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understand God’s true purposes for the incarnation. The devil
has twisted the message of an all-powerful God, who set aside
His power and humbled Himself by becoming a servant, so much
so that this time of year has instead become the key event to lift
the bottom line of corporations and to improve the economy.
How far we have drifted from worshipping the One who was
humbly born to die so that sinners like you and me will have the
opportunity to be made alive. There is much to straighten out
about the Christmas holiday!
May I suggest another misunderstanding that directly impacts
the cause of Jewish evangelism? Most nominal Christians and
most Jewish people do not realize that Christmas celebrates the
birthday of the greatest Jew who ever lived! Many people do not
really understand the fact that Jesus is Jewish and most Jewish
people, religious or secular, do not understand this either.
Let me put it this way: Christmas, the ultimate Christian holiday
(from a Jewish perspective at least) is all about the birth of a
sabra (native-born Israeli)! Now, this is not something that gets a
lot of “airplay” in modern society, but, it is true.
May I take this link a little further? Unquestionably, most Jewish
people, nominal Christians, and perhaps even some true bornagain
believers not only do not grasp the relationship between
the Jewish people and Christmas, but also they miss the strong
link between Christmas and Hanukkah.
I am not sure I understood the link myself for many years.
Yet, there is quite a profound way in which these two great
holidays are “joined at the hip” and the linkage goes much
further than the giving of presents, the lighting of candles,
and even the wonderful times of family togetherness we enjoy
during this season.
You see, without Hanukkah, there would be no Christmas.
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