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Happy New Years
well the holidays are over and i pray you were all very blessed by the time with family and the time with the Lord in thankfulness for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ
The next two weeks are meant to challenge you to look back on 2022
and next week Vision Sunday to look ahead at 2023
How are you going to GLORIFY GOD?
How are you going to GROW in CHRIST?
I thought with all the football and sports that have been on this season
that we should take a look at the season ending back in the beginning of our modern era.
Back to the beginning of AD --- 2022 years ago
he is commonly believed to have been born eight days before the New Year on December 25, 1 B.C.E.
But this is very unlikely.
For one thing, there is no year 0.
The day following December 31, 1 B.C.E. is January 1, 1 C.E.
There is an issue with the Christian faith, nor the Christian Calendar existed for hundreds of years after.
The Roman Calendar and the Jewish calendar were in use
of the Jewish faith it was the Jewish calendar
and for the Romans the Julian Calendar installed in 46 BC
and today marks 5783 in the Jewish calendar.
Marking from the beginning of creation.
And it isn't as though this system of accounting can be trusted anyway
First, the calendar system was based around what was traditionally believed at the time to be the birth of Jesus.
The Bible was not written around a calendar.
In other words, if one of the two is inaccurate, look to the calendar system, not the gospels.
The calendar system may be inaccurate because it was based on medieval tradition of when Jesus was born, not a Biblical or historical account of the event.
Secondly, and more importantly, the Bible doesn’t even mention when Jesus was born (in terms of a date).
An inaccuracy can’t exist where there’s nothing written.
No one really knows when Jesus was born.
It could have been 1 AD, 1 BC, 4 BC, 6 BC, 7 BC, and it seems everyone’s got a theory.
But there’s no solid proof of exactly when Jesus was born.
While this is sometimes debated, the majority of New Testament scholars place Jesus’ birth in 4 B.C. or before.
This is because most date the death of King Herod the Great to 4 B.C.
Since Herod played a major role in the narrative of Jesus’ birth (see Matthew 2),
Jesus would have had to be born before Herod died.
Interestingly
In about the 500 AD area a monk from the area today know as Romania calculated the date of Christ’s birth
so with all that great information
we learn that history and the calendar and and the holiday of Christmas are not an exact science
and we celebrate the coming of our Lord and not an event or a date.
With all the confusion on dates it is not a surprise that some missed and some found Christmas way before the internet or the apple watch.
Lets take a quick look at three people that missed the whole thing
Three Who Missed Christmas
Cheri and i have a house devoid of Christmas furnishings or at least we have very few.
I think i noticed a few hand towels on the oven handle
and then there are the Christmas Cards that we received standing on the table in our dining area.
to a visitor it may seem that we MISSED Christmas
there is no tree, no lights, no presents, no food prep or even people coming over to our house.
NOW we are not scrooges and in fact we did watch that movie, along with ELF and the Grinch
A house without a Christmas Tree ---- oh the crime
But we had Christmas
We attended service on Christmas Eve with our church family
We went to dinner after service
we spent time with family
we gave blessings and glad tidings
we loved on those around us
we traveled to the East Coast and drove hundreds of miles to see family
and most important we spent time on the important things
And we made sure to focus on Christ and not Christmas
What we didn’t MISS --
God put on flesh and became the perfect man, Jesus Christ.
God left heaven and came to earth to restore His relationship with mankind that was
broken by sin.
Jesus Christ is the prophesied Messiah and fulfills everything the Old Testament
promised.
Jesus Christ will be born to die in our place and provide forgiveness from all sins to all
who believe in Him.
If we trust in Him, we not only will experience salvation, but we will also be guaranteed
eternal life and we become Children of God.
BUT i want to give you a view of the first Christmas 3 who missed it and 3 who got it.
The Innkeeper
The first misser --- Pursuits of the world
We find a mention of the possibility of an innkeeper in Luke 2:1–7….
Now I know it does not directly say that their was an INNKEEPER – neither does it
state that it was a man or woman, married, single, kids….
We must amuse that there was
one in the fact that Joseph and Mary did acquire to someone and they were told there was
NO ROOM.
Never the less, this INNKEEPER did offer and provide a spot in their stable – which
was more likely a cave like area behind the home.
He directed Mary and Joseph to that spot
and we don’t hear or see any sight of the INNKEEPER.
Gone from the story – HE MISSED
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS….that took place in his backyard!
Insights on the Innkeeper
Bethlehem was overrun with visitors because of the ancestorial census that was
being taken.
There was no guarantee how long this economic boom would last because it was a
“decree” and not an annual event.
For weeks merchants and business owners who enjoy a financial windfall from this
event.
Day after day there was demands for lodging as out of town people came to the city.
Normally an “INN” could accommodate a few guests as they would open up their
residence to strangers.
Are we distracted like the INNKEEPER?
how do we do better in 2023
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