December 25

Happy Birthday Jesus

Okay today 12-25, Christians celebrate Christmas by feasting and by giving or exchanging gifts with one another.

Now Christmas is suppose to commemorate the birth or the birthday of Jesus. Obviously nobody knows the actual day when Jesus was born but then again some people do not believe that he was a real person to begin with. Anyway we will not talk about that today, for today is Christmas day. And today and every December 25th is Happy birthday Jesus day!

Let us read a short narrative from scriptures, from the book of Luke:

The Birth of Jesus

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.

Now if you are one of those people who constantly argue that Jesus wasn't a real person and that everything in the bible is a myth. Well at least on this day try to get the "facts" from the book that you constantly malign.

Or at least read the book and better yet read it entirely and then be an authority on what you are talking about, otherwise you are just repeating what other people are saying about the bible, read it for yourself and then decide.

Merry Christmas!

To one and all who do believe, Merry Christmas and remember the real gift is Jesus!

And yes, no where in the story did it say that three kings first visited the baby Jesus. It was in fact, lowly shepherds who first did and was the first ones to celebrate it and tell people about it.

And I am doing the same today...

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