The Case for Christmas

Two of the most often quoted statement from recent history are “Huston, we have a problem”, and “let’s roll”. These sayings refer to historic events which are easily researched in your favorite search engine.

If we look at the creation story in the book of genesis we find that “the evening and the morning were the first day”. This statement puzzled me for years. Why didn’t it say “the morning and the evening were the first day”?

As I studied the teachings of creationism which had it’s beginning for me when I read the book The Genesis Flood by Henry Morris I began to realize the value of this statement. If it had said “the morning and the evening” it could have been understood as “the beginning and the end of the story”. But this cannot be the case.

First, let’s consider the fact that the Jews still use the “evening and the morning” to establish their Sabbath. When we were on our holy land tour, we had the misfortune to arrive at our hotel after sundown on Friday night. We could not check in per the usual way. Our guide had phoned ahead and arranged to have our room keys distributed on the bus! When we got on the elevator, it was programmed to stop at all floors so that an orthodox Jew, some of whom were at the same hotel, would not have to push the button on the Sabbath.

With that in mind, let us look at the birth of Christ as recorded in Luke. If you do not have a bible there are several on line. We find that the angel appeared to Mary in the “sixth month”.

If you have a calendar that lists Jewish holidays and will check the month of September, you will find that the Jewish New Year falls in that month quite near the first day of fall.

Most of us have heard the saying “every ending is a new beginning”. If we count September – October as the first month we would find the “miraculous conception” occurring in March – April and producing the birth of Christ very near the traditional date in Late December.

The chief tactic of evolutionists is intimidation. When backed into a corner by facts they raise their voices and proclaim their hypothesis over and again in other words, however vague. Failing at intimidation, they have resorted to violence, even homicide. Two books, A Skeleton in God’s Closet and More Than a Skeleton by Paul Maier give the reader a picture of this scenario. Although they are fiction, rest assured that they are close first cousins, almost Siamese twins, of real life happenings.

Today, as the antichrist struts boldly in different disguises across the twin stage of the media and academia, the reader is greatly urged to not be intimidated. You may respond to this article at christmas (at) hostlyric.com . To quote two recent heroes, “Huston, we have a problem” and “let’s roll”.