Do you have the Christmas Attitude?

Peace of God

Do you know why the donkey and the ox are in the nativity scene?

The Meaning of Christmas

Where you spend eternity will be decided by a person who was born in a homeless shelter to an unmarried teenager. As an infant, he became an immigrant to avoid political persecution. He became the greatest healer in the history of the world. He was investigated for giving health care away for free. He was put on trial by politicians making false allegations based on the testimony of false witnesses. The judge at his trial knew that he was innocent of the charges against him. However, a quick and politically biased opinion poll indicated the majority of the people in the Capitol wanted him executed. So, he was conveniently executed despite his innocence by a judge who colluded with the politicians to ignore the facts. After he died, a fake news story was created by the politicians and released through the news outlets under their control that said his body had been stolen by his own followers.

Of course, that was 2,000 years ago when things were much more primitive. When he returns, imagine how pleased he’ll be to see all the progress we’ve made to eliminate the problems that existed when he was born.

Merry Christmas

Dr. J. Clontz, Aidan University

Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament

A Christmas Poem by the Angel of the Lord

Matthew 1:20...“Joseph, son of David, 

do not be afraid {“Afraid, Fearful” (ירא) Yare}

to take Mary your wife. 
For that which is conceived {“Conceiving” (הרה) Hareh}

in her is from the Holy Spirit {“Spirit” (רוח) Ruach}.

21 And she will give birth to a son,

and you shall call his name Jesus {“Jesus” (ישוע) Yashua or Yeshua},

for he will save {“Save” (יושיע) Yosheya}

his people {“People” (עמי) Ammo}

from their sins {“Sins” (עוֹנֹתָֽם) Avontum}.”

Merry Christmas from:
Dr. J Clontz, Aidan University
Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament

Be Smart this Christmas

Merry Christmas

from Dr. J. Clontz, Aidan University – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament

Many People have been Visited by Angels

Zechariah who was a priest in the temple and the father of John the Baptist talked with the angel Gabriel –

Luke 1:11-20

The Virgin Mary talked with the angel Gabriel –

Luke 1:26-38

Joseph, the husband of Mary, had two dreams involving the angel of the Lord –

Matthew 1:20-23, 2:13

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary saw and heard the angel of the Lord at the tomb -

Matthew 28:2-7

Mary Magdalene also saw and spoke with two angels in the tomb –

John 20:12-13

The apostles saw and heard an angel that released them from a dungeon –

Acts 1:19-20

The deacon Philip saw and heard an angel –

Acts 8:26

Cornelius saw and heard a vision of the angel of God who told him how to meet Peter –

Acts 10:3-7

Peter was released from a dungeon by an angel that spoke to him –

Acts 12:6-11

The largest interaction with angels involved a multitude of the heavenly host who spoke with the shepherds in the field near Bethlehem and told them how to find the Savior, the Christ -

Luke 2:8-20

Many of the interactions with angels cited in the New Testament include physical phenomenon such as prison chains and doors being opened. Zechariah was struck dumb and could not talk which served as physical proof that he had been visited by an angel. There was also information concerning geographic locations of individuals that could’ve only been derived supernaturally. For instance, Cornelius wasn’t a Christian at the time of the angel’s visitation. Cornelius had never heard of Peter before the angel told him where the apostle was.

Ask yourself, how do you explain the prison escape by the apostles and the singular escape by Peter chained between two guards? It is unlikely they accomplished their escapes unaided. There would’ve been serious consequences for their guards due to the escapes which makes it unlikely that their guards aided their escape. It is highly improbable that the entire group of apostles could’ve escaped completely unnoticed by their guards without supernatural intervention.

Dr. J. Clontz, Aidan University – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament