In CS Lewis

"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea was in the days of Herod the king, behold, rinne no lagrange wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is the King of the Jews born? We saw his star in the east, and have come to do him homage. "(Matthew 2:1-2). rinne no lagrange
In CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) is a witch who ensure that it is always winter, but never Christmas. In Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol is Scrooge who does not keep Christmas. In Dr. Suess's book is a character who hates Christmas; The Grinch. In 2012 still hate the devil and the world the true meaning of Christmas. In some countries, people are prohibited Merry Christ mas to say. This adage is replaced with "Happy Holidays" and "compliments of the season". Christmas rinne no lagrange is more about family, money, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, food, and gifts except Jesus. Christians in some groups fall on Christmas day because they believe Dec. 25 has a pagan origin (I will later show that this is not an absolute fact is not). Matthew mentions five places and describe what happened to show how God's Son against Satan and Herod's hatred protected. Those who believe in Jesus and the truth of Matthew 2 will be blessed Christmas. God will protect them from the hatred of Satan and the world. In the words of the angel chorus: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men in a favor" (Luke 2:14).
There are many popular but wrong ideas about the wise men in Matthew 2. At Christmas cards we see the bright Betlehemster above the stable where Jesus was born. In Sunday School Christmas scenes the wise men kneel with the shepherds at the manger where Jesus lay. A well-known song about the wise men say, "We three kings of Orient are ..." Without any evidence, many Christians say: "We know that Jesus was not born on December 25, for the sheep and shepherds would not be on a cold wintersnag in the field have been. "
Are there facts for all these things that people say and believe. No there is not. Matthew was the star above the stable on the night that Jesus was born, but over a house in Bethlehem a few weeks or months after birth. "And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star, which they saw in the east, go before them, till it came and stood over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they with full of joy. And they went into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented unto him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. "(V.9-11). The aforementioned verses show that the shepherds and wise men to the manger together kneeling on. The shepherds were the night of Jesus' birth in a stable (Luke 2:7, 16); the wise men were not. We see in v.11 that the wise men with gold, frankincense, and myrrh as gifts to, but that does not mean there were only three wise men. Maybe there were two or five or eight that these three types of gifts brought. Were they kings? The Bible does not tell us (I will in a sermon following verses like Psalm 72:10-11, 15 discussed).
What about Christmas on December 25th? It's not true that the sheep and shepherds in winter cold in the field would spend. Harry Mulder writes: "During the Christmas vacation letter my wife and I traveled from Beirut to Jerusalem .... In this connection rinne no lagrange I can ook answer your question regarding the presence of sheep around Bethlehem in the month or in December ... Right near us a few Flock's or sheep nestled ulcers. Even the lambs Lacking Were not ... It is definitely not impossible Charmain Horn Please rinne no lagrange note That the Lord Jesus was born in December. "(Quoted rinne no lagrange in Hendriksen, W., Matthew: New Testament Commentary: The Banner of Truth Trust, EDINBURGH, 1971, p.182 ).
"At the outset it must be admitted, That absolute certainty is impossible as to the exact date of Christ's Nativity - the precise rinne no lagrange same year, and still more the month and the day. But in Regard to the year, we possess data industry leaders as to invest it with industry leaders probability, as to amount almost to certainty. The first and most certainement That date of the death of Herod the Great. Our Lord was born Before the death of Herod, and, if we judge from the Gospel history, Shortly Before That very event. Now the year of Herod's death has leg ascertained with, we 'may say, absolute certainty, rinne no lagrange if Shortly Before the Passover of the year 750 AUC, Which corresponds to about the 12th of April ... More het bijzonder, rinne no lagrange Shortly Before the death of Herod there was a lunar eclipse (Jos. Ant. xvii. 6. 4) Which, it is astronomically ascertained, occurred on the night from the 12th to the 13th of March ... Galanthus the death of Herod must have tasks place between the 12th of March and the 12th of April - or, say, about the end of March (comp Ant. xvii. 8. 1). Again, rinne no lagrange the Gospel-h