the eyes of dead men, who see nothing except wars and rumors of war, griefs, disasters, and the emptiness of sin. There is joy in the world among those for whom the Lord has come.
- R. J. Rushdoony
The accounts of our Lord’s birth give us the story of the world’s most glorious event and its greatest invasion. People today are ready to hear all kinds of nonsense about visitors from outer space and “star wars,” but the greatest invasion imaginable is a matter of indifference to them!
On that day, God the Son entered the world. He came as King to reconquer it for God the Father and to restore it to God’s original purpose, to be God’s Kingdom. He came with grace and healing to all who received Him by faith, and with judgment for those who seek to wrest the Kingdom from its rightful Lord.
Our Lord’s coming tells us of His great salvation, and it makes clear that life is only a tragedy or a disaster if we reject the King. Stop looking at the world with the eyes of dead men, who see nothing except wars and rumors of war, griefs, disasters, and the emptiness of sin. To see the world with dead men’s eyes is to be dead ourselves to the Prince of Peace and of life. Let the Christmas carols resound in your heart with the joy of the King: “God rest you merry, gentlemen. Let nothing you dismay, Remember, Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day.” There is joy in the world among those for whom the Lord has come.
Therefore, let the joy of the Lord be your strength (Neh. 8:10). We are not alone. Our King has come, “and the government shall be upon his shoulder … Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end” (Isa. 9:6–7). This year, the next, and all the years to come are the years of our Lord, years of His reign. He shall judge all workers of iniquity in His own wise time, and His name is Jesus, Jehovah saves, “for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). Therefore, this is our day, our time, and our world, because we are the people of the King. Rejoice!
A Word In Season: Daily Messages on the Faith for All of Life, Volume 6, pp. 96-97
- R. J. Rushdoony
Rev. R.J. Rushdoony (1916–2001), was a leading theologian, church/state expert, and author of numerous works on the application of Biblical law to society. He started the Chalcedon Foundation in 1965. His Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) began the contemporary theonomy movement which posits the validity of Biblical law as God’s standard of obedience for all. He therefore saw God’s law as the basis of the modern Christian response to the cultural decline, one he attributed to the church’s false view of God’s law being opposed to His grace. This broad Christian response he described as “Christian Reconstruction.” He is credited with igniting the modern Christian school and homeschooling movements in the mid to late 20th century. He also traveled extensively lecturing and serving as an expert witness in numerous court cases regarding religious liberty. Many ministry and educational efforts that continue today, took their philosophical and Biblical roots from his lectures and books.