Salvation is Born

This often misunderstood, and misused passage is sentimentalized during the Christmas season. However, it's purpose is powerful in the context of Luke's Gospel. The entire narrative focuses on God entering weakness in a very weak way. He sets aside glory to bear the burden of what fallen humanity is incapable of baring. Christ takes on flesh in the most improvised of ways, not only to save us from our sinful flesh, but to become a high priest, sympathetic to our weakness. He now understands what it means to be a finite creature, and in so doing, becomes our great advocate in every sense of the term.