It happens to be Christmas night; the Bears are getting beat by the Packers ( as is fitting) and the kids are playing with their toys. As good as this day has been, there is a deeper goodness at work today. Last night our Pastor told us that unless we were there to celebrate the resurrection, then we were there for the wrong reasons and basically were just wasting our time. He said it nicer than that but that was what I took away. I love it when Pastor Steve talks about Jesus and glorifies Him. I jokingly go up to him after a sermon in which he has done this and tell him that was one of the best sermons on Jonah I have heard in a long time. I think he thinks I am just joking around as if I did not understand what he preached on because he has not even mentioned Jonah. Oh but he had!
Jesus says that the resurrection is represented by Jonah's three days in the fish. The prophet spent 3 days in the fish and then was brought back to the world. Jesus declares that this is a sign that points to His own 3 days in the tomb and that the fish spitting him back on the shore to bring the message of hope to Nineveh was the same as Him being raised from the dead to bring new life to the lost (many of whom do not even know their left from their right).
Christmas, according to Pastor Steve, is all about Easter. So to really get a good handle on what Christmas is all about, try reading Jonah. Christmas is all about fish.
Bless you all
David Warren
Jonah is in my top ten favorite books of the bible. His prayer is my prayer even when I don't know it. reat post. I cannot celebrate Christmas without acknowledging the sacrifice of our savior and then the victory of the cross. Awesome, awesome savior.
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