Day 25

“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

As we come to the close of this Advent season, I have one final mystery for us to delve into.

He ascended.

But surely He is with us.

Of all the mysteries and all the truths that we have wrestled through, nothing compares to the reality of His presence in our lives. At the incarnation, He came to us in a way that mankind had not experienced with our Creator since the Garden of Eden. When He ascended into the clouds, He promised His followers that He would be with us, even “to the end of the age.”

To the very end.

Through every trial. Through every difficult season that doesn’t seem to end. Even when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we don’t have anything to fear because He is with us.

Have you realized this truth in your life. Do you know Him? We could have a deep theological understanding of every mystery in scripture, but we’ll miss the point if we don’t know Him. Have you come to the same transformative revelation of the person of Jesus that the thief came to moments before His death? Have you known Him, but allowed the troubles and trials of life to shove Him into a couple hours of your week on Sundays mornings and maybe a weekday night? Does your heart long to know Him or are you satisfied with knowing of Him.

He is the Holy Mystery; foretold in scripture and revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. He is the image of the invisible God.

I implore you. Know Him.

There is no greater thing you could do in your life.