He Is The Reason. We Are The Reason

The manger was never the destination. It was the beginning of the greatest rescue mission in history.

Every Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We sing the familiar carols, remember the shepherds and wise men, and picture the baby lying in a manger in Bethlehem.

But why did He come?

The answer takes us far beyond the Christmas story.

In He Is the Reason. We Are the Reason.: The Greatest Rescue Mission in History, author Mark Bixler takes readers on a powerful journey through God's plan of redemption-from humanity's fall in the Garden of Eden to the manger in Bethlehem, the cross at Calvary, the empty tomb, and the promise that Jesus Christ is coming again.

Long before Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, God had already promised a Savior. Throughout the Old Testament, His covenants, sacrifices, prophets, and promises pointed toward the One who would come to rescue humanity from sin.

Then, at exactly the right moment, heaven came down.

Jesus was born.

But Bethlehem was only the beginning.

The child in the manger came with a mission. He would live the perfect life we could never live, willingly carry the cross we deserved, pay the debt we could never pay, and rise victorious over sin and death.

Through fourteen Scripture-centered chapters, readers will discover:

• Why humanity needed to be rescued
• How God promised a Savior from the beginning
• How the Old Testament prepared the way for Christ
• Why the Incarnation matters
• How the manger always pointed toward the cross
• What Jesus accomplished at Calvary
• Why the empty tomb changes everything
• What it means to live as someone who has been rescued
• How believers continue Christ's mission today
• The hope found in the promise that Jesus is coming again

This is more than a Christmas book.

It is the story behind Christmas.

It is the story of a God who loved humanity enough to enter our broken world and do for us what we could never do for ourselves.

He is the reason we have forgiveness.

He is the reason we have hope.

He is the reason we can have peace with God.

He is the reason death does not have the final word.

And we are the reason He came-not because we deserved His love, but because His love is greater than we could ever imagine.

Whether you read it during Advent, give it as a Christmas gift, or open its pages at any time of year, He Is the Reason. We Are the Reason. will invite you to see the birth of Christ as part of something much greater.

From the manger...

To the cross...

To the empty tomb...

To the promise of His return.

Discover the greatest rescue mission in history-and the Savior at the center of it all.