Christmas

It is Christmas time....and a glorious time it is.  Oh, I know, sometimes it is a hard season for various emotional reasons.  Perhaps we have lost loved ones, or maybe feeling alone.  But there are lots of reasons to feel excitement, as well. 

In this blog we want to consider the religious, the Christian, significance of it all.  Many would say that we need to put the "Christ" back into Christmas.  First, let's consider a few negative facts.  Already you are wondering how that could be.  But let's try:

1.  Christmas as such is not found in the Bible.  That is, there is no teaching that we are to celebrate the birth of Jesus at all.

2. There is no likelihood or proof that December 25 is the right day that Jesus was born.

3. The beginnings of the celebration came by the Catholics, hundreds of years after Christ.

But there are positives:

Jesus was born, and His birth is a wonderful event.  He was born in a manger, an inauspicious setting, but we know that with the involvement of the angel, the shepherds, the wise men, the star, inauspicious is not the word.  The event was major, earthshaking, life changing.

The angel to Mary:  "...behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.  He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."

Such a significant baby, an amazing event that only God could accomplish.  And we are the beneficiaries.  Praise God....and Jesus, the Son, the Lord.

Have a great week!     And Merry Christmas!