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`THE BIRTH OF JESUS`/`THE CHRISTmas STORY`
Biblical Scriptures:
The Birth of Jesus Christmas Story - Paraphrased from the Bible:
This Christmas story gives a biblical account of the events surrounding
the birth of Jesus Christ. The Christmas story is paraphrased from
the New Testament Books of Matthew and Luke in the Bible.
References:
Matthew 1:18-25; Matthew 2:1-12; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 2:1-20.
The Conception of Jesus Foretold:
Mary, a virgin, was living in Galilee of Nazareth and was engaged
to be married to Joseph, a Jewish carpenter.
An angel visited her and explained to her that she would conceive
a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. She would carry and give birth
to this child and she would name him Jesus.
At first Mary was afraid and troubled by the angel's words.
Being a virgin, Mary questioned the angel, "How will this be?"
The angel explained that the child would be God's own Son and,
therefore, "nothing is impossible with God." Humbled and in awe,
Mary believed the angel of the Lord and rejoiced in God her Savior.
Surely Mary reflected with wonder on the words found in Isaiah 7:14
foretelling this event, "Therefore the Lord him will give you a sign:
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and will call him Immanuel." (NIV)
The Birth of Jesus:
While Mary was still engaged to Joseph, she miraculously became pregnant
through the Holy Spirit, as foretold to her by the angel. When Mary
told Joseph she was pregnant, he had every right to feel disgraced.
He knew the child was not his own, and Mary's apparent unfaithfulness
carried a grave social stigma. Joseph not only had the right to divorce Mary,
under Jewish law she could be put to death by stoning.
Although Joseph's initial reaction was to break the engagement,
the appropriate thing for a righteous man to do, he treated Mary
with extreme kindness. He did not want to cause her further shame,
so he decided to act quietly.
But God sent an angel to Joseph in a dream to verify Mary's story
and reassure him that his marriage to her was God's will. The angel
explained that the child within Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
that his name would be Jesus and that he was the Messiah, God with us.
When Joseph woke from his dream, he willingly obeyed God and took Mary home
to be his wife, in spite of the public humiliation he would face.
Perhaps this noble quality is one of the reasons God chose him to be
the Messiah's earthly father.
Joseph too must have wondered in awe as he remembered the words found
in Isaiah 7:14, "Therefore the Lord him will give you a sign:
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son,
and will call him Immanuel." (NIV)
At that time, Caesar Augustus decreed that a census be taken,
and every person in the entire Roman world had to go
to his own town to register. Joseph, being of the line of David,
was required to go to Bethlehem to register with Mary.
While in Bethlehem, Mary gave birth to Jesus.
Probably due to the census, the inn was too crowded,
and Mary gave birth in a crude stable.
She wrapped the baby in cloths and placed him in a manger.
The Shepherd's Worship the Savior:
Out in the fields, an angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds
who were tending their flocks of sheep by night. The angel announced
that the Savior had been born in the town of David.
Suddenly a great host of heavenly beings appeared with the angels
and began singing praises to God. As the angelic beings departed,
the shepherds decided to travel to Bethlehem and see the Christ-child.
There they found Mary, Joseph and the baby, in the stable. After their visit,
they began to spread the word about this amazing child and everything
the angel had said about him. They went on their way still praising and
glorifying God. But Mary kept quiet, treasuring their words and pondering them
in her heart. It must have been beyond her ability to grasp, that sleeping in
her arms—the tender child she had just borne—
`was the Savior of the world`.
`AUTHOR/`Biblical Scriptures`
`Jesus is Presented to The Temple,
40 Days After His Birth!`
`Layout & Graphic Presentations` :
~©`DEC`*2009*~
~'MJB'~
*Re/edited:©*2012*
`Mary Jane's Poetry`
`Never Ending Circle Of Love`
by: `Janie/mjfb1954``
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