Merry Christmas Traditions

Nathan Jones: Well, you know, ever since I got married and moved out, I kind of miss the old Christmas Eve banquets my mother used to throw. She’d have a buffet type style, and we’d go through the food, and we’d go through it again and again, and we’d be so stuffed, and we’d listen to the Christmas music. My mother just has that gift of making Christmas Eve very Christmasy.

Tim Moore: I think mothers have a special gift at all times of the year, but especially Christmas. We have so many traditions in our family, certain foods, certain settings. But of course, a lot of our viewers and people who write to you, even on the internet, ask us questions related to the traditions of Christmas. So for instance, we have a Christmas tree behind us. Do you remember always having a Christmas tree? And is that something that Christians should celebrate with? Or is it something that’s a little pagan in its origin?

Nathan Jones: Yeah, and some people will point to the fact that Christmas has, over the years, has become a conglomeration of many different traditions. Some that came out of paganism, for instance, the Christmas tree, came out of Germany, and it was considered a pagan celebration. They would decorate it and all. But we’ve got to remember that we live under Galatians 5, that we are now not burdened by rules and regulations of men, but if we are celebrating the Lord– and then we’ve picked different things to celebrate Jesus Christ.

So, some people feel very burdened about having a Christmas tree, and they have the right as Christians not to have a Christmas tree, if they think they’re celebrating some ancient pagan religion. But we do it to celebrate Jesus Christ. We put the ornaments on, because the ornaments are there to show people that… it’s like the gifts that the Magi brought Jesus, you know? And the gifts underneath. We’re celebrating the birth of the King, so it’s all about worshiping Jesus. So, I have personally no problem with the Christmas tree.

Tim Moore: I obviously don’t either. What about stockings? Is your family into stockings at the fireplace? Or exchanging gifts in general?

Nathan Jones: I love that “Mr. Bean” episode. You ever seen Mr. Bean?

Tim Moore: Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Nathan Jones: He gets a sock, and what’s in it? Another sock. Yeah. We’ve always done stockings. That’s usually where you get the small presents, right?

Tim Moore: Yes.

Nathan Jones: And our family would open them up on Christmas Eve, to get the little presents, to get us excited, and give us a little foretaste of what was to come.

Tim Moore: So, why do we exchange gifts? Obviously, as a kid, I was a present shaker. I liked to shake the presents to try to figure out what was inside.

Nathan Jones: Guessing was so fun.

Tim Moore: Oh, yeah. Why do we exchange gifts at Christmas time in particular?

Nathan Jones: Well, it’s a celebration of the birth of the Messiah. The king who’s coming to rule and reign on this earth. He didn’t take His kingdom in His First Coming, but it points to the fact that He’s going to return, He’s going to set up His kingdom on this earth, the nations are going to stream up to Jerusalem to see King Jesus. They’re going to bring gifts, and they’re going to celebrate, and they’re going to praise Him, and He’s going to teach the world His law.
And there’s that Feast of Tabernacles, that great celebration with Jesus. And Christmas is a foretaste of what that’s going to be like where we gather with friends and family. We tabernacle together, we celebrate together, and we share gifts just like the wise men. There’s a question for you, Tim. I always hear, you know, there’s three wise men. Is that true?

Tim Moore: Well, you know, we know from Scripture that there were wise men who came from the East. They came to worship the Jewish king. You know, we talk about how did they know that there would be a king of the Jews born in Israel? They knew because they were students of Bible prophecy. As a matter of fact, we know that these Magi, these wise men, or wise guys as I sometimes like to say, they studied the Bible prophecies written by Daniel, and transferred down from Daniel, who was there in Babylon. And so they understood that there would be 483 years to the timing of this Jewish Messiah’s birth. And they could count the years.

And they also were observers of the skies. And so Scripture records that they saw a star in the East, and they followed that star to go and worship the Jewish king. What’s sad is, in Israel, there were many who should have known Bible prophecy, but they weren’t looking for the king. And even when the wise men came, they said, “Yeah, well he’s going to be born down in Bethlehem.” But we don’t have any record that any of the rabbis or priests even took the time to go the handful of miles from Jerusalem down to Bethlehem themselves.

Nathan Jones: Yeah. And we know that there was more than three, because the Bible seems to indicate that. But they brought three gifts. They brought gold, which is for a king. Frankincense and myrrh, which actually are strange gifts to give a king. But it denoted the fact that He was going to die in fulfillment of Isaiah 53, for our sins. And so it was a symbol of the fact that this would be the suffering servant, Messiah ben Joseph. But he would return as Messiah ben David one day. So, there’s really a lot of prophetic significance to the gifts that the Magi gave Jesus.

Tim Moore: There certainly are. And that is why, let’s never lose sight of the fact that we give gifts to one another as expressions of our love, as expressions of our joy that we want to share with one another, because it is a reflection of the greatest gift that God gave to us, and that is the person of Jesus Christ. I think we need to make sure that even as we exchange gifts with our children, our grandchildren, that they understand, this is just a little glimpse of the greatest gift of all that is available to all of us, and that is Jesus Christ. You know, Nathan, we talked about food, we talked about decorations. One of the things that I look forward to every year is singing Christmas carols.

Nathan Jones: You’ve got a good voice.

Tim Moore: Well, I do love to sing. My daughter plays Christmas music year round, because she loves Christmas caroling and Christmas songs that much. And some of them are holy, but some of them, in our latest traditions, at least as a nation, pretty secular. What do you prefer?

Nathan Jones: You know, it’s interesting to look at the history of hymns when it comes to Christmas. And they used to be very doctrinally heavy. They were talking about the birth of Christ. And then we get up to World War II, and during World War II, a lot of families were separated because of the war. And so Christmas songs, especially the ones that come out of Hollywood, tended to refocus back to family and gatherings…

Tim Moore: Nostalgia.

Nathan Jones: Nostalgia and accoutrements. And for a decade or two after that, that’s what Christmas kind of shifted to. From Jesus to gatherings and family and joy. But then we saw the commercialism of the ’60s and ’70s, and all of a sudden it’s “Rudolph”, and “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”, and all these different secular songs, so that the secular world could… I had a friend who was a devout Hindu when I was a kid, but they put up a Christmas tree and celebrated it. It became a holiday for everybody. But the side effect was, is that Jesus was lost. We have a house down the street who puts up a manger scene, and there’s Yoda and Darth Vader standing right next to them. I mean, it’s just… It’s totally, totally changed. It’s gotten off focus.

Tim Moore: I love the songs of old. The “O Holy Night”, “Silent Night”…

Nathan Jones: Oh, yeah.

Tim Moore: “Little Town of Bethlehem”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, “Joy to the World”, and of course, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”. You know what’s interesting? We think about some of these songs being tied to Christmas, because that’s when we tend to sing them. But “Joy to the World”, if you sing that song, it’s actually pointing to Jesus’ Second Coming. So even as these songs herald and celebrate His First Coming, I think we can never lose sight of the fact that the First Coming is the fulfillment of a promise that points to another series of prophecies and promises we’re about to talk about, that will be culminated in His Second Coming.

Nathan Jones: My mother, after she’d have her big banquet on Christmas Eve, then we’d go to the 11 o’clock service at church, and the church would put candles out and all, and it was freezing, and as a little kid I was so tired, but I waited till the very end, because they’d sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” at the end.

Tim Moore: Yes.

Nathan Jones: And as wonderful as the “Hallelujah Chorus” is, as a kid I thought, “Oh, they’re celebrating the birth of the Messiah.” But you’re right, it actually points to His kingship when He returns to this earth and sets up His kingdom.

Tim Moore: It certainly does. You know, folks, I don’t have any problem with some of the fun traditions of Christmas. If my kids want to build a snowman and sing “Frosty the Snowman”, that’s just a fun part of childhood. Some of the other things, you know, that we enjoy at Christmas, I’m told that the most favorite Christmas song ever written, at least in the last century, is “White Christmas”. Sung, of course, by Bing Crosby.

Nathan Jones: Bing Crosby, yeah.

Tim Moore: And it does evoke these nostalgic feelings of warmth and home. Obviously, it was sung first during World War II, with so many soldiers deployed around the world, and they’re longing to be home. So, Christmas is a special time of family. But even as we rejoice to be gathered with family and friends, we don’t ever want to make that our idol, or the focus of our Christmas. So even as you gather with your family, we hope that you’ll not forget that in addition to the basket of fruit that we still have at our home, because that’s what my parents had as children. In addition to the Christmas cards that we exchange, some of you still do that…

Nathan Jones: Did you eat the fruitcake?

Tim Moore: Uh, I did eat the fruitcake. Not… there’s certain fruitcakes that are palatable, and some that are just for looks, I think. I think they’re made for door stops, frankly.

Nathan Jones: Yes.

Tim Moore: But we never want to lose sight of the real meaning of Christmas, and what it should point us and our children to. So, let’s kind of shift gears a little bit, Nathan, to talk about the biblical aspects of Christmas, and how they can validate the prophecies that God gave of old, that were fulfilled in the birth of Jesus Christ.

Nathan Jones: Oh, absolutely. Well, we’ve got to remember that when Jesus came, He was announced by an angel. The angel Gabriel. And we can turn to Luke 1, and he tells Mary, he gives them a number of promises. Some count five, some count up to eight. But if you turn to Luke 1:30, it says, “Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God, and behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and he’ll be called the son of the Highest, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.” So, we can see quite a number of promises are given inside that passage, right?

Tim Moore: There sure are. As a matter of fact, we can see that those promises were fulfilled in the birth of Christ. Mary did indeed conceive, and she understood that that was a miraculous birth, because as she responded to the angel, to Gabriel, she said, “How can that be? Because I’m a virgin.” She knew that it was not natural for virgins to have babies. And so, it would take a miracle of God. And that’s exactly what Gabriel responded. “Nothing will be impossible with God.” So she did conceive, she did give birth to a son, her firstborn.

You know, some Catholics will claim that Mary never had any other children. We know that’s not true. Mary was not forever a virgin, because she and Joseph had children, but they called His name Jesus. Now Nathan, just recently somebody wrote to me, asking about a video they’d seen demeaning the name Jesus. They said, “That’s the Western name. We need to refer to Him by His Hebrew name.” And my response was, “I understand that in Hebrew, Jesus’ name is Yeshua, the same as Joshua.” Which means, “Our Lord saves.” There’s so much meaning in His Hebrew name.

But just as I travel overseas and you have, and sometimes people pronounce my name differently, I don’t take offense when they pronounce my name differently in their own language, their own tongue, because we have a relationship of friendship. And so whether we call Jesus by the name that we in the West have learned to pronounce, or by his Hebrew name, I think we’re still revering the One who came in fulfillment of the Lord saves prophecies.

Nathan Jones: Some call you, Tim.

Tim Moore: Tim, yes.

Nathan Jones: When I was over in Germany, and then in Israel, Nathan is pronounced “Na-taan.” But you know, some people get this idea that there’s only one way to say Jesus’ name, but there are many names. Oh, He’s called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, King of Kings. It’s a prophecy about Jesus there in Isaiah. And we know in the Millennial Kingdom, Jesus will go by a new name, Yahweh Tsidkenu, “The Lord our Righteousness.” So yeah, I don’t know why some people get hung up on just calling Him Yeshua all the time, because the Bible itself has so many names for Christ.

Tim Moore: It certainly does. And all of them are uttered out of reverence. So as long as we are worshiping the Lord and revering Him, I don’t think He has any problem with what we refer to Him as. I call Him Lord; I call Him Jesus. I do say Yeshua. But He gives us the privilege of calling Him friend. And so we are brothers and sisters in Christ. And so therefore, He has declared us to be His friend. Moving on in this prophecy, the angel said to Mary that her son, Jesus, would be great, and called the “Son of the Most High”, the Lord God would be with Him, and would give Him the throne of His father David. So here we have a mixture of prophecies fulfilled and still awaiting. What do you have to say?

Nathan Jones: Yeah, you have to go back to the Davidic Covenant, a promise that the Lord gave King David, that his seat, his throne, there would always be someone ruling and reigning on it forever. I mean, what a promise that they would be king forever. Now, we know the Davidic line was cut off during the exile to Babylon in 586. and Zerubbabel, when he came back, he was just an underling underneath the satrap. But we know that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of that prophecy. He is the king.

So when we get to the second half of Luke 1, where he talks about, “The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.” He’s talking about the Davidic throne. The Messiah would sit on the Davidic throne, and rule and reign this world from Jerusalem. It’s a declaration of Christ’s kingship.

Tim Moore: It certainly is. You know, the beautiful thing to me is, it wasn’t just men who came to recognize through the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Of course, Peter was the first to say, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus said, “It’s not your own discernment that has revealed this, Peter, but the Holy Spirit opened your eyes to that reality.” But demons recognized Him as the Lord God, as the Son of the Most High, and they cried out at times, Jesus had to tell them to be quiet, because He wasn’t yet ready to reveal every aspect of His nature.

But we do know that when He comes again, that last part of the prophecy in verse 32 will be fulfilled when He is given the throne of His father David. And where is that? That is in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion. Tied to so many other prophecies that we’ve talked to many times. But then we get to those last couple of prophetic words given to Mary in verse 33. “He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end.” Is that occurring today?

Nathan Jones: No, no. And clearly, this is why Dr. Reagan used to call these “the forgotten promises of Christmas.” Because we look at the First Coming of Jesus, yeah, He was born of a virgin, and He was born in Bethlehem Ephrathah, and all these prophecies were fulfilled by His birth. But when Jesus died on the cross and He ascended to Heaven, well, He didn’t claim His kingdom. He began a church age, an ecclesiastical kingdom, where He ruled and reigned through the church spiritually.

But there’s a promise throughout the Bible, 500 prophecies in the Old Testament, one in 25 verses in the New Testament, prophesy that Jesus Christ will come back, and He will set up His kingdom to rule and reign. And that’s the second half of this prophecy. And as you know, Tim, so many prophecies given in the Bible have a near fulfillment, but they also have a far fulfillment, and sometimes a farther fulfillment. And here, you know, the angel’s giving these promises, and he covers the First Coming, but it also covers the Second.

Tim Moore: You know, I think the apostles themselves at times misunderstood the timing of the fulfillment. We can go to Matthew 24, as we have many times in the past, where they begin to discern some of what Jesus has revealed, even regarding the destruction of Jerusalem. And in verse 3 of Matthew 24, they ask Him, saying, “Tell us when will these things happen? The destruction. And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

They knew somehow He’s going away and coming back, but they expected an immediacy of fulfillment of the kingdom being reestablished. And Jesus’ response to them was, “See to it that no one misleads you.” He said that there would be all sorts of other signs that would take place, but that it was not yet time for the fulfillment especially of that kingdom. And so we are still awaiting to this day. I can assure you, Jews in Israel are still awaiting the re-ascendancy of Israel to be prime among the nations.

Nathan Jones: And that’s why it was such a mystery when Christ died, even for the days that the Lord wasn’t with them, the apostles were hiding out, they were mourning. They thought, you know, maybe they’d followed the wrong guy. Their Messiah was dead. They didn’t understand the Scriptures. But when Jesus resurrected from the dead and He came to them, the Bible says He showed and explained it to them. No more parables, no more making it mystery. All of a sudden they understood that Jesus first had to come to die for our sins, but He would come back as a conquering lion to set up His kingdom, defeat evil.
You know, some people say that “Well, the Lord bound Satan at the cross.” Well, He declared that He was going to defeat Satan at some point. He took the title deed to the Earth to Himself. We read that in Revelation 5-6. And we’re just waiting for that day where Jesus takes that scroll, He opens it, and He comes back and claims His throne. That’s to me, Tim, is what Christmas is really about. It’s not just about the birth of the Messiah, but the victory of the Messiah.

Tim Moore: The victory of the Messiah. Again, the down payment of God fulfilling prophecies regarding His First Coming, that guarantees us He will fulfill the prophecies of the Second Coming. And why can we take all the different attributes of Christmas to rejoice and focus on Christ? Because as Jesus said in Revelation 21:5, “Behold, I make all things new.” He has already made us new. And so everything that we do to focus our adoration and worship on Him, is already new in terms of our hearts being transformed and wanting to worship our great God and Savior.

You know, Nathan, there’s a lot of confusion and people ask us, “Well, are we celebrating Christmas on the right day? Is December 25th the day when Jesus was born? And was He born in the year zero?” What do you have to say about that?

Nathan Jones: Well, we’ve got to remember that the early church was horrifically persecuted, horrifically persecuted. So, the actual birth of Jesus has been calculated, was probably closer to Easter than it was December. So what the early Christians did, is that they had their celebration of Christ’s birth at the same time that the pagans would have their winter solstice celebrations, so they could have a celebration within a celebration, and the people didn’t know, and it protected them as they worshiped Christ. So, that’s how it kind of migrated into near December 25th. It had more to do with the winter solstice.

Now, was Jesus born in zero? Now, there’s some debate about that, based on Ussher’s chronology and all, but anywhere between 6 BC to probably 0-1 AD, was when Jesus was born. There’s a few years where the calculations might be off, but we can be pretty much sure that almost down to the year, because you had mentioned earlier, Daniel’s 70th week prophecy, the 483 years, and it was calculated down to the day that when those 483 years ended, it was the day Jesus rode in on Palm Sunday, and they could’ve accepted Him as the Messiah, but they rejected Him. So, another prophecy fulfilled.

Tim Moore: Well, the other reality is, we have to realize that our Gregorian calendar, believe it or not, that’s what you follow today, it was instituted by Gregory II, and this happened in 1582. I say the II, actually he was Gregory the XIII, in 1582. He finally adopted a calendar that had been advocated for by the First Council of Nicaea, in the year 325, to correct some of the inconsistencies of dating, and of counting the days in a solar year. And of course, Roger Bacon, some of you have heard of him in history, and no less than Dante Alighieri, over in Italy, advocated for a new or revised calendar.

And so finally in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII instituted that calendar throughout the Roman Catholic world. And finally, about two centuries later in 1752, the English speaking world, under the authority of Great Britain, also adopted this calendar. Quite frankly, sometimes even as we look at historical dates, you’ll occasionally see events listed in both the original Julian calendar, that’s Julius Caesar, and our more modern Gregorian calendar. But there was no year zero. And by virtue of when Herod the Great died, it is very likely that Jesus was born a few years or a couple of years prior to what we would think of as zero.

The point is, we are not too concerned about the exact date or day, just the fact that Jesus was born. And again, in fulfillment of prophecy. Just like the fact that He was born in Bethlehem fulfilled an ancient prophecy, it would be a specific Bethlehem. Bethlehem Ephrathah. Nathan, you and I have talked about the fact that there are 67 Springfields. So if I said I was born in Springfield, you’d say, “Which one?” But in this case, it was a very specific little town of David, south of Jerusalem. All of these prophecies fulfilled down to the exactitude that God ordained.

Nathan Jones: Micah 5:2. “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you, one will come forth for me to be ruler of Israel. His times of coming forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.” So it’s interesting that not only is it Bethlehem, but it’s Bethlehem Ephrathah to distinguish it from Bethlehem Zebulun way up north. We’ve got to remember that Augustus, and this had to be a God thing, declared that the people had to go fill a census. So, you had to go to your hometown.

Why was Bethlehem important to Joseph? It was the hometown of his ancestor, David. So here that it fulfilled the prophecy by Augustine, or excuse me, I should say Augustus, making that decree. It forced Joseph down to Bethlehem in fulfillment of prophecy.

Tim Moore: Can you imagine? I think God has a sense of humor. We don’t like paying taxes, but God used a tax decree to fulfill His ancient prophecy. I just think there’s great humor in that. And that there is nothing beyond the authority of God Almighty, and the way that He can orchestrate history as we know it to His perfect will and plan continues to this day.

Nathan Jones: And what’s interesting is that because of Herod’s persecution, an angel again showed up to Joseph, said, “Hey, take your family and go to Egypt.” And so that’s exactly a fulfillment of prophecy. He came from Egypt, and that He would be a Nazarene up in Nazareth. So, here the people must have been so confused when Jesus said, “Okay, I was born in Bethlehem, but I came from Egypt, and I’m in in Nazareth.” Well, you look at those prophecies and you realize… I mean, I came from one town and one town only. But Jesus came from three. Wow! I mean, what a fulfillment of prophecy.

Tim Moore: And sometimes it’s important to realize that as we even study and evaluate Bible prophecy, we’re trying to figure things out. It’s in hindsight that there’s complete clarity. So now we understand that God could orchestrate that Jesus was from three different towns, as mentioned in Bible prophecy. Even though the scholars of old had to say, “Well, how is that possibly going to happen?” Now it is clear that God ordained that it would be so.

You know, Nathan, we have to remind ourselves that even as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, He didn’t come just to be a baby in a manger. He came to grow to manhood, and to give His life as a sacrifice for many. He came to serve as a perfect High Priest, sinless, and to be that perfect Lamb of God.

Nathan Jones: You know, you’ve probably seen the movie “Talladega Nights”, where they talk about the Baby Jesus. You know that…

Tim Moore: I know the reference, at least.

Nathan Jones: Yeah, yeah. “The Baby Jesus!” And for the lead character, “The Baby Jesus”, Jesus always stayed a baby. And you know, at Christmas time, for those who only celebrate the Lord at Christmas and Easter, that’s who He is. He’s a baby, all year long. Or they get to Easter, He’s dying on the cross. He’s emaciated and beaten and all. But they miss the fact that Jesus, there’s a messianic, a prophetic Jesus. The Jesus that’s coming in might and glory, riding a white war charger with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And He just speaks, and His enemies fall apart. That’s a Jesus of Bible prophecy, and that’s a Jesus I look forward to seeing.

Conclusion

Tim Moore: You know, we live in an era when darkness seems to be descending on the world. I know there’s been a little reprieve of late, given the election of 2024, but a lot of people feel oppressed. And I would just remind all of us that Jesus burst into the world. He was the light of the world, emerging from Heaven, at a time of great darkness. And that’s exactly what Matthew 4:15-16 record, citing from Isaiah 9 that “The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali, by way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who are sitting in darkness saw a great light, and those who were sitting in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a great light dawned.”

Nathan, almost 2000 years, or actually over 2000 years later from Jesus’ birth, but about 2000 years from His emergence into ministry, we still feel this oppression of darkness and evil in this world, and yet the light of Christ shines in the hearts of all who accept Him.

Nathan Jones: And Christmas is a reminder. It’s a reminder of the fact of Christ promises, not only to bring salvation to the world, but to bring justice to the world. We’re waiting. That darkness is going to be defeated. Jesus is going to defeat the antichrist and false prophet, cast them into hell, Satan, into a deep pit. And for a thousand years, we’re going to have a kingdom of peace and righteousness and justice. That’s what Christmas points to. That kingdom where Jesus finally takes the Davidic throne.

Tim Moore: Amen. You know, we talked about songs earlier. One of my favorite songs is “The First Noel”. And Noel actually means “the first birth”. The first to be born. So the fact that there’s a first noel points to the fact that there will be a Second Coming, and we can never lose sight of the Second Coming of Christ, which is what we anticipate today. You know, one other thing, Nathan, we talked about food earlier, and how important that is to our family gatherings, to our sense of community with friends, breaking bread together. But Jesus instituted a particular meal for His followers to share and commemorate a certain occasion that also points us forward.

Nathan Jones: Yes, it’s communion. You have the elements there. The bread, which is supposed to represent the brokenness of Christ’s body on the cross. And the blood, the wine, what He shed. And we do this in remembrance of Him. It doesn’t matter how often you do it, some churches do it every week, some once a month, some once a year. But we do it when we get together to remember Christ’s death until He promises He will eat it with us.

Tim Moore: Until His coming, until we join Him in Heaven. So even as we celebrate and commemorate in remembrance, the communion is to be a forward-looking meal. And later, Nathan and I will share that. I hope that you’ll make that a part of your Christmas tradition, to commemorate Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, as you anticipate His Second Coming. We hope this episode has been a blessing to you, as we have recounted the joy of Christmas, and the reason we celebrate this season of the year, looking back at Jesus’ First Coming, but also anticipating His glorious Second Coming.

Nathan Jones: From all of us here at Lamb & Lion Ministries, we want to wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Tim Moore: Yes, Merry Christmas indeed! Hallelujah, Christ the Lord is born! Let that glad tiding fill your heart, as we look forward to His coming again. Godspeed!

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