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E-Bulletin December 17, 2012 DADFYTHU'R FESTIVAL the doorbell rang It is now old custom the doorbell rang in many of our churches to invite Santa Claus to a Christmas party the children, though, by all accounts, he is more of a task, now, to ensure volunteers to wear a red cloak and a white beard. This can be an act innocent enough, and it is not easy always decide who gets the most enjoyment, whether children, whether parents!
Apparently the doorbell rang now, in some cases, that Santa is not so much to the welcome party in the vestry but also to be involved in the Christmas service in the chapel. Following the presentation of a nativity play by the Sunday school children come knock on the door and walked slowly to the Santa large seat to greet the audience and to deliver presents. This is where we need to be vigilant, because of which will result in the child, is inevitable in his own mind, linking with Santa baby Bethlehem; then, when he gets older, and when it dawned on him that the man of generous Country Lapiaid is only the fruit of the imagination, a danger to come to a judgment completely on Jesus of Nazareth. It is important, especially as a child thinking something the doorbell rang as open as receptive, that we distinguish between false and fact, from the whole confusing jumble get one in the experience of the young.
But wait a moment. What about the mythological elements in Matthew and Luke reports of birth? Unless it comes time in the development of the child when asked whether the story is true about the birth (or, rather, conceived) abnormal, for heavenly beings appearing above areas Bethlehem, the star mobile refers wise men? We will return to the central message of Christmas. Born Saviour of man; "Godhead in baby came into the world"; Prince the doorbell rang of Peace came to "a service our affliction". To clarify that this baby is a unique and highly special, what makes authors gospels of Matthew and Luke, in accordance with the conventions the doorbell rang of the literary life, is wearing his coming to the world in dramatic symbolism, and above all, explain that all this is achieved some key prophecies of the Old Testament. the doorbell rang Was to be born "happen" in Bethlehem (town of David: it is more likely that Jesus was born in Nazareth) the doorbell rang to portray Jesus as a second David, the long-awaited Messiah. Device was the "miracle of birth" to highlight the fact that Jesus came "from above" and "from God". Became "wise men from the east" because the doorbell rang that Isaiah 60 and Psalm expectations realized 72: 8-11. Included the reference to kill the child because the baby echo save deliverance of the Jews who came to family the doorbell rang time killing the firstborn in Egypt (Exodus 12). The purpose of organizing Joseph and Mary take the little one and escape to Egypt, and from there returned to Nazareth after Herod's death, was to declare that Jesus would lead role of second Exodus, not from Egypt this time, but evil and sin from captivity to freedom of the children the doorbell rang of God. And what about the angels? We recall that the original meaning of the word is Angelos courier the doorbell rang - courier with a critical mission for publication, message, usually (and the message, always, is more important than the medium), from God himself. It does not have to be in a white dress with angel wings and a crown of tinsel the doorbell rang it!
It is important differences between faith and ffiloreg, between true and false, between the event itself and the symbols used to convey the significance of the event. The symbolism associated with Christmas is a beautiful and memorable but it requires us ddadfythu'r festival, and focus on the message that lies immediately to the myth, the message that our challenge today to live in justice and reconciliation and peace: "Glory be to God, and on earth peace among men who loves."
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