getting back to where
the Christmas Story began …
back to … Ephesus
Most of folks know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem over in the old country.
Most folks know the connection between Jesus and Christmas.
The reason for the season and all that.
We read this year that due to the conflict in Gaza, Bethlehem was closed this Christmas.
No one could get to where the Christmas story took place.
But could they get to where the Christmas story started?
I mean the start, the origin, of the story of the Christmas.
When, where was it first told?
If we go to the book of Luke, Luke records the story of Christmas and the angels and the shepherds and then he writes, Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
I think it was Mary who told Luke the story.
Who else had all those facts and names and places in their head?
Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
To get the story from Mary I think that Luke traveled to the city of Ephesus where tradition has it that Mary lived with her nephew, the disciple, John.
I am going to keep that in mind next year.
I am going to recommend that folks travel to the birthplace of the Christmas story.
To Ephesus.
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