12/19/2025
The very first witnesses to the Incarnation on the first Christmas were not kings or scholars, but animals.
In the silence of the stable, innocent creatures who bore the consequences of the Fall without guilt stood face-to-face with their Creator. The Nativity is not merely a sentimental story about a child in a manger; it is the opening act of cosmic restoration, where Christ begins to reverse injustice not only for humanity, but for all of creation.
The animals at Bethlehem remind us that nothing in creation is forgotten, overlooked or beyond redemption. Christmas is the moment when the Author of all order enters the world He made, to heal all creation.
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