Birth of Jesus

It was the my Favorite and Best ever told Story form my Child hood,As my Aunt used to tell me when i am a kid .

 

 

The Annunciation

Long long ago in a city called Galilee ,There lived a Woman called Mary, She is married to Joseph , Who were descendants of king David ,Both Mary and Joseph has Good Faith in God, one day while Mary is Praying to God, Suddenly an Angel of god  Gabriel appeared , Gabriel exclaimed

“  Hail oh Blessed one Dont be afraid  ,You shall be conceived by the power of holy spirit,And Give birth to a Boy,He shall be called Jesus”

Mary was puzzled and dont know what to say, She kept hopeinn lord and Said

“I am the Lord's servant; let it be as you say."

Mary's husband Joseph, doubts her pregnancy then Gabriel reappears in Josephs dream and tells him that Mary is Conceived by the power of holy Sprit.

Journey to Bethlehem

It was the time of census during King  Caesar Augustus rule, that all the citizens of Nazareth  have to travel all the way to Bethlehem to register for Census, Mary and her husband Joseph, lived in a town called Nazareth.  . Both Nazareth and Bethlehem are in the country now called Israel. It is about 65 miles (105 km) from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and the trip probably took them several days.

When Joseph and Mary got to Bethlehem,all the inns were almost full, there was no place for them to stay ,The Hotel keeper agreed to provide Shelter in  a stable, a place where animals were kept. Joseph arranged the hay and made a Bed for Mary and in that Stable That night, Jesus was born.

The Shining Star

A Star shone in the Sky , It was Prophesized that a Star will Shine when King of the World will be born, So some noble man Started Journey following the Star to visit the New Born King.

 

Shepherds Visit Jesus

In the Fields near Bethlehem there were few Sheppard's who were spending their night by the side of a Camp fire,Letting their Sheep to Graze , And suddenly they heard Strange Songs

Hark the herald the Angles Sing “ Glory to the God in the highest, Peace on earth , Goodwill toward men!"

Angle of the lord appeared to them,They got Afraid

 

”Angel told that Savior(Messiah) is Born in Bethlehem go and adore him”

Jesus was laid to sleep in a manger. The shepherds were the first one to came and see Jesus, They adored Baby Jesus by gifting the finest cattle they have.

 

Wise Men Visit Jesus

Wise men from the East came to worship Jesus, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

 

Some time later, wise men, or magi, from eastern countries saw a star in the sky that signaled the birth of a new king. They came to Judea, the region around Jerusalem and Bethlehem, to worship Jesus, the new king.

A man named Herod was the king of Judea. He called the wise men to a meeting and told them to find the new king so he could go and worship him, too.

The wise men continued on to Bethlehem and followed the star until it was directly above the house where Jesus was. They found Mary and Jesus in the house and knelt down to worship Him. They brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, some of the finest things in the ancient world. Frankincense was burned to make a sweet smell, and myrrh was an expensive perfume.

After visiting Jesus, the wise men had a dream that warned them not to go back to King Herod, so they took a different route home.

Flee to Egypt

King Herod lied when he told the wise men he wanted to worship Jesus. He was afraid this new "king" would replace him as king of Judea. He did not understand that Jesus would grow up to be king of God's spiritual kingdom, not king of Judea.

What Herod really wanted was to find Jesus and kill Him! Herod was furious when he realized the wise men had not come back to tell him where to find Jesus. He sent his soldiers to Bethlehem to kill all the children under two years old, thinking Jesus would certainly be one of the ones killed.

But God had told Joseph in a dream to flee to Egypt. Joseph took Mary and Jesus to live in Egypt where they would be safe from Herod. Joseph, Mary and Jesus stayed in Egypt until Herod had died, and then they returned to Nazareth.