The birth of Jesus Christ took place in the town of Bethlehem near Jerusalem. This is when Christians say that God, who created the heavens and the earth, became a baby, when God was made flesh.
For a long time people thought Christ was born on December 25th in the year 1. That is why Christmas, the day that marks his birth, falls on December 25th and why the years are numbered the way they are. But from what we know now, it seems more likely that he was born in the spring in about the year 7 BC.
Most of what we know about his birth comes from the Bible, the Christian holy book. Here is the story it tells:
Jesus Christ was born to Mary, a virgin. Even the Koran agrees on that point. The father was not Joseph, the man she was about to marry, but the Holy Spirit. The angel Gabriel visited her and told her about it. She wondered why God chose her but, being a faithful servant of God, she accepted it.
Just before Mary was to give birth, the Romans, who ruled the land in those days, told everyone to go to the town of his birth to be counted. So Joseph and Mary left Nazareth, where they were living, and travelled to Bethlehem.
When they got to Bethlehem the town was full – there was no place for them to stay. So they wound up in a stable for animals. It was there that Mary gave birth to Jesus. He was not born in a palace to a princess but to a simple but pure woman in a stable.
The shepherds who were taking care of their sheep nearby heard about this from angels, who filled the night sky. They went to see.
When Jesus was born there was a strange star in the sky, called the Star of Bethlehem. There are different ideas about what it was, but whatever it was it brought wise men from the east called magi. They gave him three gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh. Westerners say there were three wise men. It does not say that in the Bible (see Matthew 2:1).
King Herod found out from the wise men that a king of the Jews was born, meaning Jesus. Herod was only half Jewish and owed his power to the Romans. Jesus, on the other hand, was born of royal blood in the line of the greatest Jewish king of all time, King David.
Not wanting to take any chances King Herod had all the baby boys in Bethlehem killed. An angel warned Joseph. He took Mary and Jesus and fled to Egypt just in time. They came back after Herod died.
Right up till the day he died many expected Jesus to make himself king and free the Jews from Roman rule. It turned out very differently. He was not here to free Jews from Romans, but man from sin.
– Abagond, 2007.
Update (2021): The post said there were three wise men. I corrected that.
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Thanks you for this beautiful Christmas story the Birth of Christ, God Bless you.
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Dear Abagond,
I appreciate what you wrote about the birth of Jesus. They mostly came from the accounts in the Bible.
The Holy Spirit told us (plural) that Jesus was born in spring, on May 23 to be exact. I heard this date in 1983 from older listeners of the Holy Spirit but only checked out the veracity of the revelation from 2004 to 2006. To my delight, I found it true and correct. The year, and you will be surprised, is 33 BC. He was 32 solar years old when He died which is equivalent to 33 lunar years.
Please read what I wrote at http://peacecrusader.wordpress.com/ about His birth, His crucifixion, etc.
Please leave your comments on any of those articles that I have written.
Thank you and may the true God be with us now and always.
With love, your brother in Jesus,
Aristeo Canlas Fernando, Peace Crusader and Echo of the Holy Spirit
Motto: pro aris et focis (for the sake of, or defense of, religion and home)
http://aristean.org/ and http://peacecrusader.wordpress.com/
“The Internet is mightier than the sword.”
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Why does nobody ever talk about the 16 cruified saviors. According to history Jesus was the last to be born a virgin and die and to be raised from the dead. This virgin story is one of the oldest stories told to man kind. It appears this is the reason that truth seekers reject this story of Jesus. This story is nothing new in History. Thus, it raises huge doubt about Jesus and his so called God status.
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@John Hillard
Who are the “16 cru[c]ified saviors”? Please enumerate them.
There is truth in the story of the birth of Jesus as narrated in the Holy Bible. The details were revealed to us (plural) by a holy spirit who we talk to. He revealed that Jesus was born on May 23 which I found to be true and correct. He was born at 1:50 A.M. The magis are actually kings of three kingdoms east of Jerusalem who just met as they approached Jerusalem. They arrived on June 6 or two weeks after Jesus was born.
The spirit said that mass should not be said on Christmas Day because mass is about His death. It is inappropriate. Jesus was just born and then we are talking about His death right away. Instead, it should be storytelling like His birth.
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Update: The post said there were three wise men. I corrected that.
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“Update: The post said there were three wise men. I corrected that.”
A real stickler for accuracy aren’t you?
Now explain how Jesus could be: “born of royal blood in the line of the greatest Jewish king of all time, King David.” The son of a woman who “…wondered why God chose her…” Being a descendant of King David, wouldn’t she feel it’s her right to be the mother of a god, or is he just a demi-god? So, if three wise men weren’t there is it also a lie that one of them was black? I won’t even try to untangle the mystery of Holy Ghost insemination. Wow, a three way gang bang and Christians are so judgemental about sex!
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@ gro jo
The post says:
So the post is written relative to that, not Western ideas of science or history.
Also, the Bible names Joseph, not Mary, as the desendant of David.
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