Who is Jesus? Chapter 6 Part One: "The birth of Jesus"

Who is Jesus? Chapter 6  Part One:  "The birth of Jesus"

 
In our previous messages, we have taken into account where Jesus was in the beginning: He was in Spirit form with his Father God as they created the heavens and the earth with sound; the voice or the spoken word.

We also have viewed the examples of a coming savior that were given to the Children of Israel who ate manna the bread from heaven and that Jesus said He is the bread from Heaven. God also gave the children of Israel water from a rock, and Jesus is the Rock of our Salvation, from which we drink the Living Water bringing us eternal life. 

We viewed the Blood Sacrifice that was necessary to take away sin. The Pass Over Celebration was also brought to our attention as many lambs were slain prior to the Death Angel coming to take the first born of man and beast. The children of Israel were protected from the Angel of death, as they followed the detailed instructions to sprinkle the blood of the Lamb over their door and on the two side posts. It is the Blood of Jesus that protects us from the darkness and brings us light.

We shall now momentarily leave the Old Testament and reflect on the time in history when Jesus came to earth in human form. From time to time we may insert Old Testament prophesies regarding Jesus. 

Because of the sin of Adam, all humans inherited the sin factor in their blood. In God's plan for a "Once in for all Blood sacrifice," it was necessary for the sacrifice NOT to have the blood of Adam. In order to accomplish this, since the babies blood comes from it's father, God planned for a Virgin birth, conceived as the Holy Spirit breathed life into the womb of Mary the chosen young woman. This child would have a human mother, but the child's father was God; and his blood was divine. 

When Joseph the man whom Mary was engaged to, discovered that Mary was with child, he being a righteous man, decided to "put her away privately," but an angel appeared to Joseph telling him this was of God and to protect her. Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, and the Prophets had predicted that the Savior was to be born in the city of Bethlehem.

In those days Caesar Augustus called for the world to be taxed and every person was to do this in their home town. This meant that Joseph and the now very pregnant Mary needed to travel to Bethlehem to pay their taxes.

You can imagine how crowded the city was and the hotels and Inns were full. A kind Inn keeper told Joseph, there is a place in the stable that is clean and you can use the hay to make yourselves a bed - - and so it was.

On that night angels joyfully appeared in the heavens to some shepherds who were tending their flocks. The angels sang Glory to God in the Highest and Peace on Earth to men, for a savior is born this night. Yes, that night Mary gave birth to Jesus and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger for his bed. A Star led the shepherds to the stable where they found Mary, Joseph and the baby. They bowed to worship the new born son of God.

Mary pondered all these things in her heart knowing there must be some both wonderful and agonizing things ahead for her and the child Jesus. We leave with the angels rejoicing that a savior has been born to take away the sins of the world, and a world of mankind that is ignorant of all that has happened this night. In our next message we will consider wise men and it is truly a wise person who will receive Jesus into their lives.