While most often we think of a baby as a gift to his or her parents (and family), Jesus was much more than that. The angel delivered this "birth announcement" to the shepherds:
Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10-11)
This was just what the prophet Isaiah had foretold hundreds of years earlier:
For unto us Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
He was not born just for the people of Isaiah's day. Nor was He born just for his family. He was not born just for the Jews.
Jesus is the Baby the whole world can celebrate, because He came for all of us. What a special gift of life that was born in Bethlehem some 2,000 years ago! Because He was born, we can each have eternal life.
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