GOD'S CHRISTMAS TREE - We choose a straight tree. God’s tree needed to be strong enough to hold the weight of His Son. We place our tree in the stand with great care and some difficulty. God’s tree was dropped with a bone-rattling, skin-tearing, joint-dislocating thud into a hole. We decorate our tree with lights. God’s was adorned with the loveliest Light - the Light of the World.

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God’s Christmas Tree

“And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,” Acts 10:39 English Standard Version (ESV)

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Picking of the Tree

We choose a beautiful tree. God’s tree was brutal.

We choose a graceful tree. God’s tree was gory.

We choose a straight tree. God’s tree needed to be strong enough to hold the weight of His Son.

The Placing of the Tree

We place our tree in the stand with great care and some difficulty.

Almost everybody has a “tree story” of falling or tilting Christmas trees.

God’s tree was dropped with a bone-rattling, skin-tearing, joint-dislocating thud into a hole.

The Preparation of the Tree

We decorate our tree with bulbs. God’s tree was decorated with the blood of His Son.

We decorate our tree with tinsel. God’s tree was decorated with the torn form of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We decorate our tree with lights. God’s was adorned with the loveliest Light - the Light of the World.

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