Did G*D give you copyright permission to re-print all of that? :-) Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
This is an error or Luke 3:23 is in error. They are both the linage from David
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.
Amen, my brother.
From the NRSVCE:
“Luke 2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. 5 He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
The Shepherds and the Angels
8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: 11 to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah,[a] the Lord. 12 This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host,[b] praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”[c]
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”
Luke 2:1-20, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.
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Thanks, USNV.
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God became flesh and dwelt amongst us...John 1:14
how cool is that ???
Merry Christmas !!!
Why did the Magi recognize Jesus as King of King? What drew them to Bethlehem on that epic journey? A Planetary alignment that occurs once in 25 million years.
“The Horoscope of Jesus is even more impressive than the Magi could possibly have known.” says the noted astrologer and biblical scholar Jayj Jacobs (son of Reverend Jacobs). He describes it as “the most powerful horoscope the heavens have ever drawn, and perhaps ever will”. The birth chart is “awesome... it is overwhelming in power, compassion and miraculous healing ability.” says Hannibal Giudice, co-author of “The Message of The Magi” a play about The Magi’s discovery of the horoscope, and the motivations for their journey.
Two thousand years ago the heavenly alignments were of such monumental implication as to compel the wisest astrologers of those times to embark on perhaps the most significant journey in the history of the world. The rarest of all celestial phenomena was unfolding in the heavens, a once in 25,000 years meeting of the two zodiacal cycles - the Tropical and Sidereal. It was an astrological encounter between the Alpha and Omega - the beginning and the end of the longest recognized astrological cycle. It was the dawning of the new age of Pisces and the beginning of a whole new grand cycle of ages.
Additionally, in 7 BCE, the planets Jupiter and Saturn were conjoining each other 3 times is the sign Pisces. That is to say, the planets that indicate the birth of kings were meeting in the sign traditionally associated with the Jews. Finally, in the first hours of March 1st, the Sun, Moon, Venus, and the undiscovered Uranus, joined the king-makers in Pisces. Dr. David H. Menke, executive director at the Copernican Space Science Center calculates that it was a “planetary lineup that happens once in five million years”.
Merry Christmas, Navy... and God bless.
Thanks for posting that.
Merry Christmas to Everyone!
Merry Christmas to you and yours Sir and all the rest of us as well. This medium is a strange place to tell things isn’t it? I suppose it is like a testimony?
The Misses and I are home alone this year. Our Captain is “away” and his Misses is with her folks. It is the first time in just over three decades like this for for us. He has managed to beat a path home somehow in the last three deployments. Once just in the nick of time. Reminded me of the time I boarded a plan in Nigeria on Christmas Eve. It was the best trip home for Christmas I ever made although Dad was not there for the first time in more than five decades. By that measure my time is short.
We are blessed to reach out to friends who would have been alone themselves this Christmas Day and we are looking forward to fellowship with them. It’ll be good to have the Preacher in the house.
I’ve been out blowing leaves and thinking very hard of the reason for the season. Only by His sacrifice will any of us have a tomorrow or hope of a happy eternity. Dad and I sat on a cliff in the Pecos Wilderness once with nothing but silence other than the trickle of a waterfall way down in the valley. We said that knowing we could consciously spend eternity without those we love is motivation enough to strive to live our lives by His teachings.
I am guilty of many things. Foremost is being old too soon and too late smart.
My fervent prayer is for God to give us mercy and bless us every one.