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November 28th, 2014

THE YOUNG CHRONICLE
How Jesus Was Born
Once upon a time, there was a young woman
Mary. Mary lived in the town of Nazareth (now
in Israel). She quietly did her chores and was kind
to everyone. She was already engaged to be
married to Joseph. Joseph was a carpenter.
One day, Mary was at home cleaning her room,
when an angel appeared before her. While Mary
was still awe struck, the angel told Mary that she
was favored by God, and that God was with her.
Mary was surprised. She tried not to be afraid,
but she had never seen an angel before. After all,
Mary was just a regular lady. Why was this angel
visiting her? What did the angel want?
The angel quickly reassured Mary, and asked her
to not be afraid. The angel said that, "God has
found favor with you. You will have a baby boy,
and are to give him the name Jesus." Mary was
confused. But then Mary relented and said that,
“I am the Lord's servant, and I hope everything
you have said will come true."
Very soon Mary and Joseph got married. The
Holy Spirit performed a
miracle, and because of this her
baby was called the Son of
God."
Soon after, the government
decided that they should count
everyone that lived in that
area of the world. So Joseph
had to take Mary to his town,
Bethlehem to register.
It took Mary and Joseph a long
time to get to Bethlehem. They
probably had to walk most of
the distance, so it probably took
them a lot longer to get there. This was very
tiring for Mary because she was soon going to
have a baby.
When they reached the town, they could find no
place to stay. Since many had come to the town, to
get their families counted, the area was crowded.
Finally, someone offered them a place to stay.

The Bible doesn't say for sure where they stayed
but most people think that they stayed in a
small barn where animals were kept. Mary and
Joseph were thankful that they at least had a
place to lay down. It was warm, and there was
plenty of straw to lay on.
That night, the miracle finally took birth. Jesus
was born. He had been sent by god to save the
world.
The little baby boy fell asleep in Mary's arms
and she wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a
manger on some clean straw.
Mary and Joseph soon fell asleep, they were so
glad to have this special baby join their family.
Soon the angels and the shepherds came to visit
Jesus. They say that a new star shined in the
skies, telling people from far away lands that
Jesus was born. King Herod, threatened by
Jesus, was set to kill him as he was afraid that
Jesus would be a threat to his throne.
Just around then, an angel came in Joseph’s
dream and told him to take Jesus
to Egypt, as King Herod was on
the look out for Jesus and killing
babies in search of him. Joseph
quickly escaped. When King
Herod died, Joseph, Mary and
Jesus return to Nazareth.
Jesus grew up to become a
carpenter and made ploughs. He
could read and write as well even
without receiving any formal
education. Jesus was known to
resist temptations.

He soon came to be known as the healer of
people. Slowly and steadily Jesus’s miracles and
divinity started getting popular. He started
giving discourses to people. He once also calmed
a storm; fed a crowd of 5,000 people with just a
slice of bread; and walked on water. These and a
number of other miracles made people believe
that he was divine.