Aspects of the Incarnation: The Last Adam and His Victory over the Serpent
the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem finds its true meaning in the death of Jesus at Golgotha. Christmas finds its purpose in Easter. The incarnation points toward the atonement; the manger toward the cross. In fact, the only reason we can sing of that silent night when God’s Son took his first breath on earth is that God, from eternity, had foreordained the dark day when that same Son would surrender his spirit, lifted up from the earth...In other words: Jesus was born to die.