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to announce that: “Unto you is born this day, a Savior
who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11).
“Angels announce to shepherds that Jesus has
been born in Bethlehem” (Luke 2:8-20)
A great distance to the East a star appeared in the
heavens to guide great philosophers to come to Israel
to worship this new King (Matthew 2:1-12). This
child, Jesus, was an earthly descendant of the Jewish
king David who lived around 1000 B.C., and who
was himself a descendant of Abraham (2000 B.C.).
Jesus grew up in Nazareth, and became great in
wisdom and everyone loved Him. When He was thirty
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