From Pastor Kens Notebook To Yours: In your preparation for preaching and teaching about the blessed and celebrated event of Jesus first coming in this Christmas season, I am sharing with you the following three interesting facts taken from Robert C. Shannon, 1000 Windows,(Cincinnati, OH, Standard Publishing Co., 1997): ● More than one account of the birth of the Greek goddess Athena exists. One account is that she sprang in full armor from the head of Zeus, when his head had been split open by an ax. Another account is that she came out of a cloud that Zeus had burst open. Still another is that she was the daughter of Triton the sea god. There is only one account of the birth of Christ, related to us by Matthew and Luke and John and Paul. ● Prince Philip is known everywhere as the handsome husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. He was born a Greek prince, though there is no Greek blood in his veins. He is of German and Danish ancestry. As a baby he was smuggled out of Greece in a crate made from an orange box. A crate hardly befits a prince, and a manger hardly befits the infant King of Kings! ● Early Christians wisely decided to celebrate the birth of Christ on a day that was already a recognized holiday, December 25. Celebrating on this day would keep them from suspicion and danger. The Romans called December 25 The Birthday of the Unconquered Sun because it was so close to December 21, the winter solstice. For Christians it became The Birthday of the Unconquered Son. --be very blessed and have a very Merry Christmas
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:38:38 +0000
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