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A night of Miracles
Jesus’ birth fulfilled four-hundred year old prophecies:
Born to a virgin mother.
Born in Bethlehem.
The grandest miracle of all: God born as a human being.
It is a miracle that the Savior of the World was born in the lowliest of nurseries.
It is a miracle that the Savior of the World was born in the lowliest of nurseries.
It is a miracle that the Savior of the World was born in the lowliest of nurseries.
Have you wondered why Christ was laid in a manger?
Why not a mansion?
The Manger Perfectly Pictures His Rejection
The Manger Perfectly Pictures His Rejection
Illustration
The party on June 3, 2006, was for Michael Emmanuel’s sixth birthday, and friends and family were celebrating at the local Chuck E. Cheese in Boca Raton, Florida.
The party went just fine.
The problem came when it was over.
All the children and adults climbed into three different vehicles and headed home.
Everyone, that is, except Michael.
Apparently, the birthday boy returned to the play area, and when the partygoers departed, the boy was left behind.
Employees found Michael wandering around the restaurant at 10:00 p.m. and called the police.
Michael’s mother, who assumed that her son was staying with his grandmother, didn’t realize the boy was missing until the next morning.
Unfortunately for Michael (and his mother), it is possible to have a joyful celebration and still forget the guest of honor.
Prophecies told us he would be rejected.
There was no room for him in the inn.
There was no room for Him in the inn.
Room for business in the inn
Room for pleasure in the inn
Room for others in the inn
The world did indeed reject him when he came.
The Word was God (v. 1)
The Word was the Creator (v. 3)
The World was made by the Word (v.
10)
The world knew Him not (v.
10)
The world still rejects him today.
His own received Him not (v.
11)
Christ is the Word (v.
14)
Does your faith stay strong while others reject Him?
The world still rejects Him today
Will you receive Him?
Will you receive Him?
The Manger Perfectly Pictures His Redemption
The Manger Perfectly Pictures His Redemption
The two signs given by the angels to the shepherds:
John the Baptist called Him the Lamb of God .
Wrapped in swaddling clothes
Lying in a manger (the Lamb of God).
Not robes of purple or soft fabric of silk
Lying in a manger (the Lamb of God)
Not a nursery room especially prepared for him.
John the Baptist called Him the Lamb of God ()
1st Century Jewish home.
Two stories.
John the Baptist called Him the Lamb of God ()
In the area where animals like sheep and lambs were kept.
It was not far from the manger to the cross.
It was not far from the manger to the cross.
It was not far from the manger to the cross.
It was not far from the manger to the cross
It was not far from the manger to the cross.
It was not far from the manger to the cross.
We must not forget the cross at this time of the year
Paul’s descriptions tied the birth to the cross:
He was born to redeem them that were under the law.
: to redeem them that were under the law
: even the death of the cross
He was born as a man in order to die on a cross.
: even the death of the cross
The Lamb in Revelation (5:9)
He was born as a lamb to be slaughtered.
Jesus was the sacrificial lamb for you and me.
The Manger Perfectly Pictures His Availability
The first announcement to humble shepherds
The first announcement to humble shepherds
We must be careful not to complicate the message
We must be careful not to complicate the message:
He chose the manger instead of a mansion because everyone has access to the manger.
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