Isaiah was given a glimpse of the throne room of heaven...
He sees the preincarnate Lord (John 12:41) sitting on the throne. The throne is high and lifted up. The train of the Lord's robe fills the temple. Angelic beings are standing above the Lord and they call out to one another other, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory." Can you even imagine doing that for all eternity? You can't and I can't because we don't understand the worthiness or the holiness of God, but just try to picture His majesty and splendor that this scene is giving us.
Fast forward seven hundred years or so...
This very same Lord is being knit with human flesh in the womb of Mary. Jesus, the Sovereign God of the universe, who once sat in the throne room of heaven, with special guardians attending to His holiness, is shown a cold, dark, stable. The inn keeper didn't even know he'd turned God away from the warmth of his dwelling. Jesus was no longer lofty and exalted. He gave up the glories of heaven, the adoration and worship of the seraphim, and exchanged it for a place where animals had defecated on the straw on the floor...
Why?
Because of His great love for you and me.
The difference between the glories of the throne room of heaven and a smelly, lonely, dark stable shows the magnitude of love the Lord Jesus has for us.
What are we willing to sacrifice today to show Him our love for Him?
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In giving up the glories of heaven, Jesus also gave us an example of humility, and of how we are to esteem others. It shows us how willing He was to be in submission to the Father. He is our example of ultimate obedience, and we learn from Him that obedience brings blessing from God because God highly exalted Him after His death...giving Him a name at which every creature in the universe will bow the knee, willingly and blessedly, or unwillingly and painfully...
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