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Minime
01-28-2012
02:35 PM CT
I suggest that the star could have been an angel. An angel with the specific task of leading the Magi to Jesus. Also I suggest that the family was not in Bethlehem but in Nazareth, the journey took 2 years for the Magi to complete. They found Jesus in the house, I suggest they were living there in Nazareth. Either way I think it's so typical of man to blame God for our bad choices. Always quick to be the victim. Don't blame God for suffering, we could not follow simple instructions. We sinned. Not God. Blame yourself for the gift of suffering. Thank God for the gift of eternal life. For Christ death on the tree so that we can have a second chance. Thank you Jesus!
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Pakman U
01-15-2012
10:33 AM CT
DONKEY DUST. THERE IS NO REFERENCE WHAT SO EVER ON CHRISTMAS IN SCRIPTURE. ) OLD or NEW. BUT YES! HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS WRITINGS IN HISTORICAL FICTION THROUGH OUT LITERARY WORLD. BACK TO SQUARE ONE– THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS PAGAN HISTORY.
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Murrell Selden
01-03-2012
11:42 AM CT
To get the truth on when Jesus was born, it is helpful to know when Herod died. Many say 4 B.C.E., but this is certainly not
correct. See: http://home.comcast.net/~murrellg/Herod.htm
It has a link to http://home.comcast.net/~murrellg/Jesus.htm on the birth of Jesus, and I estimate it as Sivan 6 by calculations.
But conceptually, it makes sense. When was the Torah given (Sivan 6)? Jesus was a gift from God too, the second gift of
importance (Jesus said that he gave another set of treasures). And then gifts of Holy Spirit were given when (Sivan 6)? Yes, on Pentacost tongues of fire were given by God thru Jesus Christ.
Hold your heads up high, as your deliverance is near! Jesus said that somewhere, I believe. Could that deliverance be Sivan
6 of 2012? Maybe not - but soon, a good date to consider, because it is a day for dancing in the streets like the end of WWI or WWII.
For it marks victory against Satan (currently ruler of this world).

If anyone wants too, ask me for a PDF file on the death of Herod
by Gerard Getoux (from his PhD thesis). He confirms the death of
Herod 12 different ways! Email me at fuzz@fuzzdepot.com
Edited 01-03-2012 11:44 AM
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Francis Hawk
01-01-2012
12:59 AM CT
It is obvious to me that the "Commercial Christmas Story" has been distorted. It is great to decode the truth. Truth is it , and you know when you hear or read it...
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Tamara, Roseburg Oregon
12-25-2011
10:33 AM CT
Thank you for putting together such an easy reference for the Christmas story. It will make sharing about the first Christmas gift, the gift of God's son, easy as we prepare to open gifts and celebrate Jesus' birth
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David G.
12-25-2011
04:58 AM CT
Hello and thank you for the opportunity to share with you. Bethlehem had to be the place the Magi went to after leaving Herod, and in order to find the Christ Child. Herod sent his soldiers to Bethlehem to kill the babies who were two years and younger, and the Lord spoke to Joseph in a dream (Matthew 2:13-14) telling him to leave and depart for Egypt. If Joseph and his family were not in Bethlehem, then there was no need for them to flee to Egypt. I look forward to your response.

Respectfully submitted.
David G.
Edited 12-25-2011 05:00 AM
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Robert Catherwood
12-25-2011
01:58 AM CT
What a great gift from God...... SUFFERING!
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angelena horton
12-24-2011
03:28 PM CT
Ii
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Charlene
12-08-2011
07:38 AM CT
I didn't notice you saying anything about the Christmas Tree &
Our Christmas Tree represents: Crucifixion on the Tree
Acts 5:30-32
Acts 10:39

Merry CHRISTmas of 2011 :)
Edited 12-08-2011 07:38 AM
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Vanessa
12-08-2011
01:51 AM CT
Hi! I'm kind of confused because I thought the Magi were there on the day Christ was born. Matt. 2:13 says that when the Magi left, "an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. 'Get up,' he said, 'take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.'" so wouldn't that mean that the Magi were there? because Jesus, Joseph, and Mary left after the Magi visited.

thank you for the article, though!
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Marty Denton
12-05-2011
11:46 AM CT
My name is Marty Denton and me and Jordan wrote this song "Christmas without Jesus" it is playing around the world, hope ya enjoy the song, I believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior and constant helper,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElDab5Tf9Gs
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Jill
11-22-2011
12:40 PM CT
I love the artwork here. Inspirational!
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www.bocfc.org
10-24-2011
09:29 PM CT
 
Titus 1:14
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth

Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men

Matthews 15:9
 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Colossians 2:20,22
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, which all are to perish with the using; after the commandments and doctrines of men?

2 Peter 2:22
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Conclusion 

Christmas is a fable or a myth and not the true gospel of the scriptures. 
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www.bocfc.org
10-24-2011
06:55 PM CT
    
Mark 7:6-13
6  He answered them, "Isaiah* prophesied* correctly about you hypocrites,* as it is written:* These people honor* Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 
7  They worship Me in vain, teaching* as doctrines* the commands* of men.*,*
8  Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men."* 
9  He also said to them, "You completely invalidate God's command in order to maintain* your tradition! 
10  For Moses* said: Honor your father and your mother;*,* and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.
11  But you say, 'If a man tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit* you might have received from me is Corban' " (that is, a gift* "committed to the temple"), 
12  "you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 
13  You revoke God's word* by your tradition that you have handed* down. And you do many other similar things.


2 Co 6:14-18
14  Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness?* Or what fellowship does light* have with darkness?* 
15  What agreement does Christ have with Belial?* Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 
16  And what agreement does God's sanctuary have with idols?* For we* are the sanctuary of the living God, as God said: I will dwell among them* and walk among them, and I will be their God,* and they will be My people.*,* 
 17  Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord; do not touch any unclean thing, and I will welcome you.*,* 
 18  I will be a Father* to you, and you will be sons* and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty.


Gal 1:6-10
6  I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called* you by the grace of Christ "and are turning" to a different gospel - 
7  not that there is another "gospel",* but there are some* who are troubling you and want to change the gospel about the Messiah. 
8  But even if we or an angel* from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you,* a curse be on him!* 
9  As we have said before, I now say again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received,* a curse be on him! 
10  For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God?* Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. 

CONCLUSION:

Christmas is about a PAGAN JESUS ( Man's Teachings ) and not the TRUE JESUS ( Holy Spirit's Teachings )
Edited 10-24-2011 07:08 PM
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James
10-22-2011
12:34 PM CT
I think we tend to forget the serious social circumstances of Mary's pregnancy. Joseph is actually going to quietly divorce Mary because she has told him she is pregnant by the Holy Spirit (Matt 1:19). In the next verse, we learn that Joseph is visited by an angel in a dream who explains it all to him and he believes it. But, what about all the other people in the small village of Nazareth? This is a community of very strict people who were not sympathetic nor understanding about a teenager getting pregnant out of wedlock. Saying it was the son of God could have gotten her stoned for blasphemy. We know that Mary spent the first trimester with her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-40, 56), so the telltale signs of morning sickness were not revealed to the people in Nazareth. And the voluminous robes of the time would help keep the growing belly of Mary a secret for awhile. But what was Joseph to do?

I think it was God's will that Augustus decided he needed a census. It gave Joseph and Mary the opportunity to leave Nazareth and have the baby in Bethlehem. The Scriptures are not precise as to the timing or how long they stayed there. Would it be fair to say that they were in no hurry to get back to Nazareth with a brand new baby? So, I think they stayed in Bethlehem for awhile longer and the Magi did indeed find them there. Joseph was a carpenter, so he could have found work as well. After the Magi left, Joseph had another dream where he was told by an angel to flee to Egypt to escape what is called the Slaughter of the Innocents. Again, we do not know how long they stayed in Egypt, but it was doubtless better to have been gone for several years from Bethlehem and then return with a walking, talking little boy than have to explain why she was having a baby three months after they were married.
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