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When we read the gospels, we see many examples of how people rightly responded to the birth of Jesus. Mary, Joseph and the shepherds all responded in obedience and worship. Many others grasped the weight of the moment. Then there were some who did not have the right response and did not share in the
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I have often wondered what that scene on the hillside looked like when the angel came to the shepherds tending their flocks. The night time sky broke open and angels surrounded them in the glory of the Lord singing praises to God. The angels came to announce the good news. A Savior had been born
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Long ago, a promise was made that from the line of King David a Savior would be born. Joseph was from that line. All of the line of David knew some day another great King would be born, but not like this. Joseph did not think that his fiancée would become pregnant before their wedding
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The encounter between Mary and the angel always makes me in awe and wonder. I am sure it must have been an unexpected visit by Mary. I wonder what she was doing in the moment the angel came. Mary did not come from a prominent background. She was insignificant in society. She was just a
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The Tabernacle, later the temple, was a place for sinful humanity to interact with a holy God. The Lord God Almighty met with His people and accepted sacrifices and dwelled with His people. The intensity of God was shielded by a thick veil, but Israel remembered the days before Adam and Eve’s sin when God
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IN the beginning, God said, “Let there be light.” When God spoke, there was light. With the power of His Word, God illuminated the darkness. John uses the story of creation to tell us about the coming Jesus. In the same way God spoke light into existence, another light was coming. Jesus is the coming
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Jesus did not come into this world with a royal announcement or grandeur. He was not born into wealth or fame. Jesus’ birth was insignificant and unnoticed. The world was not celebrating as we celebrate today. It was God’s intentional choosing for Jesus to identify with the weak, poor, and insignificant. Bethlehem was not a
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God has given us a gift. This gift does not come wrapped under the tree but wrapped in swaddled cloth. In grace, God freely gave us His Son. This child we celebrate is given “for us,” according to Isaiah’s prophecy. This Son will take His rightful place over all the governments of the earth. Israel
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Long before the angel ever visited Mary, Isaiah prophesized of a baby born from a virgin. A first glance, this seems like a strange detail in the Christmas story, but it is an important detail. Did Jesus have to be born from a virgin? YES! The prophecy and fulfillment of a virgin birth mattered because
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Moses was a hero to Israel. God chose Moses to confront Pharoah and to lead the Israelites out of slavery and bondage to Egypt. He was given authority over them in the wilderness. Moses couldn’t live forever. The book of Deuteronomy serves as the last sermon given to the Israelites before his death and their
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