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"concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 1:3-4
In many ways, that first Easter day was an altogether new Christmas day, because it was on that morning that Jesus had His second birth. This second birth of Christ was even more glorious and full of grandeur than His first. His first birth certainly had its disadvantages. However, in spite of what some might think, they were not disadvantages of a lowly manger or smelly stable. Rather, they were the disadvantages of His royal lineage. Those bands of swaddling clothes that wrapped His infant body were not the proof of His poverty. They were the glory of His ancestors since the royal line of David was separated from humanity's main line. However, when Christ came out of that tomb on the first Easter morning He changed His lineage, broke the line of David and identified Himself with the lowliest. His second life didn't stem from Bethlehem, but from the common dust of every city - the city of the dead.
"Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds. " Numbers 17:8
Have you ever stopped to consider why it was only the rod of Aaron, the emblem of the priesthood and picture of sacrificial love, that budded? So many times we dream of and desire the power and glory of the world's kingdoms. We look with longing at the king's sceptre - the symbol of personal might. However, have you ever pondered why out of the twelve it wasn't the sceptre of the king, but the staff of the priest that budded?
