"The Three Kings came to Bethlehem bringing gold and frankincense and myrrh. If they had only brought Truth and Purity and Love there would have been no Christian art and no Christian Civilization... There were three things prefigured and promised by the gifts in the cave in Bethlehem concerning the Child who received them; that He would be crowned like a King; that He should be worshipped like a God; and that He should die like a man. And these things would sound like Eastern flattery, were it not for the third." — G.K. Chesterton (speaking of the three gifts the wise men presented)
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Christianity is more than forms and philosophy. The Word was with God and the Word was God. Christianity is more than the physical and pragmatics. It is truth, goodness, and beauty. It is the idea of those things and the manifestation of those things. It is not just invisible in the air, it is visible on the ground. It is both/and.
Jesus is a prophet, a priest, and a king, but He is also the sacrifice. He is the prophet who died for the truth, the priest who sacrificed Himself, and the King who was subjected Himself to His subjects.
Jesus is eastern mystery and western logic. He is the secret things of God and the things of God revealed.
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