Posted on 12/24/2013 5:41:02 AM PST by US Navy Vet
Merry Christmas!
No, rather that both Gospel accounts of the birth of Christ, Mathew and Luke are both important because they are RICH the blessings of God.
Correction editing:
“No, rather that both Gospel accounts of the birth of Christ, Mathew and Luke are both important because they are BOTH RICH in the blessings of God.”
Merry Christmas!
It’s public domain
Actually the KJV *did* have a copyright. It’s now expired.
Add to your observations re:the political/social situation 2000 years ago the superb engineering of the Romans. It was no accident that those roads they built throughout the Empire were a conduit through which the gospel was spread.
We almost had stinky feet ham today if it wasn’t for my quick thinking to put the ham in the oven myself.
They are, indeed.
I have a copy of the chronological bible, compiled by F. Lagard Smith, which meshes the entire scripture into chronological order. It is a fascinating read, to see the prophecies of the OT interwoven into the historical books and to read the gospels as one story interwoven, not as four separate tellings.
It’s all a treasure.
Merry Christmas and God’s richest blessings to all!
This morning is about babies and gifts in honor of the Lamb of God and feeling good about life in general.
But as my former pastor (the man who led me to Christ and also performed my marriage ceremony), Steve Brown is fond of saying: "Never forget that the baby grew to manhood, and hung on a cross on the town garbage heap. Because of that, HE got out of a grave and HE said, I could too, if only I received HIS free gift of Salvation." MERRY CHRISTMAS, everybody!
Ronald Reagan: Christmas Message — Dec 24, 1981
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.....Just as the internet today is that conduit for the Gospel.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
I so enjoyed reading your post. Thank you for sharing it. May blessings be yours and those you love throughout this Christmas season.
Wish we had a LIKE button...I’d hit your’s over and over for your great post!
Months since I prayed for america.
“I feel like I no longer fit in with these times” - Calvin Coolidge
Happy holy days!
God bless America :(
Right, both Mary and Joseph were descended from David, different branches though.
To Joseph? That is not the proper linage anyway. Jesus was the Son of God!! Not David. Joseph had zero blood relation to Jesus. But thanks for posting. Merry Christ birth . He was the Son of God.
Actually it's very important: you see as Jesus was adopted as Joseph's son (Joseph raised him as his own) if he [Jesus] were to have children they would use Joseph's lineage. What is further important is that Joseph's lineage, IIRC, goes to a descendant of David who was cursed with him and his descendants denied ever having the throne of David… Sorry, working from memory there.
It was extremely rare for the lineage of the mother to be recorded, and was usually done only for extremely important people (i.e. kings).
Very nicely explained.
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