Fourth Day of Christmas

 Here’s a brief blog series on each of the 12 days of Christmas, with Christian meanings.

 

On the fourth day of Christmas, my True Love [God] gave to me:

Four calling birds

Four Gospel Books

 

Just as there are two creation accounts in Genesis 1-2 (the second starts at 2:4), so God gave us four accounts of Christ’s earthly ministry.

 

Matthew gives us Christ as King, fulfilling the Scriptures

Mark gives us an active Christ, in Peter’s blunt style

Luke gives us a Christ for the whole world, from a Gentile doctor’s view

John gives us Christ as eternal Word, who is our bread, shepherd, way, truth and life

 

Fools seek contradictions among these to debunk Jesus, while the wise know that multiple portraits are needed to round out any one author’s portrayal of any life, much less the most unique life (the only God-man ever) in history.