2007-12-01 14:00:35 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First of all, the Bible doesn't mention Christmas as a holiday. In fact, you won't even find the word "Christmas" in the Bible.
However, the Christmas story (the birth of Jesus Christ) is told in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. See Matt 1:18-25 (birth of Jesus), Matt 2:1-12 (visit of the Magi, commonly known as the Wise Men), Luke 1:26-38 (how Mary became pregnant), and Luke 2:1-20 (the birth of Jesus and the shepards visit). Luke 2:21-40 is also interesting. It is about Simeon (v. 25) and a prophetess named Anna that immediately recognized Jesus as the Messiah (or Savior).
The significance of Christmas is that God did, in fact, send a Son to earth. He reached out to save us. No other religion starts with God reaching out for us. All other religions start with people trying to earn God's favor, which is a hopeless endeaver.
That Son was "incarnate" (made of flesh). He was both fully man and fully God. This is important because he had to live as we live. He had to feel our pain and get tempted just like us. Unlike us, he was ALWAYS 100% obedient to God the Father. This earned him a righteousness before God. Later, he would die on the cross. He would have never needed to die because death is the penalty for sin and he never sinned. By doing this, however, he took our punishment (that we all deserve) for us. At the same time, he gave us the righteousness that he had earned (and that we could never have earned). This opened a door, where God the Father could "justify" us or make us "legally right" before him, forgiving our sins without compromising his perfect justice. This would be like your father stepping forward and saying "sent me to jail instead of my child". The Bible then tells us that he adopts us as children if we will just have "faith" in Jesus. Faith requires repentence (admission of guilt and a true desire from the heart to change) and surrender to God's lordship. This means that we must put God's will above our own will. (Romans 3: 21-26, Eph 2:1-10)
If you don't have a bible the go to www.biblegateway.com .
Hope this helps.
2007-12-01 14:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by David H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written over thousands of years - 66 books and about 40 authors who ALL tell the same story. Missler has likened the word to a hologram - a 3D picture which, unlike a photograph, if you cut a slice out of it, you won't lose the picture (though you might lose some sharpness). That is because it's an integrated message from God. It's also a message containing about 28% prophecy, that's almost 1 out of every 3 verses being future-prophetical. Only a God who exists outside of time can do that with 100% accuracy.
2016-05-27 04:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pagan holy day. Some of the things done on Christmas was written about in the Old Testament. 12/25 has always been a pagan holiday since it was first instituted.
Since the King James perversion of the Bible did not come into existence until 1600's, I believe Christmas predates that by something up to 200 years. At the same time, it is NOT mentioned in the Bible written some 1300 years before the thought of Christmas as the birthday of Jesus. It is still not scripture to celebrate the birth of Jesus, even if it did come about 1300 years later on a pagan holiday.
The problem is, PEOPLE have made something holy the Bible does not make holy. We have no place that tells us they celebrated any birthdays, specially that of Jesus. Tradition says it was considered pagan to celebrate birthdays during Bible times. The age was thought to be like an oxe, on a certain date, the oxe became a 1 year old regardless of whether it is 11 months or 3 days.
2007-12-01 14:08:28 · answer #3 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The Bible never directly says what the true meaning of Christmas is...it doesn't even mention the word Christmas. Christmas is a word the Church adopted later to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The Bible tells the nativity story and basically just what happened. We have to draw the true meaning from that story because it was the day the Lord, our Savior, came.
2007-12-01 14:05:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
The bible doesn't talk about the true meaning of Christmas. Christians celebrate it as the day the Jesus was born. However, Jesus was born in the springtime. This is just when we celebrate it.
2007-12-01 14:17:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is not in the bible. It is a Pagan holiday. And even IF it were about Christ it has lost it's meaning, because now all it means is what I can get and how much money.
2007-12-01 14:06:23 · answer #6 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You won't find Christmas mentioned anywhere in the Bible.
2007-12-01 14:06:02 · answer #7 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't mention Christmas, as the holiday to celebrate Jesus' birth (which is mentioned) was created later. We were never told or commanded to celebrate this holiday. However, most of us do. To me, the meaning of Christmas is Easter.
2007-12-01 14:03:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe the Bible really addresses "Christmas" per se. The version of Christmas we observe only dates back the late 19th Century.
2007-12-01 14:03:40 · answer #9 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says nothing about Christmas. It tells about the birth of Christ and, later, his death and resurrection for our benefit. Christmas is what we use it for.
2007-12-01 14:06:04 · answer #10 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋