A Christmas Story
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
The story of Christmas, and the accounts of the birth of the
Messiah.
This is a story about the Christ child that
is told by writers of the early church. Levi, or Saint "Matthew, the apostle,
was a Tax Collector before he met Jesus. He spoke Aramaic, and Greek fluently.
His book "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" was awarded the place in the
Bible as the first book of the New Testament. One of his main purposes was to
show the Messiah, whom the prophets in the Old Testament had predicted has now
come in the Person of Jesus" Saint Matthew gives his account of The Birth of Jesus Christ click here.
The apostle
Paul, often traveled with a medical doctor, named Luke. Saint Luke's gospel was
probably written between A. D. 59 and 63. Saint Luke sites the history of The Birth of John the Baptist click here in Chapter One, which gives
the relationship between John the Baptist's mother, Elizabeth and the Virgin
Mary, mother of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
The account
given by Saint Luke in Chapter two of his Gospel paints a picture of the
conditions and society during their times. Some say about A. D. 4 when the story
took place. Saint Luke's account of .Christ Born of Mary click here.
Luke's gospel gives the true meaning of worship when he writes:
"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace,
goodwill toward men!"