Br. Cassian Iozzo
As the ancient Jewish sages tell, God created the heavens and earth on the first day of the Hebrew month Nisan. Seven other events in Scripture occur on this day through the ages, all pointing to a particular theme. Their connection is subtle, but see if you can follow the thread. On the first day of Nisan the great flood ended (Gen 8:13), God first gave a commandment to the Israelites through Moses (Exod 12:2-3), the Tabernacle was set up in the wilderness (Exod 40:17), the priesthood ordination rite began for Aaron (Exod 40:2-12), King Hezekiah began to restore the Temple (2 Chr 29:17), the Israelites began to return from the exile (Ezra 7:9), and the Second Temple was inaugurated and purified (Ezek 45:18).
What do these seven events all symbolize? They symbolize restoring creation to the way it was in the beginning, before the Fall, before the defilement and damage of sin. How they symbolize that will be left as a meditation for the reader. Nevertheless, if we follow this narrative thread throughout the Bible we see that events pointing to the restoration of creation happen on the first day of Nisan. So on which day might we expect the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ?
Plot twist: the Nativity is not on the first day of Nisan. In fact, December 25th is roughly eight months after. This would daringly seem to suggest that our Lord’s Nativity is not about restoring the world to its original state…
Deeper plot twist: the Nativity is not about going back to the world as it was before sin. The Nativity is about something far greater. The Lord was born to bring us into an entirely new order of existence, a participation in his own divinity, a sharing in the life of God himself! » Read More
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