Every year around Christmas there are real or imagined media reports that Christmas is under attack, but as Christians aren't we also hurting ourselves and our credibility, when year after year, we continue to misrepresent the Biblical record of the birth of Jesus Christ?
Luke 2:16 - So, they (the shepherds) hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby(Jesus) who was lying in the manger....
According to the Biblical record, only the shepherds visited Jesus as a baby in the manger. The wisemen never ever visited Jesus as a baby in the manger, and the wisemen and the shepherds never met.
Matthew 2:11 - And on going into the house, they (the wisemen) saw the Child(Jesus) with Mary His mother.....Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts - ......
The wisemen visited Jesus as a child at the house, when He was no longer a Baby and had long left the manger.
There is a common tendency to portray or depict the wisemen visiting the manger or to show both the shepherds and the wisemen visiting the manger together , both of which are contrary to the Biblical record.
Some may consider this a minor issue or something of no consequence, but how can we as Christians complain that Christmas is under attack, when we can't even get the Christmas story right?
Happy Christmas!
Salvation
Luke 2:16 - So, they (the shepherds) hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby(Jesus) who was lying in the manger....
According to the Biblical record, only the shepherds visited Jesus as a baby in the manger. The wisemen never ever visited Jesus as a baby in the manger, and the wisemen and the shepherds never met.
Matthew 2:11 - And on going into the house, they (the wisemen) saw the Child(Jesus) with Mary His mother.....Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts - ......
The wisemen visited Jesus as a child at the house, when He was no longer a Baby and had long left the manger.
There is a common tendency to portray or depict the wisemen visiting the manger or to show both the shepherds and the wisemen visiting the manger together , both of which are contrary to the Biblical record.
Some may consider this a minor issue or something of no consequence, but how can we as Christians complain that Christmas is under attack, when we can't even get the Christmas story right?
Happy Christmas!
Salvation