The Meaning of Christmas #2

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Matt 2:1-2 (KJV)

In part one I addressed the fact that Christmas proves the reality of God.  Evolution can't be proven, atheism can't be proven, but history records the birth of Christ.  Christmas means that God is real !

Christmas also means that God is God.  The prophecies regarding the birth of Christ can not be explained away.  There is no human explanation for such a miraculous birth.  Only God could have predicted and fulfilled all the Biblical prophecies concerning the birth and life of Christ.

Thousands of verses of prophecy dating between 400 and 1400 years before His birth detail every aspect of the incarnation.  Details such as his lineage, his place of birth, the shepherds and wise men visiting, the timing, etc. all make the birth of Christ a divine event.  The probability of this happening naturally without Divine assistance has been calculated by mathematicians to be one in 10 to the 36th power.  (check out www.squidoo.com/messianicprophecy for more info) A quintillion is a 1 with 18 zeros.  Henry Morris, (noted creation scientist and author), has stated that he believes the cumulative population of the world since creation is only about 30 billion people.  Others, non-Christian, have guessed as high as 100 billion, (that's 1 times 10 to the 4th power).  If Jesus were to be the only one of all living people to naturally fulfill the Biblical predictions, there would have to have been one trillion, quintillion more people born before there would be a chance of a Jesus Christ!  In other words, the birth of Christ was simply a miracle of God.

Jesus is the virgin born son of God.  He is God incarnate, that is, God in human form.  He came into ths world in a miraculous way and he left this world just as miraculously.  He was born to be the Saviour of the world and he fulfilled that prophecy when he died on a cross and rose from the grave.

Christmas means God is real.  He came in the form of a real person that forever marked the pages of history.  He also came in such a miraculous way that he proved himself to be God.  The only question remaining is whether or not He is your God and your Saviour.

Just Saying