birth of “Jesus,

OWLy
sul fect of ‘another worldwide - -
celebration, did. not. ‘make-_.-
héadline’: news ‘in Jerusalem .*...

approx. 2,000 years ago. . His

birth was announced by ‘angels oa "

right, ‘however not to King

Herod, but to simple shepherds “

the Tields

“Not very many people i in the mo
small town “of Bethlehem. paid.
attention to the strange story of

the shepherds. People were
occupied: by’ the new taxation
laws, introduced by the Roman
‘Emperor Augustine. uy

The first people to bring the :

“news of. the birth of Jesus to
: Jerusalem were the wise men
. from the East: ‘We don't know
"very much about those wise
“men... :Probably . they - were
‘Babylonians,..: wellknown
astrologers .of the ancient
-world, .;Daniel had been their
“leader for a long time. Daniel's

-faseinating. prophecies about

~.: the birth of a mighty king of the

- Jews were known in the learned .

“circles of: the- “Babylonian
: scientific | world,

When the wise men’ observed -
a brilliant star in the western’

: sky, they. concluded that the

“king-of the Jews was.
“Som, Immediately a delegation” | -
was appointed to pay homage to |

: - this king.

“alter their: ‘arrival’ in

Jerusalem, they discovered

that King Herod knew nothing -
of the birth of a great king, Of.

course he was impressed and | -
worried. at - the . Same | time, .

‘fearing a possible competitor. |...
who could endanger his corrupt F

rule.’ ;

anything about it?"
e jewish leaders quot

ancient... scriptures..
promised. king of -

_ Scriptura’

_ The wise_.

s‘in wn dwelling i in
thlehem. _ They entered the
lise; we read in the Bible, id

‘as; the’ “great - pele ‘whe
anders through the world and
iB hard to find: This ig rot true

‘this ehild: wants to io be your
’ King and-your. Savior. ‘Only
‘wher you kneel .with the wise

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a.lively discussion took place.” }:

e-royal‘ king of: David has -
arrived, he said, but where is he: :
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