To understand the history of Christmas, we have to go back in time, not only a few thousand years ago until the birth of Jesus, but we must make the way back to our first parents, Adam and Eve, that God placed them in an exuberant place. and perfect Garden of Eden. They had everything they needed. It was perfect, so they sinned, as a result, God banished them. Now Adam and Eve have lived under the curse, but while God pronounced the curse, toning from heaven, He also gave them a promise.
God gave Adam and Eve the promise of a seed, a seed that would be born of a woman. This seed would rectify everything that was wrong. She would keep intact everything that had been broken. This seed would bring peace and harmony where discord and conflict were bellowing like a restless sea.
- In the Old Testament.
- The third chapter of the first book.
- Genesis.
- Speaks of conflict and enmity.
- Adam and Eve.
- Who knew only the experience of tranquility.
- Would now be trapped in bitter conflict; even the terrain would become a challenge.
- Being afflicted with thorns would be a constant reminder.
- As poets say.
- “Nature is red in the teeth and claws.
- “Even the promised seed would enter this conflict.
- Fighting the Serpent.
- The great destroyer.
- But Genesis 3 promises that the Seed will defeat the Serpent.
- Securing the ultimate victory and marking the beginning of continued peace.
The seed, however, would be slow to arrive
Adam and Eve had Eron and Abel, and none of them were the seed. When Erin killed Abel, God gave Adam and Eve seven, a small grace in a very turbulent world, but Sote was not the seed. Other children followed. Generations have come and generations have passed.
Then Abraham appeared on the world stage. God called this man in ancient times to turn him and his wife, Sara, into a great new nation that would be a beacon to a world without hope and loss. Again, God made a promise to this couple of a Seed, a son. thought it was Isaac, but Isaac died.
This story was repeated from generation to generation, anticipating the one who would come, who would rectify all things and bring peace. Even a widow named Naomi and her daughter-in-law, also a widow, Ruth, have entered this story. were in desperate circumstances. There were no social networks to record the decline of these marginalized people in the ancient world.
Without husbands and children, rights and resources, widows lived from meals to meals, living in a thread of hope. Then came Boaz and the classic story of the good boy who knows the girl. Boaz met Ruth and they got married. Soon after, just as the curtain fell on Ruth’s biblical history, Ruth was born a son, a seed. He would be a restorer of life, a redeemer; But it was only a shadow of the seed to come; he died too.
Ruth and Boaz’s son was Obed, who had a son named Jessé. Jesus had many children, one of whom was a shepherd. Once, this shepherd took a handful of stones, knocked down a giant and confronted the lions. He was also a musician; to the surprise of all, including his father, this son of Isaiah, great-grandson of Ruth and Boaz, was anointed king of Israel.
While David was on the throne, God gave him another promise directly, another promise about a son. God said that David’s son would be king forever and that his kingdom would have no end, it was God’s promise.
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1 A reference to the sometimes violent natural world, where predatory animals cover their teeth and claws with the blood of their prey by killing and devouring them. New Testament.