Gospel

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If Jesus had been born in this generation, would it have gone something like this? Joseph went up to Bakersfield to take care of his parent’s will, since he was the executor. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. The Ford F150 broke down just as the rain started poring buckets and she was giving birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a feed trough, because they were right next to the Mt Vernon 4-H Center...

Perhaps the angels would have appeared to a small convoy of truckers hauling sheep to a market in the middle of the night. They were traveling on I-5 in southern California when “the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.” (Luke 2: 9NKJV) They stopped their trucks, wondering if a UFO was landing. “Suddenly, God's angel stood among them and said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in Bakersfield, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a feed trough." At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises: "Glory to God in the heavenly heights, Peace to all men and women on earth who please him."

As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the truck drivers talked it over. "Let's get over to Bakersfield as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us. They left, running their engines flat out, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the feed trough at the 4-H center. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child. All who heard the truck drivers were impressed.” (The Message Bible Luke 2: 9 - 18 with imagination)

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