What the Incarnation means

So has death been conquered and branded for what it is by the Savior on the cross. It is bound hand and foot, all who are in Christ trample it as they pass and as witnesses to Him deride it, scoffing and saying, "O Death, where is thy victory? O Grave, where is thy sting?"

Athanasius, On the Incarnation

The cute baby Jesus grows up and is the Savior of all mankind. Athanasius so beautifully writes that what else was the Word of God to do? Human beings, whom the Word created, were destroying themselves, the only way to save them/restore them was that the very thing that gave them life in the first place would become one of it, by enjoining Himself to the flesh, to the creation. The Word which gives life in the creation of the universe gives life anew in the restoration of creation.

THAT is what Christmas Season is all about! Blessed Day 3 of Christmas!