WOW! It's only two weeks until Christmas? HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT ONE SNEAK UP ON ME?!? There's so much to do... and so little time!
Ahhh, yes, Christmas seems to be famous for making people feel under pressure. I think it's understandable, though, considering the scores of people one has to find meaningful gifts for, the huge dinner to prepare (and not to mention the clean up afterwards!), and the many relatives and questions to entertain. Christmas has become the holiday of all holidays, even for Christians.
This revelation made me think "why is it that Christians celebrate Christ's birth more than His resurrection?" I suppose the coming of a Saviour to the world is quite a memorable event, but the people of the day had very different expectations of Him. They expected Christ to overthrow the authorities, to divide and conquer and lead His people victoriously forever more. Wow, were they ever mistaken.
I think that if I were living in Jesus' time, I would be thinking the same thing. Of course I would be looking for someone to liberate my people from the physical bondage experienced for ages! But Christ did not come to liberate our bodies... he came to liberate our souls from death and an eternity without Him. Freeing them from authorities would have been nice at the time, but Christ did not come to bring vengeance to the corrupt government once for a few... He came to pay sin's toll ONCE for ALL.
This Christmas, I will think a little more about Christ alive today.
Why do people who are not christians celebrate christmas?? Isn't it a christian holiday? Do atheists celebrate it?
ReplyDeleteIt's commercialized! Santa takes all the glory away from Christ. It's the same with "Easter". Instead of a Saviour rising from the dead and defeating death, we have a fluffy bunny that gives out painted eggs. That is soooo weird.
ReplyDeleteChristmas and good friday/ressurection sunday are so important to Christians, and yet they are combined with pagan traditions. It just goes to show that Satan doesn't want anyone knowing about Christ.