By coming to dwell with us, Jesus was to reveal God both to men and to angels. He was the Word of God,--God's thought made audible. In His prayer for His disciples He says, "I have declared unto them Thy name,"--"merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"--"that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them." But not alone for His earthborn children was this revelation given. Our little world is the lesson book of the universe. God's wonderful purpose of grace, the mystery of redeeming love, is the theme into which "angels desire to look," and it will be their study throughout endless ages. Both the redeemed 20 and the unfallen beings will find in the cross of Christ their science and their song. It will be seen that the glory shining in the face of Jesus is the glory of self-sacrificing love. In the light from Calvary it will be seen that the law of self-renouncing love is the law of life for earth and heaven; that the love which "seeketh not her own" has its source in the heart of God; and that in the meek and lowly One is manifested the character of Him who dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto.

Ved at komme for at tage bolig hos os skulle Jesus åbenbare Gud for, både mennesker og engle. Han var Guds Ord, Guds tanker, der var gjort hørlige. I sin bøn for sine disciple siger han: "Jeg har kundgjort dem dit navn, barmhjertigt og nådigt, langmodigt og rigt på miskundhed og trofasthed, for at den kærlighed, du har elsket mig med, skal være i dem, og jeg i dem." Men denne åbenbaring gjaldt ikke alene hans jordiske børn. Vor lille verden er universet lærebog. Guds vidunderlige, nådige hensigter, den frelsende kærligheds mysterium, er det emne, som "engle attrår at få indblik i," og det vil beskæftige dem gennem endeløse tider. Både de frelste og de ikke faldne væsener vil i Kristi kors finde deres videnskab og sang. Det vil vise sig, at den herlighed, der lyser fra Kristi åsyn, er den selvopofrende kærligheds herlighed. I lyset fra Golgata vil man se, at den selvfornægtende kærligheds lov er livets lov for jorden og Himmelen; at den kærlighed, som "ikke søger sit eget " har sit udspring i Guds eget hjerte; og at i ham, som var sagtmodig og ringe, åbenbaredes hans væsen, som bor i det lys, intet menneske kan nærme sig.