The Story of Christmas
Billions around the world celebrate Christmas. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world’s nations. It is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians and culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.
Christmas is not about depicting the exact date Jesus was born; instead, the primary purpose of celebrating Christmas is the belief that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for humanity’s sins.
Before creating the world, the Godhead(Elohim) decided in heaven that there should be a sacrifice for humanity’s sins if they fall into the temptation of sin. In Revelation 13:8, the Bible reveals to us that Jesus was crucified before the world’s foundation.
After this, God created humanity, but Adam and his wife Eve disregarded God’s instruction and yielded to the devil’s temptation resulting in sin and death. And God, in His loving-kindness, promised Adam and Eve, our first ancestors, that a savior will come, which is God in the form of human flesh to pay the penalty of our sin (Genesis 3:14-15). All of humanity became guilty of punishment, broken, dented with evil, and our relationship with God was severed. Humanity wandered into history without God and hopeless (Ephesians 2:12-13).
Evil spread like a viral outbreak destroying relationships, breaking down societies, and destroying nations and their cultural heritage. But there was hope. Behind the scenes, God worked out a plan that will deal the final blow on Satan, sin, and their effect on humanity. God was also getting the world ready for the Savior.
And at the right time, a savior was born into the world. God came into the world as a human being by laying aside his divine powers and was born by a virgin, Mary, without sin so that He might be the perfect sacrifice was our sins (Isaiah 9:6-7, Philippians 2:6-11).
If any man believes this in his heart, confessing with his mouth that Jesus is Lord, that person becomes saved from the power of sin and death (Romans 10:8-13).
Christmas is a time when we celebrate this miracle of love. He loves us so much that He was willing to give up His only son so that He might make way for us to reconnect with Him in love and fellowship (John 3:16).
That’s the story of Christmas. So now how would you celebrate it? Culturally as the biggest holiday of the year or for its true meaning and purpose?
Share your thoughts and what Christmas means to you in the light of what you have just learned.
Merry Christmas! ?
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Aptly and succinctly written. I think Christmas is the biggest birthday party on earth and heaven. As in big birthday parties, there are usually guests who don’t know the celebrant but love the pomp of the celebration. The beauty is that all have been invited to sit and feast at the Lord’s table. He says “whosoever will may come”. That’s why I see Christmas as an opportunity to announce to everyone around, about the love and feast of our Lord Jesus! Reminding them that he may have come like a baby in a manager in His first coming but He will appear in all His glory as King of kings and Lord of lords and every eye will see Him and will declare Him as Lord of all in His second coming! So in Christmas we say, “come Lord Jesus,come!” Peace!
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