A meditation inspired by the Bible Society's ' Bible Misconceptions ' quiz. This is the time when we traditionally prepare ourselves to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But when is the birthday of Jesus? A long time ago the Church decided to celebrate his birthday on 25 December because it was already an important holiday. But in the first of our Bible Misconception's pictures we see Jesus trying to fill in one of those annoying electronic forms on his tablet, and he’s stuck because he’s got to the bit where you have to fill in your date of birth, and he doesn’t know when he was born! Have you ever had that feeling where you’re not sure what day it is, and you have to look at your phone, or a calendar, to find out the answer? Well. often in the past people weren’t sure exactly what day it was, or even what month it was, so they didn’t necessarily know when they were born and no one knows the birthday of Jesus. All we do know is that it was God’s plan for Je...
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