Today, we celebrate the “Second Sunday after Christmas.” Yes, the official Christmas season and its related celebrations have passed for another year. Nonetheless, our LORD’s word never “perishes, spoils and fades” (1 Peter 1:3-4). Rather, the word of the Lord endures forever!
In today’s Old Testament lesson, we hear our LORD pledge such an enduring promise. Although He, as our power “God Almighty” makes this promise to Abraham, we correctly understand how this divine promises blesses all people through Abraham’s descendent, our Savior Jesus, who came from the family live of Abraham.
What’s more, St. Paul in today’s epistle reading affirms how God fulfilled this promise according to His divine time schedule. God sent His Son, true God from eternity, to be born in time through Mary so He could redeem sinners and make believers His legal heirs.
Finally, in the appointed gospel section from Luke, the evangelist records Zechariah’s praise to God for keeping His promise to send Jesus, the world’s Savior. Truly, all these lessons stress how God acts according to His own unbreakable commitments, in line with His time timetable and undeserved grace, to send His Son, the world’s Savior.