Turn your eyes upon Jesus: The Incarnation/Christmas

Christmas

Christ - Deliverer/Savior

Mass - a musical setting of parts of the liturgy used in the Mass

Assembly/Gathering as a body or a whole

Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, eds., Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).

Hebrews 6:13-20

Hebrews 6:13–20 HCSB

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself: I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute. Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

Promise

Concise Oxford English Dictionary Promise

noun

1 an assurance that one will do something or that something will happen.

▶ an indication that something is likely to occur: the promise of spring.

2 potential excellence.

Matthew 2:1–12 HCSB

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born. “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the leaders of Judah: because out of you will come a leader who will shepherd My people Israel.” Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.” After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was—the star they had seen in the east! It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed beyond measure. Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

Covenant

Concise Oxford English Dictionary Covenant

noun

1 a solemn agreement.

▶ Theology an agreement held to be the basis of a relationship of commitment with God.

2 Law a formal agreement or contract in writing, especially one undertaking to make regular payments to a charity.

Genesis 12:1–9 HCSB

The Lord said to Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, I will curse those who treat you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you. So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people he had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of Yahweh. Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.

Condition

Concise Oxford English Dictionary Condition

condition

■ noun

1 the state of something or someone, with regard to appearance, fitness, or working order.

▶ an illness or medical problem.

▶ archaic social position.

2 (conditions) circumstances affecting the functioning or existence of something.

3 a state of affairs that must exist before something else is possible.

■ verb

1 have a significant influence on.

▶ train or accustom to behave in a certain way.

▶ [as adjective conditioned] relating to or denoting automatic responses established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus.

2 bring into the desired state for use.

▶ [often as adjective conditioned] make fit and healthy.

3 apply conditioner to (the hair).

4 set prior requirements on (something) before it can occur.

Genesis 14:17–24 NASB95

Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” He gave him a tenth of all. The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give the people to me and take the goods for yourself.” Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ “I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share.”

Solfege Scale

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do - 8 notes/the number used in gematria for wholeness, completeness, full circle.

Joy to the World- Isaac Watts and George F. Handel

Elohim’s relational and positional response to mankind