Christmas is about the birth of the baby Jesus, God’s promised Messiah.  The Jews had been anticipating the coming of the Messiah for hundreds, if not thousands of years.  They had expectations about what would happen and what the Messiah would be like.  The Jews expected the Messiah to be a conquering king & hero – they figured He would be born as royalty, in the line of David, and that He would take the throne, restoring Israel to its former glory.

 

Instead, the birth of the Messiah reads like and exercise in insignificance – Jesus was born in an insignificant place, at an insignificant time, to insignificant people.  But, as we look at all of that, I believe God shows us the Significance of Christmas.

 

Jesus Christ gives significance to life.

 

 

Luke 2:1-7

Dec. 22, 2024

 

 

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