Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas


“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”





  1. Thank you for your beautiful post. Have a Blessed Christmas.

  2. Some scientists say there may have been a comet in the sky at that point in time.

  3. Like yesterday's picture, a stunning one. "Suburban Correspondent"--the discussions by the experts over the exact timing of Jesus' birth has long been connected to Halley's comet, though they didn't call it that. Astronomers of the time knew it came around at regular intervals, and recorded the dates. Josephus, a Jewish historian, mentions the comet in his writings. The other events he mentions help to date the birth, though not conclusively enough to keep historians from arguing about it. The Gospels mention the census that took Joseph and Mary from their home in Nazareth to be enrolled in Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral village. Josephus mentions this too, under the name of Herod. The problem is there are too many Kings named Herod for the date to be totally clear, and several of the possible dates do line up with a passage of Halley's comet. More science than you want to know, and none of facts detract from the miraculous nature of the event. Merry Christmas to all!

    1. Well said! Merry Christmas to all.
      -Anne K.