The Lord has bared his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth have beheld the salvation of our God. On this second Sunday after the great Solemnity or the birth of our Lord and Savior, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. It is a feast that can be loosely referred to as an “explanatory feast of Christmas” for it serves to “explain” or bring to light the mysteries that Christmas celebrates. Although the Epiphany of the Lord as an “explanatory” feast includes the events of Jesus’ baptism by the Baptist in the River Jordan as well as the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee, it is the adoration of the baby Jesus by the three wise men from the East (Magi) that has traditionally marked the feast’s liturgical celebration. 
The Epiphany of our Lord celebrates the newborn Jesus as the fullest revelation of God to the world. In Jesus Christ, all that which could be said of God finally gets to be said. In Jesus Christ, all that which could be known about God is finally known. In other words, the feast of Epiphany celebrates the person of Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of the promise God consistently made to creation through the prophets: a promise of a savior. It is a promise whose essence is captured in the conversation that Moses had with the Israelites as he neared the end of his life: “ A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen…he will speak to you the Words of the Lord so that you may not die…” (cf. Deuteronomy 18:15, 16). And although after Moses the Lord raised numerous individuals as his messengers and prophets, the promise remained unfulfilled since none of them was able to fill the shoes of Moses: “ Since then no prophet has arisen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. He had no equal in all the signs and wonders the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh and all his servants and against all his land, and for the might and the terrifying power that Moses exhibited in the sight of all Israel” (cf. Deuteronomy 34:10-12). It was only in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ that this promise was fulfilled. However, Jesus is no mere replacer of Moses since he is more than a prophet. Jesus is God-incarnate.
As the fullest revelation of God, Jesus Christ is the prophet per se. Whereas the job of a prophet is to reveal the face of God to the people, the prophets of old, because of the ancient curse that sin had put between God and creation (cf. Exodus 33:20: “No one can see the face of God and live…”), were only able to do this partially. It is only in Jesus Christ that creation has been able to see the face of God (cf. Hebrew 1:1ff: ‘ In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; in these days, he has spoken to us through the Son…who is the refulgence of God’s glory and the very imprint of God’s being.”). In Jesus Christ, we are able to see the face of God and  live because Jesus himself is God. In him, the ancient curse that saw those who came into contact with God dying (cf. 1 Chronicles 13:9-10) is revoked and replaced with a blessing. From thence, coming into contact with God becomes a life-giving blessing. It is this God that is revealed and encountered in the birth, life and ministry of Jesus Christ. 
In Jesus Christ, we come to know a God who is close to us so much so that we are able to touch him (cf. I John 1:3: ‘ We proclaim to you what we have seen and touched so that you can have fellowship with God.’) The God revealed to the world in Jesus Christ is not a deity that dwells apart from his creatures on account of the creatures’ lowliness. For the God of Jesus Christ is a deity who delights in not only assuming the nature of his creatures, but is also gladdened by the thought of dwelling with them! The God revealed to us in Jesus wants to be involved in the lives of his creatures and to share in their condition. In Jesus Christ is revealed a God who is like us in everything but sin. In Jesus we encounter a God who has feelings: a God who is moved by the plight of a lowly creature; a God who is moved with the cries of his creatures; a God who can change his mind when a creature pleads with him. For the God revealed in Jesus Christ is a forgiving, gracious, and compassionate God. Indeed in Jesus Christ, all the ends of the earth have a reason to break into song as they sing the praises of God.