Genesis 3 gave us a deep tragedy but hidden in the trees of the tragedy was a promise of a great comedy. God promised that through the seed of a woman a child would come who would undo the evil of the curse. The prophets foretold that a son was given and through a series of remarkable events, a little babe so few days old is come to rifle Satan’s fold.
But the hilarity of the whole thing stems from the expectation of political leaders. When Jesus enters the world, these demonic figures believed that murder could keep the great tragedy going. But their schemes were short-lived. The promise of Messiah Jesus was a promise of a massive script change in God’s story. While the demonic forces believed that Advent was the expectation of greater and greater tragedy, God’s story caught them and the world by surprise by making the whole thing a comedy of epic proportions.
The expectation of God’s Son is an expectation of comedic relief to the nations. We come to the Table with hearty laughter and joy knowing that we live in a history of great comedy where the angels and archangels and all God’s people on earth laugh at the agenda of evil for we know that Christ was promised, but he has come, and he will come again.
