He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

(Colossians 1:15-20)

It is of course, an amazing miracle that God the Son became a baby and embraced being a vulnerable child. But of course Jesus did not stay a child. No- he became a man and now of course he is the resurrected Lord and king over all as is revealed in dazzling glory in Revelation. Colossians speaks of the glory of Christ. He is, the image of God, the one through whom and by whom all things were created, the firstborn from among the dead and the head of the church. Our quaint pictures of Jesus in a manger speak of his willing self effacing love for humanity. His now glory makes his then decent more miraculous and glorious than we could ever mention. But make no mistake, the Jesus of the manger is raised victorious Lord over all creation, may we ever rejoice in and worship him.

Grace and peace from Marcus