A Different Look At Christmas We will focus on three main aspects of the Christmas story: Waiting...

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A Different Look At Christmas We will focus on three main aspects of the Christmas story: Waiting for the First Christmas Wonder of that First Christmas Wise Men that were seeking the Christ of Christmas

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A Different Look At Christmas T he first PARENTS – Even Adam and Eve were looking for the Messiah right after their fall in the Garden of Eden.

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Page 1: A Different Look At Christmas We will focus on three main aspects of the Christmas story: Waiting for the First Christmas Wonder of that First Christmas.

A Different Look At Christmas

We will focus on three main aspects of the Christmas story:

Waiting for the First Christmas

Wonder of that First Christmas

Wise Men that were seeking the Christ of Christmas

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I. Waiting for the First Christmas

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The first PARENTS – Even Adam and Eve were looking for the Messiah right after their fall in the Garden of Eden.

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The PATRIARCH Abram (Abraham):

Abram was promised the Messiah would come through his lineage

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The PROPHETS:

Particularly Isaiah and Micah

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II. WONDER OF THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS

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The SHELTER For that First Christmas:

Notice here the shelter were Jesus was born was a livestock stall and the crib Jesus was

laid in was a “Manager” or in today's terminology a feeding trough

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The SHEPHERDS:

The First Visitors to Jesus Birth:

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The SHEPHERDS:

Who was not there?

LevitesPriests and High PriestsKing HerodThe Roman Governor

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A Different Look At Christmas The Wonderful SAVIOUR Himself:

Deity but in ORDINARY FormHe was without his Glory

His place of birth could not have been recognized if the angels had not pointed out where he had been born.

The Messiah being born was so Wonderful, the Shepherds told everyone what they had seen.

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III. WISE MEN THAT WERE SEEKING THE CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS

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The direction of TRAVEL – From the East

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The TROUBLE the Wise Menbrought King Herod

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The TIME of the Journey:

Approximately 2 years

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The TREASURE the Wise Men brought Jesus as a Child:

They brought Jesus the BEST,not SECOND RATE.

They were EXCITED to find King Jesus.

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The TRIBULATION that Herodbrought on Israel

All children 2 years and underwere killed.

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CONCLUSION:

Hopefully now you will look at the Christmas story a little different.

Do you know the “babe” born here to be your personal Saviour??

Do we make room in our lives or do we unintentionally crowd him out with other

things?