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The Beautiful Story of Christmas This is one of the most beautiful stories ever told. It is said that God loved us so much that he gave us his only son to die on the cross for our sins. 2000 years ago a young woman was to bear the son of God that she was to call Jesus. "But how can I conceive since I'm a virgin" cried the lady. "The Holy Spirit will come over you and the one to be born will be called the Son of God, for nothing is impossible to God" said Gabriel, the angel of the Lord. This lady's name was Mary. She was engaged to Joseph- a carpenter's son. When Joseph came to know about Mary being pregnant he decided to call off the wedding but in private. But the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, "Don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife" Soon Joseph and Mary got married. Mary and Joseph went from Nazareth to Judea, to the town of Bethlehem, the City of David. Then came the day when Jesus had to be born. They went from place to place but they couldn't find a place where Mary could give birth to the son of God. Finally they managed to get a stable where sheep and cows lived. The son of God was born in this Stable. It was freezing but they had no clothes for him. Finally Mary wrapped him in a piece of cloth. In the same country, lived some shepherds. The angel of the Lord appeared to them, "Do not be afraid! I bring you good news of great joy, which shall be to all people. For this day, in the city of David, is born to you a savior, it is Christ the Lord! And this will be a sign for you - you will find the baby wrapped in torn clothes and lying in a manger." Then a great bright new star appeared in the sky. Suddenly they saw a host of angels singing out praises to God, "Glory to God in the highest, and peace to the people on earth." Some Wise Men in faraway countries saw the star and guessed what it meant. They studied the star. It was written in years ago that when the Son of the Lord would come into the world a new star would appear in the sky. They went about following the star so that they could reach the place where the Son of God was born and worship him. When they reached Judea they began asking people "Where is the child who is born to be king of the Jews?" When King Harold, the then king of Nazareth heard about this he felt threatened. He therefore sent the three Kings to search for the child so that he could kill the child. However the three kings had no idea about these evil intentions of King Harold and they set out to find the new King and brought him gifts. The gifts were gold, frankincense and myrrh. The shepherds went to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph. The baby Jesus was lying in a manger just like they had been told. When they saw him, they told everyone what the angel had said and everyone who heard the story were astonished. Then the shepherds returned to their sheep, praising God for sending his Son to be their Savior. By now the three Kings following the star also reached the manger. When they saw Jesus`s beautiful face they bowed down and worshiped him. The three Wise men were then warned in a dream by God, not to return to King Herold. Therefore they then returned back to their countries in the East through three different routes so that King Herold wouldn't be able to find them. When the Wise Men had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up Joseph and take Jesus and Mary and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for Jesus to kill him." So Joseph got up, took Jesus and Mary and fled to Egypt, where they stayed till Herod died. Now when Herod realized that he had been tricked by the Wise Men, he was furious and he gave orders to kill all the boys aged two or younger in Bethlehem and in the surrounding areas. This was in order to ensure than the Son of God was also killed. When Herod died, Joseph had another dream, in which the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, 'Get up, take Jesus and your wife Mary and go back to Israel, for those who were trying kill Jesus are now dead.' So Joseph got up, took Jesus and Mary and they went back to Israel. But when he heard that Herod's son was now king of Judea, he was afraid to go there. So instead they went to Galilee, and lived in their old town of Nazareth.
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Gabriel se ukazuje Mariji Bog je poslao svoga anđela u Nazaret, gdje je živjela djevojka po imenu Marija. Bila je zaručena s Josipom, potomkom kralja Davida. »Zdravo, Marijo, Bog je s tobom!« rekao je Gabriel. Marija se uplašila vidjevši anđela, ali on joj je rekao: »Ne boj se. Našla si milost kod Boga. Rodit ćeš dijete koje će se zvati Isus i koji će vladati tvojim narodom. Njegovo će kraljevstvo trajati dovijeka.« »Ali ja nisam čak ni udana!« rekla je Marija. »Kako onda mogu roditi?« „Duh Sveti položit će dijete u tebe i ono će se zvati Sinom Božjim“, odgovorio je Gabriel. »Rodit će čak i tvoja rođakinja Elizabeta, iako je u poznim godinama. Bogu ništa nije nemoguće!« »Službenica sam Gospodnja«, rekla je Marija. »Neka bude sve kako si rekao.« Anđeo je nestao, a Marija je odmah otišla k svojoj rođakinji Elizabeti. Čim su se srele, u Elizabeti je zaigralo dijete. Duh Sveti ispunio je Elizabetu i zato je znala što je Gabriel rekao Mariji. »Tako sam sretna što mi je došla majka Gospodinova!« rekla je Elizabeta. »Kad si progovorila, dijete u mojoj utrobi poskočilo je od radosti! Povjerovala si onome što ti je Bog rekao i zato ćeš doista biti blagoslovljena.« Isusovo rođenje Josip je bio tesar i živio je u Nazaretu. Njegova žena Marija trebala je uskoro roditi. Tada je Josip čuo da je August, rimski car, naredio da svatko ode u svoj rodni grad kako bi ih mogao popisati i vidjeti koliko novca može priKupiti od poreza. Tako su Josip i Marija krenuli na dugo putovanje na jug, u Betlehem. »Umorna sam, Josipe«, rekla je Marija. »Nadam se da ćemo uskoro naći kakvo konačište.« Ali u Betlehem je došlo toliko svijeta, da su sve gostionice bile pune i nigdje nisu mogli naći sobu u kojoj bi odsjeli. Na posljetku su našli nekakvu štalu i odlučili ondje prenoćiti jer je Josip znao da se Mariji približilo vrijeme roditi. U štali su se odmarale i neke životinje, ali Marija i Josip bili su na to naviknuti. Te noći Marija je rodila dječačića. Umotala ga je u pelenice da mu bude toplo i položila ga na slamu u jaslicama za životinje. Tesar Josip i njegova žena Marija bili su presretni zbog rođenja sina, koji je bio i Sin Božji. Dali su mu ime Isus, baš onako kako im je rekao anđeo. Što su vidjeli pastiri Bila je noć i neki su pastiri blizu Betlehema čuvali svoje stado. Odjednom im se ukazao anđeo i obasjao ih Božjom slavom. Pastiri su se silno prestrašili, ali anđeo im je rekao: »Ne bojte se! Donio sam i vama i svima vrlo radosnu vijest. Noćas se u Betlehemu rodilo djetešce, koje će biti vaš Spasitelj, Krist Gospodin. Naći ćete ga umotana u pelenice kako leži na slami u štali.« Čim je anđeo prestao govoriti, cijelo se nebo ispunilo anđelima koji su pjevali Bogu. »Slava Bogu i mir svim ljudima na zemlji!« pjevali su. Pastiri nisu mogli odvojiti pogled od anđela, ali čim su oni otišli, rekli su: »Pođimo u Betlehem! Bog nam je rekao za to osobito djetešce, zato moramo otići i sami ga vidjeti! Pohitali su u grad i našli Mariju, Josipa i djetešce u štali. Dijete je ležalo u jaslama, baš onako kako im je rekao anđeo. Kleknuli su i poklonili se djetešcu, koje je bilo Sin Božji. Potom su otišli i svima ispričali što se dogodilo, slaveći Boga za sve što su vidjeli i čuli. Dolazak mudraca Nakon Isusova rođenja, u Jeruzalem su došla tri mudraca. »Gdje je novorođeni kralj židovski?« pitali su svakoga koga su sreli. »Vidjeli smo na istoku kad je izišla njegova zvijezda i došli smo mu se pokloniti.« U to je doba narodom Izraela vladao kralj Herod, koji se silno zabrinuo čuvši za novoga kralja. Nije htio da mu netko oduzme vlast. Zato je potajno dozvao mage. »Gdje je taj novi kralj«, pitao ih je, » i kada se ta zvijezda ukazala?« Kada je čuo da se Isus rodio u Betlehemu, rekao je mudracima da odu i poklone mu se. »Svakako se vratite i recite mi gdje je mali kralj«, rekao je. »I ja mu se želim pokloniti!« Ali, on je naumio ubiti Isusa i mislio je da mudrace može prevariti da mu kažu gdje je Isus. I tako su magi krenuli prema Betlehemu, slijedeći zvijezdu. Kada je zvijezda zasjala iznad štale, obradovali su se jer su znali da su napokon našli novoga kralja. Kada su ušli i našli Mariju s malim Isusom u naručju, pali su ničice i poklonili mu se. Potom su izvadili krasne darove koje su nosili cijelim putem od istoka i obdarili ga zlatom, tamjanom i mirtom. Te noći primili su u snu upozorenje da se ne vraćaju k Herodu pa su se drugim putem vratili u svoju zemlju. Preuzeto iz knjige "Najljepše biblijske priče" autor: A. Adeney objavljeno uz dozvolu izdavača Mozaik knjiga d.o.o. Ovaj tekst je dosad pročitan 7143 puta