Not
everyone would find a Savior in the promise of the birth of the Messiah. Reactions to this obscure event during the
reign of Caesar Augustus (31 B.C. – A.D. 14) ranged from worship, amazement, to
outright fear and murder.
2000 years
later, the reception would be that of apathy and a season designed to make a
mockery of the virgin birth, satisfy the lust of the eyes, to indulge in
gluttony, and to fulfill the cravings of the flesh for material baubles.
Only a
remnant would come out of this commemoration glorifying and praising God, and
only those who have experienced the new birth from above and have been raised
to walk in newness of life.
