Bethlehem

Mary to deliver Jesus in Bethlehem in a time of relative peace. He also indicated that the shepherds’ involvement was to relate back to David’s status as a shepherd, which came to my mind as I rested on the text myself. I also connected Jesus who is the Good Shepherd to this tradition of shepherds as I reflected on the text. In addition, the author relates the contribution of the announcement via angels and the heavenly host that motivated the shepherds to rush to Bethlehem for…

Throughout the Old Testament, there are prophecies concerning the Identity of the coming messiah. The combination of all these conditions established how the people would recognize the King, but it also made it so only one could ever fit the role perfectly. One of the conditions the coming messiah had to fit was that he had to be from the tribe of Judah. Genesis 49 prophecies the coming messiah’s tribal relation by saying “The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from…

century as an oil medium, is a prime example of how the biblical story of Jesus dying on the cross and descending to Limbo to liberate those who died before him has expanded cultural and religious beliefs across the globe. Additionally, Our Lady of Bethlehem with a Male Donor created in Cuzco, Peru in the…

century. It depicts the depressed livelihood of steel workers and residents of Allentown, Pennsylvania in the wake of Bethlehem Steel's decline and eventual closure. The rhythm heard in the introduction and ending reminds one of the sounds of a mill converting steel ingots into I-beams or other shapes. Such a sound was commonly heard throughout South Bethlehem when the Bethlehem Steel plant was in operation from 1857 through…

to leave her. I just couldn’t. And that’s what I told her. Where she went, I would go with her, her people would become my people and her God would be my God.” So Ruth and Naomi returned to Bethlehem together. Despite all their sorrows and sufferings, God had a plan for them. “I remember when I was in Bethlehem, I decided that I would go and glean in a wheat field. Hopefully, I would find favor with the person who owned the field.” Miraculously, the field where Ruth went to glean belonged to…

On December 5, 2015 I attended the Living Christmas Tree. The play was held at Park Avenue Baptist Church located on 900 Park Ave in Mt Vernon, IL. The play started at 7 pm and lasted for an hour and a half. The entire time the church was filled with holiday spirit in preparation for the approaching Christmas day. The church was filled with people, there was not a seat left in the house. The church pews on the ground floor and the balcony were packed tightly with audience members. The…

of Judah, Samaria, and Israel. The book shows God’s forgiveness. He will rebuild Jerusalem from the destruction of the Assyrians, and He will free his chosen people. God will not abandon his people. It predicts the birth of a great savior born in Bethlehem to guide and save the Jewish people. God reminds the people of Israel that He freed them from slavery in Egypt. The people ask what they can do to please the Lord. God says burnt offerings are not necessary. All He wants of his people is to do…

Synoptic Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Matthew is the first book in the New Testament canon. There are more than 60 quotes of the Old Testament in the Gospel of Matthew, it contains 50% more content than Mark even though it used 80% of Mark’s content. It is believed that Matthew the disciple was also known as Levi, a tax collector. Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus is to establish his royal messianic bloodline, that Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism, and to show Jesus as the Teacher.…

cross national study (Fitzgerald and Jowell, 2011). The ESS highlights that any deviations and discrepancies to the standard testing are addressed and published in order to minimise errors and retain transparency (Jowell et al, 2007). In reply, Bethlehem et al (2008) suggests that the ESS should consider greater research into non response bias due to the falling number in response rates, and the estimating assumption of data can harm reliability and validity. The ESS has shown an attempt to…

The gift the shepherds gave the sheep was a sixpence. The meaning for that was people needed money because they lived in harsh times and money was needed to survive. The angel came to the shepherds to lead them to baby Jesus. When they arrive to Bethlehem they go to see baby Jesus at the darn. Jesus was laying in the cradle which represented the Lamb of God. The gifts were cherries, a bird, and a ball which the shepherds brought him. The cherries represented Jesus is the fruit of Mary’s womb.…