I Want to see Jesus
Hope is Born - Christmas Eve
Part of Hope Is Born—Advent 2020
December 24, 2020

I Want to see Jesus!!!


The first Christmas
W-W-W-W-W-H in Luke 2:1-20

1) The Historical event (verses 1-7)
2) The angelic explanation of the event (verses 8-14)
3) The effects of the event (verses 15-20)


WWWWWH
Who: Caesar Augustus – great nephew of


Quirinius / Joseph / David / Mary / shepherds / angels
What: census /
When: Dionysius AD525 / AR754 ~ winter of 5-4BC
(we speculate–they )
Where: Nazareth, Galilee to Bethlehem, Judea
Why: enroll / Fulfill
How: 9 months / no room / angels / shepherds


Why is there Christmas?

are


heavenly host praising God and saying …


Going to the Circus
Don’t mistake the

for the Greatest Show on Earth