David Jeremiah - Why the Nativity? - Part 1

The world is about to change forever. A day of reckoning. A decree from on high. A time to be counted. A world ruled by an iron fist. Just when people needed hope, God would send a baby, a King, to offer a foretaste of a better future. But why? Why was a virgin chosen to be the mother of Jesus? Why would an earthly man be chosen to raise a baby sent from heaven? Why choose the lowliest of men to be the first to see the newborn King? Why did kings come from the East to worship the king of the Jews? Why Bethlehem? And perhaps the most important question: Why should we care? And what should the baby in Bethlehem mean to me?

Though many years have gone by, and that stable in Bethlehem is long gone, we need to concentrate our gaze through the midst of time through the lens of scripture, and use our imagination, not to change the Christmas story, but envision the people, places, and circumstances that could have been a part of the nativity; and in doing so, we will answer the mystery, the meaning, and the question: Why the nativity?

Why the nativity? Is it just another historic event, just another superstition, or a leftover fairytale from childhood? What if this special moment in history was the beginning of our redemption? To answer these questions, it will require the Word of God to be our guide and our imagination to tell the story. It will require us to do just what the shepherds did, just what the wise men did, and even what Joseph and Mary did. We need to travel to Bethlehem. I'm David Jeremiah. Won't you journey back with me to a faraway place and to a time that might otherwise be forgotten? Let's set our course, then, for two millennia ago, the dividing point in history. The scene is the little town on the quiet landscape of Judea. There are rumors of a miracle happening any day.