{"id":3865,"date":"2020-12-22T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:57:57","slug":"advent-and-the-power-of-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/fr\/advent-and-the-power-of-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent and the Power of Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3865\" class=\"elementor elementor-3865\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff4ab84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff4ab84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33b87da\" data-id=\"33b87da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9940a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9940a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The birth of our first baby caught me by surprise. For nine months, as I plowed through my second year of college, I knew I would be a father but was unprepared when it finally happened. Holding my son Stephen, only minutes old, profoundly affected me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babies illustrate the powerful truth that beholding beauty moves us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about it for a moment: babies won\u2019t clean or cook or shovel snow, yet we are moved deeply by their beauty. Our hearts fill with emotion at each smile, stirring us to action\u2014to hug, to hold, to cuddle, to protect. Such is the power of beauty. Whether an eagle\u2019s nest view of the Rockies, a prairie sunset splashed across the open sky, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museivaticani.va\/content\/museivaticani\/en\/collezioni\/musei\/cappella-sistina\/tour-virtuale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelangelo&#8217;s Sistine Chapel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dfwLm1rW14Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sibelius\u2019 seventh symphony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014beauty moves us.<\/span><\/p><p><b>In scripture, this truth is even more amazing as we discover we are moved to the point of <\/b><b><i>complete<\/i><\/b><b> transformation by contemplating the beauty and glory of Jesus.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-257ddbf\" data-id=\"257ddbf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfc9962 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfc9962\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_4362-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_4362-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_4362-1-scaled-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d859c6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d859c6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Babies illustrate the powerful truth that beholding beauty moves us.&#8221; Pictured: Bill&#8217;s wife, Bev, and newest grandson, Aden (the son of Stephen).<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4324c19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4324c19\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2201442\" data-id=\"2201442\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d524796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d524796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul writes to the Corinthian believers, \u201cAnd we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord\u2019s [Jesus] glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Corinthians+3%3A18&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Cor. 3:18<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #22b577;\"><b>Rich with meaning<\/b><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glory <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appears more than 600 times in the Bible and is rich with meaning. It combines the weight and importance of something or someone with the concepts of praise, wonder, perfection, or beauty.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think of gold\u2019s heaviness and value. An ingot the size of a cell phone box weighs 25 pounds and is worth almost half a million dollars. Precious, rare, and considered one of the finest of all metals, gold is the go-to metal for currency and jewelry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul\u2019s invitation to contemplate Christ\u2019s glory means to ponder who Jesus is, to see His beauty and perfection. We are to contemplate, not simply look or give passing glances. A notable difference. We look at light bulbs, but gaze at sunsets. <\/span><b>Contemplating starts with a deliberate pause and leads to reflecting with our entire being.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To what end? To be transformed into Christ\u2019s image with ever-increasing glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #22b577;\"><b>Contemplating the beauty and glory<\/b><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this point, it is hard to improve on the words of the 17<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">century pastor, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apuritansmind.com\/puritan-favorites\/stephen-charnock-1628-1680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Charnock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contemplating the beauty and glory of Jesus changes the soul into the image of the object; it makes it like Christ. Never did any look upon Christ with a believing eye, but he was made like Christ. A deformed person may look on a beautiful object and not be made beautiful; but faith looking on Christ transforms a man and turns him into his likeness. Looking on a bleeding Christ causes a soft-bleeding heart; looking on a holy Christ causes sanctity of heart; looking on a humble Christ makes the soul humble. As the chameleon is changed into the color of that it looks upon, so faith, looking at Christ, changes the Christian into the likeness of Christ.<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #22b577;\"><b>A perfect reflection<\/b><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are transformed to be like Jesus as our hearts and minds are captivated by His beauty and glory. This is the process of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sanctification<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014reflecting the character of Jesus more and more every day. Equally amazing? That seeing fully the beauty of Jesus will one day make our transformation complete, leading to our <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glorification<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be, has not yet been made known.<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+John+3%3A2&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 John 3:2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether by faith through spiritual eyes (sanctification) or by sight through the eyes of our new bodies (glorification), our transformation from sinful and rebellious creatures to righteous and holy children comes from gazing upon our beautiful Saviour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which leads us to the ongoing significance of Advent and why it is worth our reflection. <\/span><b>Without God revealing who He is through Jesus, we could not look upon God; our finite minds cannot comprehend the infinite. <\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Puritan theologian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apuritansmind.com\/puritan-favorites\/john-owen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Owen<\/a>, writes this:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGod in His immense essence is invisible unto our physical eyes, and will be so to eternity; as also incomprehensible unto our minds. For nothing can perfectly comprehend that which is infinite, unless it is infinite itself. Wherefore the blessed and blessing sight which we shall have of God will be always \u2018in the face of Jesus Christ.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #22b577;\"><b>Invisible made visible<\/b><\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is because the triune God took the initiative and through the will of the Father, the power of the Spirit, and the willingness of the Son to step into His creation, that the invisible God is visible in the God-man, Jesus.<\/span><\/p><p><b>The incarnation is the wonder, glory, and splendor we celebrate and ponder during Advent. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never has history seen such a beautiful act. Ponder and rejoice: that while we were still sinners, rebellious and helpless to save ourselves, God was stirred to action. The eternal, the perfect, the beautiful\u2014took upon Himself the nature of creation, so that by faith\u2014and one day by sight\u2014we could see Him who first loved us.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4aa614c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4aa614c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11bd6d45\" data-id=\"11bd6d45\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d7773e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70d7773e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bill-for-Blog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1507\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737e067e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737e067e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Bill McCaskell is the national director for One Hope Canada.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a952826\" data-id=\"6a952826\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14226a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14226a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>READ THE HOPE BLOG ADVENT SERIES<\/b><\/h4><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/advent-rediscovering-the-mystery-of-god-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Part One<\/a><\/strong>: Rediscovering the mystery of God with us<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/the-hope-of-christmas-past-present-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Part Two<\/a><\/strong>: The Hope of Christmas: Past, Present and Future<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/finding-peace-three-things-you-can-do-this-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read Part Three<\/strong><\/a>: Finding Peace: Three Things You Can Do This Christmas<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/laying-down-a-life-of-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read Part Four<\/strong><\/a>: Laying Down a Life of Love<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/hold-on-to-joy-pressing-in-to-jesus-during-a-covid-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read Part Five<\/strong><\/a>: Hold on to Joy: Pressing in to Jesus During a COVID Christmas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We are transformed to be like Jesus as our hearts and minds are captivated by His beauty and glory.&#8221; In the final post in our Advent series, One 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