The seamless, unifying theme of the entire Scriptures is the story of God’s redemptive plan to restore his personal presence with His people. We first see God among his people in the original holy of holies, the Garden sanctuary on Eden Mountain. But due to their failure of faith in God, man and woman are expelled from his holy presence and from access to the tree of life, forced to descend to the valley and experience death.

But despite this failure, God doesn’t give up on dwelling with His people. He implements a plan, a journey of faith for us, to restore His fallen people to His holy and lofty presence. The Christmas story is a seamless continuation of that same story.

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