Bring Back the Wise Men
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Hmm seem a little stretched to be a cave, could be looking at a photo of the city which was no doubt a lot smaller, to me the hill doesn’t seem to be cavity ridden though it could be, looks pretty solid hill side though. I’m not much on the terrain around the area and beneath it, are there a lot of caves around Bethlehem?
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hmm now I know where the cave dogma comes from catholic
The stable where Mary and Joseph spent the night of Jesus’ birth was most likely much like the cave at the shepherd’s field. That cave is beneath the Church of the Nativity, which was first built around AD 327 by Constantine the Great and his mother St. Helena to honor the birth of Our Lord. This cave is accessible to pilgrims by stepping down a short set of stairs to a grotto beneath the altar of the main sanctuary of the church. A metal star surrounded by marble slabs marks the spot of the blessed event, but in other parts of the grotto, the cave walls are still visible, although covered with tapestries in most places.
The stable where Mary and Joseph spent the night of Jesus’ birth was most likely much like the cave at the shepherd’s field. That cave is beneath the Church of the Nativity, which was first built around AD 327 by Constantine the Great and his mother St. Helena to honor the birth of Our Lord. This cave is accessible to pilgrims by stepping down a short set of stairs to a grotto beneath the altar of the main sanctuary of the church. A metal star surrounded by marble slabs marks the spot of the blessed event, but in other parts of the grotto, the cave walls are still visible, although covered with tapestries in most places.
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i thought this was going to be about encouraging the brothers and sisters not to be fools, but to highly value wisdom above all the vain things we admire in this modern age
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right NOW means right NOW! Jesus' integrity is the only thing that really matters is this 'fallen-world', our world, right now!
prayers of love from hub and myself to you Cross and yours, right now!!! hugs...
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I asked this question in another thread becasue I just wanted to know how long Jesus spent in egypt, did they go right after his birth or what. Cos Luke doesnt mention it at all after Jesus birth but MAtthew does.
Also kind of strange that if theyd been presented at the temple and Herod was there he could have killed Jesus then by just enquiring had any babies been presented at the temple. But it would seem it was sometime after Jesus was born that the wise men reached Herod. Anyway after herod died they didnt go back to judea but settled in nazareth. But doesnt say how long that was...
Why is it important, well, everything about Jesus is important to a christian I suppose. Did he ever ecnounter these wise men again? Who knows...maybe they have a special place in heaven. I was thinking they would have been gentiles too, and possibly similar to a person like Balaam who was godfearing but not an israelite obviously.
Also kind of strange that if theyd been presented at the temple and Herod was there he could have killed Jesus then by just enquiring had any babies been presented at the temple. But it would seem it was sometime after Jesus was born that the wise men reached Herod. Anyway after herod died they didnt go back to judea but settled in nazareth. But doesnt say how long that was...
Why is it important, well, everything about Jesus is important to a christian I suppose. Did he ever ecnounter these wise men again? Who knows...maybe they have a special place in heaven. I was thinking they would have been gentiles too, and possibly similar to a person like Balaam who was godfearing but not an israelite obviously.
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