What if Christ had not come???

As many young boys and girls await Santa Claus…you know…”Here comes Santa Claus, Here Comes Santa Claus…right down Santa Claus Lane…” You have heard the jingle and the words from mouth of babes. Oh-h-h! How disappointed these little ones would be if Santa Claus did not arrive.

How would we react or feel if Christ had not come??? A valid question. I remember a story I had read about what if Christ had not come.

It begins with a profound thought generated from what this man read…he is a man of the cloth. He was reflecting on a vision he had. Upon reflecting on this vision…he falls asleep with this on his mind. So…dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come.

In this dream, he saw himself walking through his house, but as he looked, he saw no stockings hung on the chimney, no Christmas tree, no wreaths of holly, and no Christ to comfort and gladden hearts or to save us. He then walked onto the street outside his house, but there was no church with its spire pointing toward heaven. And when he came back and sat down in his library, he realized that every book about our Savior had disappeared.

The minister dreamed that the doorbell rang and that a messenger asked him to visit a friend’s poor dying mother. He reached her home, and as his friend sat and wept, he said, “I have something here that will comfort you.” He opened his Bible to look for a familiar promise, but it ended with Malachi. There was no gospel and no promise of hope and salvation, and all he could do was bow his head and weep with his friend and his mother in bitter despair.

Two days later he stood beside her coffin and conducted her funeral service, but there was no message of comfort, no words of a glorious resurrection, and no thought of a mansion awaiting her in heaven. There was only “dust to dust, and ashes to ashes.” And one long, eternal farewell. Finally he realized that Christ had not come, and he burst into tears, weeping bitterly in his sorrowful dream.

Then suddenly he awoke with a start, and a great shout of joy and praise burst from his lips as he heard his choir singing these words in his church nearby:

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem!

Come and behold Him, born the King of angels,

O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

Let us be glad and rejoice today, because He has come. And let us remember the proclamation of the angel: “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:10-11)

Oh...thank God...Christ did come!!! Lets remember and celebrate his birthday on Christmas Day.