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.

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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

A Different Look At Christmas I. Waiting for the First Christmas

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.

A Different Look At Christmas The PATRIARCH Abram (Abraham): Abram was promised the Messiah would come through his lineage

A Different Look At Christmas The PROPHETS: Particularly Isaiah and Micah

A Different Look At Christmas II. WONDER OF THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS

A Different Look At Christmas 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

A Different Look At Christmas The SHEPHERDS: The First Visitors to Jesus Birth:

A Different Look At Christmas The SHEPHERDS: Who was not there? Levites Priests and High Priests King Herod The Roman Governor

A Different Look At Christmas The Wonderful SAVIOUR Himself: Deity but in ORDINARY Form He 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.

A Different Look At Christmas III. WISE MEN THAT WERE SEEKING THE CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS

A Different Look At Christmas The direction of TRAVEL – From the East

A Different Look At Christmas The TROUBLE the Wise Men brought King Herod

A Different Look At Christmas The TIME of the Journey: Approximately 2 years

A Different Look At Christmas 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.

A Different Look At Christmas The TRIBULATION that Herod brought on Israel All children 2 years and under were killed.

A Different Look At Christmas 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?