The first atom brought shadow and darkness and death. He failed in his task to mirror and

reflect the holiness of God. The second atom, perfect the image of his person revealed to us not only what it means to be human, but he revealed in

his person the very glory of God.

Have you ever wondered why Jesus was born,

why he came as a baby. His mission was more than merely dying on the cross. That's

what we'll consider today on this Christmas Eve edition of Renewing Your Mind.

Every year you have likely heard the Christmas story,

maybe from pulpits in pageants with the children of your church

and in Christmas hymns.

But even with these annual reminders, we can forget the theology of Christmas, the significance

in wonder and glory of the incarnation.

Today, from a special Christmas address that Arseisboro gave to friends and supporters of

Ligonier Ministries back in 2013, you'll hear about the mission of Jesus, and why the author of Hebrew describes

Jesus as the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint or express image of his nature.

Here's Dr Sprawl.

Let us recall that in God's creation of the first man, the first human being, Adam, that Adam as well as

his wife were created in the image and the likeness of God. Now again we

enter into a realm of tremendous debate historically as to the question

what constituted then and now the image of God in man.

Roman Catholic Church took the position

then when Genesis says that Adam was created in the image and

likeness of God, that image referred to one thing and likeness to something else,

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