Current location - Music Encyclopedia - Chinese History - The birth of Christ
The birth of Christ
Now we are talking about the birth of Jesus Christ. His mother, Mary, was engaged to Yue Se at that time, but she had not passed the door. Mary found out that since the holy spirit was pregnant. Yue Se is an honest man. He didn't want to humiliate her publicly, so he planned to break off the engagement in secret. When he made up his mind, the angel of God appeared in his dream and said to him, "Yue Se, son of David, don't be afraid. Marry Mary. She was conceived by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus (Savior) because he will save his people from sin. " All this happened because what God once said through the mouth of the prophet came true: "A virgin will be pregnant and give birth, and people will call him Emmanuel", which means "God is with us." When Yue Se woke up, he followed the messenger's orders and married Mary. But he had never slept with Mary before his son was born. He named his son Jesus.

During the reign of Herod, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Judea. After he was born, several astrologers came to Jerusalem from the East and said, "Where is the child who was born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star rising and paid tribute to him. " Herod was very afraid, and the whole city of Jerusalem felt very uneasy. Herod summoned the chief priests and Jewish jurists and asked, "Where will Christ be born?" They replied, "In Bethlehem, Judea." They told him that the prophet had predicted: "Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means insignificant in the eyes of the rulers of Judah, because from here there will be a king to lead us Israelis."

Herod called the astrologer privately and asked when the star appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem: "Go and inquire about the whereabouts of the child carefully, and report to me when you find it, so that I can go and see him myself."

The astrologer set out to visit according to Herod's order. They saw the star rising in Ran Ran moving in front of them until it stopped where the child was. They are very happy to see this situation. When they entered the room, they saw the child with his mother Mary, so they fell down to meet him. Then he opened the treasure box and gave him gifts, such as gold, frankincense and myrrh. Astrologers were instructed not to return to Herod in their dreams, so they went home by other routes.

After they left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Yue Se in a dream and said to him, Get up, take the child and flee to Egypt with his mother. You live there first, and then I'll tell you how to do it; Because Herod wanted to find the child and kill him. "Yue Se got up immediately after waking up and fled to Egypt with both mother and son overnight. He lived there until Herod died. This fulfilled what the Lord said through the prophet: "I called my son from Egypt." " "

When Herod learned that he had been deceived by astrologers, he was furious and ordered all children under two years old in Bethlehem or its surrounding areas to be killed according to the time pointed out by astrologers. This fulfilled what the LORD had said through the prophet Jeremiah: "In Ramah, you will hear the sound of wailing. This is Rachel crying for her child, and no one can stop her because her child is no longer alive. "

Herod finally died. The angel of God appeared to Yue Se in a dream in Egypt and said to him, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to Israel, for all those who tried to kill the child are dead." Yue Se got up and took his mother and son to Israel. But when he heard that archibald inherited Judea from his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. As warned in another dream, he turned to Galilee and lived in a city called Nazareth. This fulfilled what God said through the prophet: "He will be called a Nazarene."