Before time began...

Where did it start?
Not with a cosy glowing stable scene, eternally warm and fuzzy.
Not with a young girl, giving bad news
(but no, it was GOOD, good news) to her unhappy fiance.
Nor even with angelic visitations.
No, eternally begotten before time began,
the Rescuer planned His earthly recognition,
the Chosen One, He Who Is To Come.

Joseph proudly traced his family
back to Abraham
Matthew getting the Jews alongside
to show them their Messiah, Christ Jesus.

Mary, Luke likewise shows,
has royal ancestry
through David, back to Adam
for Jesus came to save us ALL.

It starts with us. Loved before time began. Do we receive him?

Matthew 1:18 - 25

In the beginning....

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made; John 1:1 - 3  The Jesse tree, before the first ornament, representing Creation, was hung...