essay on the birth of Jesus Christ
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The birth of Jesus is the most celebrated day yet the most controversial as pertains to the exact day of reference. Different theologians have a different time line in which they use to calculate the date. These variations became eminent when the world’s chronometer shifted from 1999 to 2000. It marked the dawn of the new millennium but other purists claim that it was celebrated a year earlier than it should have. Thus, these controversy brews doubts as to the precise day in which the Saviour was born. The birth of Jesus is only accounted for in the gospel of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament. In these gospels the chronology has not been mentioned but the Roman Christians acknowledged it to be 6th January. Therefore, today the controversy of time is taken as baseless because Christmas symbolizes a renewed joy in the Christian life: a time for happiness and festivities. In the words of the angels: “this day a Saviour will be born-Christ the Lord” (Luke 2: 11) thus Jesus is a source of salvation to sinners.
The birth of Jesus is the Christian account of how a messiah was born to deliver the world from sin.
Synopsis of the birth of Jesus
Jesus was conceived by Mary when John the Baptist’s mother (Elizabeth) was six months into pregnancy. The angel named Gabriel was sent by God to inform Mary that she was going to have a son. That son was conceived through the immaculate power of God because Mary was a virgin about was about to marry Joseph. When Angel Gabriel broke the news to her, she was very scared because she knew the news of pregnancy would not auger well with Joseph. The angel promised her that Joseph would not reject her and advised her of how favoured she was in the eyes of God. When Mary revealed this to Joseph, he decided to break off their relationship in a private manner without the notification of other people.
As he thought of how to execute his plans, an angel appeared before him and confirmed that she was indeed pregnant through the Holy Spirit. The angel then instructed him that the name of the baby would be Jesus. The role of this child was to save the world from sins and he would also be called Immanuel meaning that God was in the presence of the people (Lucado, 1995). After this revelation by the angel, Joseph decided to marry Mary after all. Jesus was born at the time when Emperor Augustus had ordered a census throughout the Roman Empire. Each and every person was required to register their names in the town in which they live. Hence, Joseph went to Bethlehem to register their names because he was a descendant of David.
While they were in Bethlehem, Mary got her labour pains and had to give birth in a manger as there was no room in the inn they sought. The shepherds who were guarding their flock that night were visited by an angel who gave them the good news (Luke 2: 8 NIV). He gave them a sign of prove that a child would be found lying in the manger covered with cloth. Immediately after, heaven opened and other angels joined the one talking to the shepherds in song and dance.
The shepherds then set out to Bethlehem to witness the birth of their king. When they arrived, they found Mary and Joseph with a child lying in the manger and knew that the angels had spoken the truth. Then a group of people who had prowess in reading the movement of the stars came to Herod demanding to see the small king. Herod was not happy with this piece of news and sent the wise men to investigate the exact place the baby was born. The star led them to Jesus and they brought him gifts like gold, frankincense and myrrh. After the short visit they returned to their country because God had warned them not to take the message back to Herod. That same night an angel instructed Joseph to run with his family to Egypt because it was no longer safe there. Herod then instructed his subjects to kill all the children who were two years and below as prophesied by Jeremiah but metaphorically as Rachael crying for her dead children
Christians have resulted to adorning 25th December as the day in which Christ was born. The nativity of Jesus is the basis by which Christmas exists and marked as holy by Christians all over the world. It is vital that Christians remind themselves of his second coming so as to be reunited forever in heavenly bliss. Therefore as Christians, Christ still remains the reason why faith and hope exists.
Jesus was born at Bethlehem,5 kms away from Jerusalem in Judea Province. His father and mother were Joseph and-Mary. About his early is not known much. He was baptised by John at the age of 30. After he was baptised, he started travelling throughout the country preaching religious life.
He had twelve disciples called as “Apostles”. Of them Peter was the first apostle.Jesus spent his life serving the poor suffering from poverty and diseases. Jew fundamentalists felt jealous of his popularity and started opposing him for his rejecting the religious dogmas. The Jewish police arrested him and handed him over to the Governor Pontius Pilate. He ordered Crucifixion of Jesus.
On Friday, the 7th April of 30 B.C. Jesus was crucified on the hillock of Golgotha by Roman soldiers. Thus his life was ended.