Christmas

“For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people:

but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”
‭‭Isaiah‬
‭60:2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

….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.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9:2, 6-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

700-600 bc the word of the prophet Isaiah

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭7:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Bout 600-700 years later

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Emmanuel,

which being interpreted is, God with us.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1:21-23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, good will toward men.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭2:9-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

What’s your favorite Christmas verse in the Bible ot or new ?

Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

It is between God and the person, each person personally to me to see those two greatest commands which both are Love, God's Love So many verses that reveal true Love such as 1 Cor 13:4-7, that Father imputes to us the children, after not giving up on God to see through all adversities that happen to each of us, was. is first for me, that began ay age 14 for me, 67 now, still have not quit, and see to be daily in trust and not expect any future of good or bad, I can't turn one hair on my head white or black, except by man's inventions. I see to stand in trust to Father and Son as Won (One) on that cross for all as reconciled, praising this daily, learning this daily, keeping it simple, belief to Father in Son as risen sets one and many free to just love all as Son did that on that cross first. A new command I add, Love everyone as I gave loved you.
Salvation is in the resurrection, the death had to be first to reconcile everyone first. Amazing Grace, how sweet the Lord truly is, to respect and stand in thanksgiving and praise over it all, wow!
Thanks

My most recent favorite song is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by Casting Crowns:

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet their songs repeat
Of peace on Earth, good will to men

And the bells are ringing (peace on Earth)
Like a choir they're singing (peace on Earth)
In my heart I hear them (peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

And in despair I bowed my head
"There is no peace on Earth, " I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on Earth, good will to men

But the bells are ringing (peace on Earth)
Like a choir singing (peace on Earth)
Does anybody hear them? (Peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

Then rang the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
(Peace on Earth)
(Peace on Earth)
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on Earth, good will to men

Then ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on Earth, good will to men

And the bells, they're ringing (peace on Earth)
Like a choir they're singing (peace on Earth)
And with our hearts, we'll hear them (peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

Do you hear the bells, they're ringing? (Peace on Earth)
The light, the angels singing (peace on Earth)
Open up your heart and hear them (peace on Earth)
Peace on Earth, good will to men

Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth, good will to men

"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."

What a gift !!

How does this relate to Christmas?

Amazing, he goes through a life here on earth, harming no one, helping many, as many are not reported, and the people in charge, got jealous over his drawing away people unto himself, that he claimed was for Father all in all.
So by Job security those in charge then got him killed to do away with him. Amazing and he went willingly, then not seeing his resurrection to be.
Then saw it in Col 2, and people have been trying to be in charge ever since, and even use this truth to get away with ___________. Yet amazingly the truth stands through much errors in using truth to get to others for their own self gains
Reminds me of Acts 5, the last part of that happening
Acts 5:34
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

Authorized (King James) Version

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

see over 2,000 years it has not come to nought has it, even though may misuse it, God is as real as the air I breathe, and loves us all y'all Merry everyday, saved by the King God Father and Son as Won for us the people. Get married and be one with them as Won (One) too, thank you

Happy Christmas 2024

"How does anything on this thread relate to Christmas?," asked the elf on the shelf before he met with his untimely demise.

Amazing, this I see God saw us all in need for, everlasting life, does not want anyone to perish, yet saw to give free choice to choose freely, otherwise we would be nothing more than robots, puppets
Amazing I see Son saw Father wanting no one to perish. I see Son said to Dad, let me go and be perfect for them in your stead, to hopefully for them to see and not have to die in their soul too, All die in flesh already, ever since Adam the first.
I know, Father, how do you pick one and another one die? impossible, so let me go?
Look at self y'all, you have more than one child. You are told you got to pick one to die and the other to live! Can you pick one to live the other to die? By works, really one is better than the other, really? Not saved by works!
So God decided to send Son to die once for us all as reconciled (2 Cor 5:17-20), (Hebrews 10:10), to be risen three days later and has been risen never to die ever again or offer anymore forgiveness to be given. Hebrews 5:12-Chapter 6, It is done for us by Son (John 19:30) to believe he is risen as reported by the Disciples in the Bible. He is risen "where new life gets given"
We the people are trying to not do and do as is proven in the First testament to me , no one is perfect can be or ever will be, even if calling on God to do it, no one can. I need God to live through me, to reconcile me the first born me as dead daily.
If anyone could do the Law perfectly, then Christ came in Vain to earth to save us in his risen Life after death one time first to take away all sin first but "Unbelief" to see he is risen for you too, yes!
Born again life is in the risen Christ, the walk, the death and all that is finished for us to be new in love to all, not a few as is still taught here on earth even in our church buildings
Walk new in the risen Son given you by God Father to do it, taking no credit to the self in it, thank you

Sorry, you do not see this, okay love you anyways as God loves us all. It relates as to what God has called
And Christmas is not real, but a fake to the real truth it is for commercialism, not for truth, only acts as is, getting human emotions in it, to not see the evil hanging all around it
So it doesn't relate to Christmas
Just letting us all know truth over error here on earth still, thanks trusting God over man's traditions using them for self gain in them as if are good
Hope for you to see this, if not yet you will as Father leads not me in the risen Jesus for us to believe, not just claim it, thank you

Demonic garbage 🔥😈

I can’t understand what you’re saying I apologize . This thread is about favorite Christmas verses in the Bible . Do you have a favorite verse that relates to the birth of Christ ?

I don’t know how this relates to Christmas either lol

i can’t understand what he’s saying but I’m not sure it sounds like demonic or garbage to me I just can’t really make sense of it or how it relates to Christmas

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Emmanuel,

which being interpreted is, God with us.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1:21-23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, good will toward men.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭2:9-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

What’s your favorite Christmas verse in the Bible ot or new ?”

Was just hoping to discuss Christs birth from some scripture and thoughts about it from people.

Like above there we can see that the messiahs birth would reach to all people

“behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. “

Then maybe it would lead to other topics and how they also relate to the birth of the messiah and the reason some of us celebrate Christmas or the birth of Christ the savior of all mankind. Given the time of year seemed like a thought but was just hoping some folks would have some verses and thoughts about Christmas .

Christmas 2024

Outstanding verse.

I like casting crowns music too lots of great Christmas tunes out there . I really like the old classics

Oooooo that’s nice 😍

Thank you! I was late getting around to designing my yearly Christmas card
this year but was able to do it while at work today because it is not very busy...