How the First Christmas Went Down Some 2,000 Years Ago

Ho ho holy is the LORD of Hosts who came down to us in the flesh that first Christmas morn, for unto us a child was born! The Babe was born in Bethlehem wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger because there was no room at the inn! That humble child/King was born unto us in the City of David, the promised Savior of all mankind, Christ the Lord, our God with us, Immanuel! Amen!

 

Without the Savior born in Bethlehem, grace and peace between us and God would not be possible! So praise be unto the One who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb! Hallelujah! Thank you Father! Thank Jesus, God with us, Immanuel! You will dwell within us forever and ever! Amen! Hallelujah forever! Worthy is the Lamb who was slain (see REV 5:12)!

NOTE: Que Handle’s Messiah and play it here!

The angels sang glory to God in the highest that first Noel! O what joy to the world! O what a holy night! Hark the angels we have heard on high! Proclaiming good tidings and great joy which shall be to all people! Amen! Hallelujah!

 

When the angel Gabriel told Mary that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and overshadow her, resulting in our Savior’s holy birth, here’s what happened behind the scenes, so to speak, that first Christmas day:

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (see John 1). So Jesus (the Word) existed before all things and all things were created by Him and for Him (see Colossians 1:16).

 

God’s plan of salvation for the whole world was to send the Word as flesh amongst men. So He came to us as the Babe born in Bethlehem. In order to be a faithful and merciful high priest for men, the Word had to come and share in our humanity and become flesh and blood like us (see chapter 2 of Hebrews).

 

Concerning this plan/salvation of God, it says in Hebrews:

 

⁵ Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

⁶ In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

⁷ Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

 —Hebrews 10:5-7

 

When the angel Gabriel told Mary she was highly favored because God had chosen her to bear His Son, it was in the womb of Mary that the body spoken of in Hebrews 10:5 above was prepared for, where the Immaculate Conception took place and the Word became flesh. Jesus emptied Himself of His Godhood, if you will, His omnipresence, omniscience, etc., and entered the body prepared for Him in the womb of Mary. Jesus humbled Himself and entered into the world not in a palace but in a manger. The Child King grew and learned to be obedient to God. He is our model. We are to emulate Him and become mature and obtain the full measure of the fullness of Christ.

 

Jesus is now our faithful and merciful high priest because of what went down that first Christmas. And anyone and everyone who comes to God through Jesus can obtain peace and grace and good will from God! Amen! Hallelujah forever!

 

If you have not made Jesus the Lord and Savior of your life, then make this Christmas season be not only about the birth of the Babe in Bethlehem, but let it be about the rebirth your soul, so that you may pass from death to everlasting life!

 

Come to Jesus while you still can! Seek the Savior of all mankind with your whole heart and you will find Him!

 

Here is why anyone and everyone should want to belong to the Lamb of God and why the message from the angels proclaiming that unto us was born that first Christmas morn in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, is so important to all mankind:

 

God is a holy God and God is a consuming fire. Sin is consumed in God’s holy presence. And so on the Day of Judgment, God’s presence will burn up all that are unholy and unrighteous. And everyone of their own accord is unholy and unrighteous. None of us are perfect and righteous and holy. Our “good works” are nothing but filthy rags in the sight of a perfect and holy God (see Isaiah 64:6). Sin separates men from God. So men who rest on their own merits cannot exist in the presence of a holy God without being consumed in the fire on the Day of Judgment. But the GOOD NEWS is this: we have a mediator for us between us and God. His name is Jesus, the High Priest that meets our needs, the Babe born in Bethlehem that came to save us all. For all those that accept Jesus, the Lamb of God, as the sacrifice for their sins and makes Him their Lord and Savior, they, in effect, “put on” the righteousness and holiness of Jesus Christ. So when God looks at them, He sees not their own righteous (or lack thereof) or holiness (or lack thereof), but He see the perfect holiness and righteousness of Jesus Christ. And such a person will be able to stand in the presence of God on the Day of Judgment without being consumed in the burning fire.

 

So forget the fat guy in a red suit, Jesus is the reason for the season!

 

Merry Christmas to one and all!

 

Glory to God in the highest! And on earth, peace and good will toward men from God! Amen! Hallelujah! Immanuel!

 

LUKE CHAPTER 2, KING JAMES VERSION:

 ¹And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

 ²(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

 ³And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

 ⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

 ⁵To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

 ⁶And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

 ⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

 ⁸And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

 ⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

 ¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

 ¹¹For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

 ¹²And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

 ¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

 ¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

 ¹⁵And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

 ¹⁶And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

 ¹⁷And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

 ¹⁸And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

 ¹⁹But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

 ²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

 ²¹And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

 ²²And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

 ²³(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

 ²⁴And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

 ²⁵And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

 ²⁶And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

 ²⁷And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

 ²⁸Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

 ²⁹Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

 ³⁰For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

 ³¹Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

 ³²A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

 

—LUKE CHAPTER 2