After the Advent season, God’s people begin to transition their hearts and minds to the manifestation of Christ through the Epiphany season. During this season, we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ as the long-awaited Messiah. In the Church Calendar, Advent is celebrated for four weeks, leading up to Christmas. Epiphany, which simply means the manifestation of Jesus Christ, marks the moment when the Triune God of the universe revealed Himself and His redemptive plan through the person and work of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. God drew me unto Himself as a 21st-century, white male who dwells in the Southern United States because of the first Epiphany. Instead, it would be more accurate to continue drawing the line in history right through the Reformation and place it at the first Epiphany. There is much to celebrate and consider in this anniversary, yet as I reflect on where my own story of salvation fits in the scope of Church history, I oftentimes falsely source it in the Reformation. We recently celebrated the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther sparking the Protestant Reformation with the nailing of his 95 theses to the Wittenberg door.
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