Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
(Luke 24:44 ESV)
You're walking through the mall, fighting the crowds, listening to "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" for the twenty-seventh time, and you begin to wonder "why all the fuss of Christmas?" Do you really want to know? As the apostles recovered from the craziness of the crucifixion and resurrection, they had a lot of questions about the Christ. They had to look back - all the way back, to the promises given since the garden, the prophecies made throughout the kings and thereafter, and, a job requiring more diligent study - the Psalms. Their quest? To see what God has been saying throughout history about The Christ, and how Jesus of Nazareth, born in Bethlehem, has and is fulfilling those scriptures. It may seem time-consuming, but it is timely, if you really want to know "Why are we doing this again?"
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