It's Epiphany!

Today is Epiphany! On the calendar it completes the 12 days of Christmas from December 25 to Jabuary 6. It is the eastern orthodox day for Christmas in many other parts of the world. Every year I keep my lights shining as a symbol of the revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus Christ.

The term epiphany means "to show" or "to make known" or even "to reveal." In Western churches, it remembers the coming of the Wise Men bringing gifts to visit the Christ child, who by so doing "reveal" Jesus to the world as Lord and King.

The Wise Men or Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus were the first Gentiles to acknowledge Jesus as "King" and so were the first to "show" or "reveal" Jesus to a wider world as the incarnate Christ.

This act of worship by the Magi, which corresponded to Simeon’s blessing that this child Jesus would be "a light for revelation to the Gentiles" (Luke 2:32), was one of the first indications that Jesus came for all people, of all nations, of all races, and that the work of God in the world would not be limited to only a few.

So Merry Christmas and Happy Epiphany to all! May you open your hearts to the greater revelation of Christ as your Savior.

(This was a post from a year ago. Wanted to share it with you again this year.)