‘Surprising and breathtaking truths can be gleaned’
By WND Staff
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The story of the miraculous birth of Jesus, the Spirit God who became human flesh, echoes across the entire planet this week as countless Christians crack open their Bibles to the Gospels of Luke and Matthew.
But there’s one part of the story that millions may glance over without much thought, even though it’s voicing an impressive, inspiring message.
It’s the point that the Son of God was wrapped “in swaddling clothes,” strips of cloth often used to give newborn children a sense of comfort.
Now, the author of a new book decoding the hidden, additional meaning of the actual historical events of Scripture is taking a fresh look at the magnificent passages to unlock what’s being said on the Spirit level of parables, the level at which Jesus spoke exclusively.
“There might be some surprising and breathtaking truths that can be gleaned from the accounts of the physical birth of God into man,” says Joe Kovacs, author of “Reaching God Speed: Unlocking the Secret Broadcast Revealing the Mystery of Everything.”
“Because the entire Bible is more than just an accurate historical record. It’s broadcasting additional, Spirit-filled messages for those who have ears to hear and eyes to see those messages.”
Noting that Jesus “did not tell them anything without a parable” (Matthew 13:34 CSB) and that He is constantly “declaring the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10 KJV), telegraphing the conclusion of the story right from the start, Kovacs began his analysis on the two verses in Luke which mention how Jesus – or Yeshua, meaning “Salvation” in Hebrew – was wrapped.
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger” (Luke 2:7 KJV)
“And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:12 NKJV)
A live Nativity scene in Stuart, Florida (Photo by Joe Kovacs)
Kovacs explains, “The shepherds who were instructed to go to Bethlehem were told that the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger was a sign. It’s not only the sign that they found the right child, but it’s also a prophetic sign, when we connect the rest of the dots in Scripture.”
“We have to remember that Jesus did not exist for the first time as a human baby. He is the everlasting Spirit Being who has always existed and that ‘all things were made through Him’ (John 1:3 NKJV).
“So is it possible that ‘swaddling clothes’ wrapping up this divine child are mentioned because the cloths are a metaphor for His new condition in the fabric of the flesh, just as all human beings are wrapped in the sackcloth of our flesh? He left His Spirit existence to become something that physically can be touched and felt, like we feel the fabric of cloth. In other words, God who was previously Spirit became someone wrapped in physical matter, a ‘material,’ like cloth.
“I’m just proffering this possibility because other Scriptures in the Bible talk about being wrapped in swaddling bands and our bodies being covered. For instance, Job mentions ‘thick darkness its swaddling band,’ (Job 38:9 NKJV) and Isaiah tells us “darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples‘ (Isaiah 60:2 NIV). The Bible outright tells us that the peoples who are literally made up of the ‘earth‘ (1 Corinthians 15:47) are covered, as in clothed, with the darkness of the flesh while God, in His divine Spirit state ‘is light, and in him is no darkness at all'” (1 John 1:5 KJV).
The Old Testament also indicates: “The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment (Psalm 104:2 NIV).But regarding the “clothing” for the first human beings created by God in the garden of Eden, Genesis says, ‘The LORD God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.’ (Genesis 3:21 CSB).