Christmas

He Told Her That She Would Miraculously Become Pregnant Even Though She Was Still a Virgin... And That She Would Bare a Son to Be Named JESUS!

The Greatness of This Child Would Be Unparalleled and He Would Be Called The Son of God and He Would Save His People and Rule and Reign Forever!

Joseph's Dream

Well Her Boyfriend and Fiancé Joseph Sure Couldn't Imagine It... and was Ready to Drop her like a Hot Potato! But when He was ready to do the deed he was Visited by an Angel in His Dreams and told Not to be Afraid to Take Mary as His Wife and That This Child was From God and Would One Day Save US All!

With God All Things Are Possible

On That 1st Christmas... When Mary was visited by the Angel Gabriel he also told her that her Cousin Elisabeth... who was a very old Lady was also going to have a Baby!

Now That was another Shocker! So Much so that when Elisabeth's Husband Zacharias was told by an Angel His wife would bare a child he didn't believe it and was left dumb and speechless till the Child... Who would grow to be John the Baptist... Was Born and Named.

Little Johnny & Baby Jesus, 2nd Cousins, Started Out Life Together in the Same Year. One The Prophet of God...

The Other the Saviour & Son of God!

Pay 'Dem Taxes

At that Time There Was a Decree From Cesar Augustus For Everyone to Pay Their Taxes

And What this Christmas Tax Paying meant for Joseph and his New Young and now very pregnant wife was a long Journey! Joseph was a descendant of the House of David and had to go to the City of David (Bethlehem) to pay his taxes. Today Nazareth to Bethlehem would be a 2 hour drive of @ 155 kilometers down the coast and through Jerusalem on Route #6. 2010 years ago for a man on foot pulling his 9 month pregnant wife on a donkey... in the middle of Winter... It was HUGE. ... But they went! Finally arriving... Mary weary from the journey, she gave Joseph the Big News that she was about to have the baby. The town was Bustling with others returning to Tax Up and to their dismay there was no place to stay. Well God Had a Plan and sometimes our ways are not His Ways ... usually in fact.

Room In the Barn

Here was The King of Creation, The Lord of Lords, The Master of the Universe, The Lion of the House of Judah... The Savior of the World Getting Ready to Come Down and Live With Us! Role Out the Red Carpet... Break Out The Band... Tell All the Big Cheeses He's Coming... Nope... Sorry. He Would Come here and Live as We did, Suffer as we did, Son of a simple Carpenter and Born... yes you've Got It... Born in a Barn! He didn't come down here in all His glory... he came in Humility and added meaning to the quote... SMALL BEGINNINGS-GREATER ENDS! Probably with his Mom suffering from the trip and the pain of labor they were kindly allowed to camp out in the Stable. But I'll tell you this...

There was never a More Glorious Barn than that one. I'm sure it had all the normal trappings of any barn with animals and a thousand smells... BUT IT SHOWN WITH THE GLORY OF GOD... and the Love and the Spirit of God... there that Night... were the Most Magnificent Ever Seen! Physically humble, but Spiritually... Gloriously Rich... as the Hope of All Creation, Came to Our Rescue in the Form of that Sweet Precious Baby Boy!

The Stars Shined their Brightest ,The Angels Sang Their Praise, The Shepherds Gathered and The Kings and Wise Men From a Far Came to Pay Tribute and Worship this Small... Humble and Seemingly Insignificant Child. What Might have Seemed Initially Like a Great Defeat... Turned Into The Greatest Victory the World Has Ever Known! And Praise and Hope has Rung Out through out the Heavens and On Earth Ever Since!

On That Day In The City Of David A Savior Was Born Unto Us All... Which Was Christ The Lord! HE Is a Ransom For Our Sins... The Lamb of God! A Leader for All Eternity... The Lion of the House of Judah! The Hope of Every Generation And Every Human Heart and Soul That Receives Him! And That Friends is...

........The Real Story of Christmas!

If Your'e Still With Us...

Here Are a Few More Thoughts On Christmas

They sure didn’t get much help from the folks at the local Inn.

Someone Asked a Question...

a very good question...

Was Jesus Really Born on Dec. 25th?

It is essentially a discouraging and depressing time of year... when Winter is beginning For A Majority if the Earth's Population and Things are Cold and Dark and Depressing... so it's a Great time to Celebrate That Jesus Was Born! It Brings Hope to Countless Millions who will never make it through the cold and it is a time... because of the shortness of the Day and Lack of Workable Weather that we have time to Stop and Treasure God's Most Precious Gift.

So maybe it's not the exact day, but I'll Be singing the Old Carols and Have a Warm Praise in My Heart for The Birth of the King! The Day When All Creation was Given a Second Chance and the Day When We Were All Given A Key to Unlock the Gates of Heaven!

Some Great Christmas Songs

From All Of Us Here at
21st Century Christianity

A Very Blessed Christmas to You and Yours!

May The Peace of This Precious Babe
Be With You All Your Life!