Nine months before the manger – v4

To understand time, eternity, the infinite, God, history,
power in Christ's decision to submit, to descend into the finite,
nine months before the manger, the arc of the cosmos bent,
not a line, a ray or tangent striving toward infinity—
but eternity carving the intimate singularity, life,
a new axis where time and timelessness fused as one...
 
Not a fissure, not chaos breaking the frame, in a flash,
shattering the line between us and God, a twinkling,
but an intersection, an unyielding point, a promise—
a tear, yes, but a joining also, melding, a melting together,
where the infinite wove itself into creation, a thread,
where life began anew, a new continuum started...
 
Time folded, shifted, rippled in this moment,
not outward as a wave but inward, into flesh,
melding, transforming history, every future,
changed forever in a blazing instant, a burst,
eternity, once vast and formless, ephemeral,
clay in the vessel of His mother Mary’s womb...
 
Nine months before the manger, Christ’s birth,
a tear in the fabric of time, the veil between
eternal God and man, in this child growing,
a moment that defies comprehension, faith,
where the infinite became mortal, finite,
and the finite carried all of infinity...
 
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Edited January 16, 2025
Nine months before the manger – v4
 
Incorporating suggested edits by Bohdana Paievska
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:59
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-3
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 5, 2025
was it the light John spoke of
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/was-it-light-john-spoke-of.html
Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation-v2.html
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
 
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