Unless
one knows, understands and believes in the ultimate reason why the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us, the date of Christ’s birth will always elude them.
The Word became flesh in order that He could experience life like every human
being, to conquered sin in the flesh so that sin can have no dominion over us,
died to pay the price of sin in our stead so that we need not die, resurrected
from the dead and gave us a new life in the spirit, sitting at the right hand
of the Father to intercede and mediate on our behalf, then will return to rule
the earth for one thousand years.
Then
comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an
end to all rule and all authority and power, for He must reign till He has put all enemies
under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death: For "He
has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are
put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is
excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself
will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all
in all” (1Corinthians
15:2-28).
Therefore
the ultimate purpose for Jesus Christ the Beloved and Begotten Son of God to
take on flesh and dwelt among men is to restore everything back in harmony with
the Father and the task of this restoration began with the date of His birth,
so the birth of Jesus Christ has everything to do with Kingship, rulership which was literally announced by the arrival of the King of kings to the earth.
1. 2. The shepherds visit by an Angel
On
the exact day on which Jesus Christ was born we are duly instructed saying that
there were shepherds who were keeping watch over their flock by night and they were
greeted by an angel who said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I
bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is
born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
Later
that same night, suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, goodwill toward men!", As soon as the angels had gone away from
them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go to
Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known
to us." And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe
lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the
saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it
marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. Then the
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they
had heard and seen, as it was told them” (Luke 2:9-20).
This
day as one can clearly see was not a secret, neither did the shepherds kept it
as a secret, they made it widely known and all those who heard it marveled at
those things which were told them by the shepherds and the shepherds
themselves, returned to their fields glorifying and praising God for all the
things they had heard and seen exactly how it was told to them. I therefore beg
to ask the question, why are people assuming that the date of Christ's birth is
unknown?
2. 3. The circumcision of Jesus Christ
How
would the people know when to circumcise Jesus if they did not know the date of
His birth, when the scripture plainly states, “And when eight days were
completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the
name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb” (Luke
2:21).
How
could such a day like the day of His circumcision which is eight days after His
birth be unknown! Since on that day, “God also highly exalted Him and gave Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the
earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father?” (Philippians 2:9-11).
It
was also on the eight day after the birth, of Jesus Christ through His circumcision that Gentiles became heirs to the promises the God
made to Israel as it is written; “Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in
the flesh --- who are called Un-circumcision by what is called the Circumcision
made in the flesh by hands ---that at that time you were without Christ, being
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus
you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians
2:11-13).
I
again beg to ask the question, how could this remarkable and memorable day of Christ's birth and also that of His circumcision be
hidden and unknown to man?
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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