Chronology — Christmas Reflection

Christmas Is Not Anachronistic

I don't care if people criticize me for thinking seriously about the Bible all the time.
I pray and meditate on the Word while I do household chores.
When I find a movie or series (always with subtitles), I can never watch it without noticing when the plot stops being entertainment and becomes activism... in fact, lately Netflix has gone so far as to create subplots that are completely unnecessary to the script just to behave in this propagandistic way.

Since my resolution to take the worst gospel online to the end, I have been seeking out Christian communities to distribute the publications — You could help me by doing that too, right? — and through this, I have had the opportunity to interact with the most diverse types of personalities and intellects.
Now, if I stated that I think about Truth all the time, why would I stop acting that way when conversing on social media?
With the goal of contributing to the edification of the Body of Christ, it is necessary to expose and raise considerations about errors and mistakes, but never with the intention of exposing individuals to whom, at the very least, I owe gratitude for introducing me to a concept I would never have thought of on my own.

I stopped worrying about Tammuz and all the possibly terrible pagan symbolism associated with the date a while ago, and I think like this:

If Christ was born on this day, let us celebrate by sharing the Truth.
If Christ wasn't born on that day, why on earth should we miss the opportunity to speak of Him?
The true and greatest Christmas gift will only be given to whoever finds it!

I developed this line of reasoning and started sharing it on social media and its groups, soon receiving a comment that, at first, I would have ignored by simply giving it a like, but… wait a minute: what does this sentence mean?

Jesus is born every day, in our hearts.

Could it be an attempt to appear wise? Or one of those phrases used by someone who doesn't want to know about the topic at hand and wants to end the conversation?
I went to wash the dishes with those words in my head, and as soon as I finished, before washing the yard, I glanced around and saw that someone else had commented:

Christ was not born, so how can a being that has no beginning and no end be born?

This statement immediately brought to mind conversations I had with a devout Muslim who worked with me during the Olympic Games: broadly speaking, he told me that Christ did not die crucified, but was strategically replaced by a stunt double!
On another occasion, I also vaguely remember hearing him say that Christ was not born, but rather replaced the "puppet" who was destined to die on the cross at the time of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit during his baptism.

Do you think I should have researched this more?
I didn't go because, well, it's obvious that if the Lord God, Creator and Almighty, didn't become an ordinary, organically human being and didn't die innocently to achieve absolute victory over death... then the whole gospel would be nothing but a farce!

I stopped cleaning and, all sweaty and shirtless, I confess that a little bit of that old, acidic Teóphilo came over me when I rushed to write a reply.

As always, those who lack real justification for what they write resort to insults… and the image alongside summarizes the interaction which, at least for me, was beneficial, because it immediately brought to mind that important passage about the uniqueness of Christ:

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ,
Done once and for all.
Now, every priest presents himself daily,
to perform their religious duties, which can never remove sins.
Jesus, however,
having offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins,
He sat down at the right hand of God,
waiting, from then on,
until your enemies are made a footstool for your feet.

(Hebrews 10:10-13)

This statement is a dismantling of many prevailing misconceptions, such as the one already discussed:“baby Jesus”...and even this idea—which I had never seen in Christianity—that He was not born: a single death objectively implies… a single birth!
Going back a bit further to refresh understanding, the Holy Spirit It was only given—to dwell in all who believe—after the Lord Jesus Christ was glorified, which ultimately leads back to another very important passage:

He who descended is also the one who ascended higher than all the heavens.,
to accomplish all things.
And He Himself gave some to be apostles,
and others for prophets,
and others for evangelists,
and others for pastors and teachers,
Desiring the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry,
for the building up of the body of Christ;
Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God,
a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine,
through the deceit of men who cunningly deceive fraudulently.
Before, following the truth in love,
Let us grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ..

(Ephesians 4:10-15)

The temporal order of this text is perfect and fits chronologically with Christ's ascension to heaven (glorification), and with the distribution of the Holy Spirit throughout historical times—first the apostles, the last of whom was Paul, until the indistinct perfection of all the saints!

Finally, I hope you're following my line of reasoning, but regarding that first comment, I should have replied by saying that it sounds nice, but it's empty:

ORIGINAL IMAGE

Does the idea that Christ is born every day mean He was sacrificed the day before?
If He needs to be born every day, then will He always be a child and never reach the full stature of Christ?

Ultimately, the celebration of Christ's ONE birth, regardless of the date, ends up being a reverence for his ONE sacrifice… and all who want to keep Him in childhood or in an eternal repetition, whether of childhood or death, not only live an anachronistic reality, but end up denying the uniqueness of Calvary and promoting a shallow gospel where, as in the image I created for the opening of this post, every day is spent waiting for something that never arrives, because in place of the picture that repeats itself “ad infinitum”, there should be a child who developed normally to adulthood…

And do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
so that you may prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

(Romans 12:2)

Unlike understandings that link the Savior to an eternal daily rebirth or even to having been born at all, the Christian understanding, that is, must be renewed every day, not always with new things, but often simply by reaffirming it in the face of new perspectives.
Comment below: does this make sense to you?

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