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Removing the Myths from Christ's Childhood
Removing the Myths
From Christ's Childhood
Legends are legion about Christ's birth and childhood. Can the Bible help us separate
fact from fiction?
by Mario Seiglie
What do we know about Jesus' birth
and early childhood? Two thousand years later myths shroud the history of the early
childhood of Jesus Christ.
One fable has Jesus learning to do miracles from Egyptian magicians when His family
fled to Egypt to escape King Herod's wrath. Another describes the young Jesus making
pigeons of clay and impressing other children by making them come to life.
Millions of people believe Jesus was born on Dec. 25 and
that He had no brothers and sisters and that his mother lived in perpetual virginity.
How can we separate fact from fiction? Is it important for believers in Jesus as
their Savior to get the facts straight?
Jesus Christ embodied truth. Shouldn't His followers, then, insist on believing only
what is true? Didn't He say: "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples
indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"?; (John 8:31-32).
Shouldn't we free ourselves from the legends and outright falsehoods that envelop
the birth and life of Christ?
The Scriptures themselves provide facts that dispel many myths and errors which have
crept into the accounts of His childhood. By carefully reviewing Bible prophecies
and the four narratives of Jesus' early years, we can separate truth from error.
A birth predicted 700 years in advance
The first thing to remember about the early history of Christ is that numerous
prophecies predicted the manner, place and approximate date of His birth.
Some 700 years before Jesus was born, God prophesied through Isaiah that "the
virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel' " (Isaiah 7:14). This prophecy was fulfilled with the birth of Jesus. "So all this was
done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
saying: 'Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call
His name Immanuel,' which is translated, 'God with us' " (Matthew 1:22-23).
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