“Jesus was born into essentially a third-world context under a military dictatorship. It was a society where everyone was coerced.” As in most agrarian societies, about 10% of the population was born into nobility and lived lavishly. Why is Bethlehem called the City of David? In the Old...
Sir William Mitchell Ramsay—Was Christ Born in Bethlehem? A Cloud of Witnesses. "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a-dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By ...
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. ...
Cremisan was established by a young Italian missionary, Father Antonio Bellone, in 1885, with the goal of creating work for poor people in the area. Sales of Cremisan wines also helped support the orphanages he opened in Bethlehem and Beit Gemal. Today, the winery’s mission has not...
ALEX CHADWICK
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king hear...
The Book of Mormon places Jesus' birth in Jerusalem, not in Bethlehem as in the Bible.There was no religious revival in 1820. The revival occurred from 1824 to 1825. Thus there was no basis in 1820 for Joseph Smith to be confused about religious revivals which would not occur until ...
(DEC 15) The World Boxing Association (WBA) recently celebrated an iconic figure in the sport of boxing by honoring Christy Martin, a true pioneer of women’s boxing. During a special event held on Friday night, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, the WBA president, awarded Martin the title of lifetime...
But this lie has been passed around by leftists for decades. A few years ago, ABC chief political analyst Matthew Dowd jumped to his Twitter account to disgorge the same shop-worn and false liberal claim that Jesus Christ’s parents, Joseph and Mary, were “two immigrants” in Bethlehem in...
Though Jesus didn’t walk the earth incarnate until He was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, He exists and works throughout the entirety of the Bible. Scripture assures us that He was present at Creation with the Father, thatHe is the Word, and many prophecies were fulfilled explicitly...