Message Notes

Understanding Christmas
Week 2
12.14.2025

When was Jesus really born?

BC can be Before Common Era instead of Before Christ.

Anno Domini.

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. Matthew 2:1

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
Luke 2:8

Christos (Χριστός)

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked,

Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.
Matthew 2:1-2

And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
Matthew 2:9

[Video: Santa Claus (nate bergatze)

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me….
Matthew 25:34-36

They bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2:11

Here is a picture of the way the market looks.

Here is what the spices look like

(clear screen)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6:23

[Video: Scene 8 Final]