(This isn't like a blog entry; it's more like a thought about Christmas.)
(The title doesn't mean "on Christmas (day)", it's more like "Concerning Christmas")
Christmas, it's a season of love, a season of gift giving, and a season of warmth in the cold of winter. It is a season of shopping, of Christmas trees, of Santa Claus and a lot more. But what is Christmas really about, what is this holiday which causes major traffic jams in cities around the world really about? There must be more. It actually is quite surprising; it celebrates the birth of an infant, 2000 years, in a manger, in a small town in the Middle East.
Two thousand years ago, in Bethlehem a small town in Israel, a child was born. He was born in a manger, not in a palace or a house of power, but in a humble manger. "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)." A king was born to us, but he was not born to be served, but to serve. Not only to serve, but to die for us, die so that our sins may be forgiven “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)." "The Word became flesh." God came down as a man, he walked our roads and he felt our pains, "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin (Hebrews 4:15)." God gave us the first gift, which is also the greatest one, his one and only son, Jesus Christ, who lived to die for our sins, so that we may be holy again.
So next time when Christmas come along and you're giving presents, don't forget the first gift, which was given by God to all mankind, Jesus Christ, the Savior.
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