Preparing For Christmas

We do a lot of preparation for Christmas -- decorating, buying, wrapping, cleaning, cooking.

The Heavenly Father, pleased to send His Son into the world to redeem sinful men, prepared every prophetic event of this glorious Gift thousands of years in advance. He executed His plan with intricate detail.

He prepared a pagan king to send all Jews back to their ancestors home town to be taxed, thus fulfilling Scripture that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. The timing coincided with Jesus birth.

He prepared a virgin to bear the Christ Child.

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

He prepared Joseph to accept Mary's pregnancy. He prepared a crowded hotel with an available stable.

The world didn't notice the birth of Christ that night, but the heavenly creatures stood at divine attention, and the angels prepared an announcement to the shepherds.