He Emptied Himself by Taking During the Christmas season my mind always seems to turn to the miracle of the Incarnation. Jesus Christ, Co-eternal as part of the Tri-unity of God, become man. PPersonally I believe the incarnation is something best framed by paradox. • The Infinite contained in the finite. • The Creator now created. • The Owner, Himself now owned. • The Cause, becoming the effect. • The Life, becoming One dependent for life. • The One Who emptied Himself, by taking There is simply no end to the paradoxical musings of the advent, but perhaps the most amazing is not what Jesus supposedly left in Heaven but what He took on here on earth. It seems not only a paradox, but an outright impossibility for someone to empty themselves by taking something to themselves, but that is precisely what happened when Jesus was born a human baby boy! What I hope to reveal in this teaching is not only the miracle of His birth but what that miracle tells us about Who He is!