Really? Seriously? It was like that?!
Jesus’ birth is NOTHING like a Christmas card!
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Assassination. Despots. Flight to freedom.
THAT is the True Story of Christmas.
Blessings on The Holiday, from all of us at The Comenius Institute.
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FULL TEXT:
The real story about Jesus’ birth reads more like a real life detective show, not a pretty Christmas card.
Jesus was being chased by a king who wanted him dead. Troops were dispatched to kill him.The family narrowly escapes to a foreign country. Ancient prophecies are fulfilled.
Joseph—the silent-type, male-hero who literally does not utter a recorded word in the Bible—is the action figure responsible for Jesus’ safety.
From a human perspective, Jesus’ entrance into the world could not have been more mismanaged,or more exciting. But with The Infant came infanticide. Read Matthew 2 for all the details.
In a world of 24-7 news coverage, we are used to genocide. We sit, reclining comfortably,watching the horrors on our television screens. And then we change the channel. Were we to live under the authority of insane, murderous despots, we would better understand Jesus’ birth. William Barclay, a New Testament commentator, gives us a sketch of Herod the tyrant:
[Quote]Herod was a master in the art of assassination. When Herod became king he killed the Jewish supreme court without cause. Later he had his wife murdered, then her mother, then all three of his sons. And in the hour of his death he had arranged for the massacre of Jewish noblemen, so that there would be weeping on the day of his death.” [End Quote]
It was said, “Better to be Herod’s pig than his son.” This is the true story surrounding Jesus’ birth. Herod sent soldiers to kill the baby Jesus. Death and destruction were part of Jesus’ birth.
But this is not the end of the story. Stay tuned to next week’s episode for the exciting conclusion to the birth of Jesus.
For Truth in Two, this is Dr. Mark Eckel. For all of us at the Comenius Institute, we wish you and your family a blessed season, celebrating Jesus’ birth.