Christmas: a glimpse of the divine Artist

Creation Speaks is a Biblical teaching ministry that uses nature writing and photography to glorify our Creator and teach the truth of creation. “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?" Job 12:7-9

Antique 1611 King James Pulpit Folio Bible of Luke chapter 2 verse 11 and 12 Christmas Scripture. For unto you is born this day in the city of David which is Christ the Lord. Find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.

On the other side of the Easel...

In a rare moment, the master artist Leonardo Da Vinci stepped into his own artwork. In Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, Da Vinci gave us a special gift: a chance to see the man behind the work. The artist had moved, so to speak, to the other side of the easel and briefly entered into the artistic works he created. The Christmas story is much the same.

Our world is a master work of art crafted by the divine Artist. From the gloriously high and bright shining star which led the magi to Bethlehem, to the low and humble donkey which carried his mother from Nazareth, the Lord Jesus Christ created all things. Design, order and beauty grace every brush stroke of creation. “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth… all things were created by him, and for him” (Colossians 1:16). 

And with more splendor than Da Vinci’s self-portrait, Christmas is the time when we see the great Artist step to the other side of the easel and enter the world He created. What a special Christmas gift! A rare chance to see the Word become flesh and walk among us; something not seen since God had walked in the cool of Eden.
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As it is with art today, so few recognize and appreciate it. Had they known the greatest Artist of all time was lying in that manger, the fields would have been filled with thousands of people hoping to get a look, rather than the few shepherds and their sheep. But that is how it is with God. He did not desire the paparazzi and fame, but appeared in the most humble of forms: a newborn baby. He did not appear amongst His creation in order to dazzle us, but to redeem us. 

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