John 1: 14-18

(John 1: 14-18)

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.  John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.  And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.  No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Logos, not in Genesis, but John interprets it. The word logos appears a lot in math class. It comes from the term log, logic (logical). Philosophers say that it is Jesus who works between God and man. The logos became flesh and dwelt among us, and the word "dwelling" here means "tent." It means that the time when Jesus was born corresponds to the Jewish feast of Tabernacles.

Jesus was born at the Feast of Booths. This evidence shows that in Luke 1:5, when Jesus was King Herod, there was a priest in the class of Abijah, who was the father of John the Baptist. John the Baptist's father, Zacharias, has a priestly order in 1 Chronicles chapter 24, with 24 members a year. He was two a month. The order to which Zacharias belonged was the eighth order. Zacharias enters the sanctuary and meets an angel, saying, "God gives you children. He said, name him John. It comes after serving for 15 days there. And John the Baptist is born ten months later. That was the day of Pentecost.

Jesus was born just six months later. That was the Feast of Booths. In Luke 2:1, ``And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 』Rome ordered a family register to collect taxes, but when it was done, it was done after the fall harvest. That time is the Festival of Booths. It can be seen that the time when Jesus was born was the Feast of Booths between September and October. When Jesus was born in 2:8, “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 』Israel's winter is a rainy season. After October, it started to rain and the sheep were out. When the shepherds slept with their sheep at night, the Feast of Booths was the last time.

Jews who believe in Jesus in Israel do not celebrate Christmas on December 25th. Nimrod, who is said to be the son of the sun god who opposed God, was on December 25th. A.D. Around the year 300, Emperor Constantine recognized Christianity as the state religion, but he worshiped the sun god until his death and believed more by adding Christianity. He became a strange believer who believed in Jesus and also the sun god. The religion under Constantine was a mixed form of religion. Since then, Christmas is celebrated on December 25th for 1,700 years. The custom of distributing gifts at Christmas and the custom of cutting trees and decorating them beautifully are not related to Jesus.

People know the truth, but they just follow the truth that is good for them. However, those who repent will follow the true truth. Jesus never said to commemorate his own birth. A.D. There is no record of him saying that he had celebrated Christmas until 300 years. Christians only remembered Jesus' death. There is evidence that Jesus was born at the Feast of Booths in Luke 1-2 and John 1, and there are also some rabbis who do not believe in Jesus in Israel that Jesus was born at the Feast of Booths. Those who repent are interested in the truth. The Bible testifies that Jesus was born at the Feast of Booths, but most churches have no interest.

But, why is the Feast of Booths so important? This is because the Second Coming of Jesus is deeply related to the Feast of Booths. There are two known tombs of Jesus in Israel. Constantine's mother is said to have found Jesus' tomb. There is the Church of the Tomb of Jesus, which is traditionally spoken in Catholicism. It is completely different from the atmosphere in which there is a big stone in the Bible. Another tomb was discovered by a British soldier at the time of Israel's independence. As the Bible says, near the tomb there is water, a garden, and a hill that looks like a skeleton. It was known as a grave site in the past as an execution site.

In Luke 2:7, "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. The expression “first son” also appears in Matthew chapter 1. In Catholicism, Jesus is called her only son, and Mary is said to have only given birth to Jesus until her death in her lifetime. In the Gospels of Mark and John, the names of four male brothers of Jesus appear. Some say that Jesus, his brothers, and his disciples were together, saying, ``Isn't the author the son of a carpenter?Do you know James and his four brothers, and his sisters and brothers?'' Jesus Christ is the only man born of the Holy Spirit. In Genesis, it was said, "The offspring of a woman break the head of a serpent." That place is the cross. The only descendant of a woman is Jesus Christ.

“The baby was laid in a manger, because there was no place in the inn.” Joseph and Mary arrived in the middle of the night. It was because it was the Feast of Booths that people filled inns in Bethlehem, 30 minutes from Jerusalem. People did not accept Jesus. Because no one accepted Jesus, he was lying in the food trough of the manger. Jesus spoke before his death. Heaven is like a king who prepared his son's wedding feast. That is the heart of God. Now he has his son come as king. When the king comes, he will have a wedding with the church where he is the bride. By the way, in the illustration in Matthew chapter 25, "People hated to come."

The reason was because of the blessing spoken in Deuteronomy. They hated to come because they bought a field, because they bought five cows, and because they had to marry, they say that no one will come when Jesus comes again. In other words, he will not come into the death of the cross. Through Peter Jesus shows us what human conditions are like.

Today, many people say that Jesus is perfect, sinless, and so wonderful that neither the wicked nor the good must love him. Jesus forgave a Roman soldier who crucified his hand even when he was crucified by saying, "I don't know what they are doing. Please forgive me." People think that Jesus is love itself. Jesus works the miracle of walking on the water, and when people try to make him king, he humbly disappeared, and he was moved by the word of God. Many churches introduce Jesus this way. However, in the Bible, Jesus is an expression that people don't even want to look at.

In Isaiah 53:2-3, "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 』. This is the image of Jesus who came to bear the sins of men.

Jesus wants people to repent and be born again of the Holy Spirit. Most people just celebrate and applaud the results of Christmas, but are not interested in being born again. To be born again, the old must die. The day to be reborn by the Holy Spirit will be the real Christmas.