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      • God brought Jesus into the world by a miracle. At the very beginning of His earthly existence, God used a supernatural event to prove that Jesus was no ordinary man. This miracle also symbolizes Jesus' dual nature: His conception and birth by a woman shows His human nature.
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  2. The Birth of Jesus - In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of ...

  3. Jesus changed from a mortal spirit to a mortal human when he was in Marys womb. Jesus was born a perfect human with the potential for everlasting life. Jesus' life was taken away when he was executed.

  4. Dec 12, 2023 · According to one account, Jesus' birth story unfolds in Bethlehem, a town in Judea. Mary, betrothed to Joseph, miraculously conceives Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Joseph, initially troubled, remains with Mary following divine reassurance in a dream.

    • The Reading
    • Initial Observations on The Reading
    • The Subject Matter of The Story
    • Cultural Aspects of The Story
    • The Meaning of The Names
    • The Angelic Revelation
    • The Fulfillment of The Prophecy
    • New Testament Correlations
    • Applications and Conclusions

    18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. 19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20But after he had ...

    It is helpful to read through the passage several times and make a number of observations about the text. Most of the observations will raise questions that you will try to answer (Bible study involves learning what kind of things to look for, what kind of questions to ask). But spend as much time as you can observing what the text is saying, how i...

    This account, as its heading says, is about the birth of Jesus the Christ. If we had to identify a principle actor in the narrative, it would have to be the Lord, moving behind the scenes to bring about the birth of Christ. Mary is found to be with child (the verb is passive, and so the story is not emphasizing anything she did). Joseph is about to...

    It will be helpful to deal with the cultural aspect of marriage at this point since it comes up so quickly in the story line. Joseph and Mary were engaged to be married, betrothed as some versions translate it. In that culture the betrothal was tantamount to being married, except that they waited for a period of about a year before they actually co...

    There are not a lot of words in this passage that need defining. But at the heart of the revelation is the giving of the name “Jesus.” Here too you could get help from a good Bible dictionary. But to cut the process short I will summarize what you would find. This is a good Hebrew name very similar to the Old Testament name “Joshua.” The Hebrews lo...

    Since we are considering the giving of the name, we might as well deal with the whole revelation through the angel at this point as well. The core of the revelation is that “what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” This is completely supernatural, of course, and beyond any human comprehension. The point is simply made that Jesus was born ...

    Now we need to study the other clarifying section of the passage, the note that this was a fulfillment of the prophecy by Isaiah. This will be a little more involved because most Christians are not that well-versed in Isaiah, and may find it a little complicated to sort through. Any time there is a mention of a prophecy that was fulfilled you have ...

    The better you come to know the New Testament the easier it will be for you to make the connections to related passages. At this point you can use dictionaries and concordances. Once you know how to describe what the passage is about--the incarnation, the supernatural birth of Jesus, the virgin birth--then you can look these up in Bible dictionarie...

    The passage is clearly written to inform the readers, us, that Jesus Christ came into this world supernaturally. The child Jesus was conceived by the Spirit of God in the womb of Mary. We do not know how that was done. But we do know from the rest of Scripture that this was only the human part formed in the womb--the divine Son was sent into the wo...

  5. Analysis of Nativity Story of Jesus. As the above summaries of the two accounts of the Nativity reveal, most of the details associated with the birth of Jesus in the popular imagination (and celebrated in everything from cribs to nativity plays every Christmas) come from Luke, not Matthew.

  6. Nov 15, 2023 · Read about the miraculous birth of the Jesus to Mary and why this one event, the nativity, changed the course of history and the future of mankind.

  7. The Birth of Jesus Foretold 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel ( A ) to Nazareth, ( B ) a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, ( C ) a descendant of David.

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