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TREDTRI C32
Birth of Christ
Baptism of Christ
Calling of the Disciples
Cure of the Paralytic
The Rich Man
The Resurrection
Birth of Christ
The new beginning.
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth.
Monarchy is now becoming the thing. We are now on the fourth, and it seems
that it is becoming bigger and bigger by the second. The empire that we belong in, is
expanding and our land is getting wider with colonies. Our leader, Augustus Caesar
have commanded the extension of the Roman Empire, and I believe that a drastic
change is coming. (1), All the world (1), will be included in the radical change, so a
decree was created to have all the people dwelling in these lands to be registered at
certain places since corruption is being rampant. (2)
It was a cold, cold night. The stars are shining brightly. I was just comfortably
strolling around our humble abode, when I saw this pair , woman was pregnant, and
it seems that they were looking for a place to stay. I know that there are many people
here at Bethlehem during this time, because of the event that was mentioned above.
I assumed that they did not find a place to stay since it was a peak season, and I
really pity them. They seem to be looking for hours and hours for a place to stay and
I think the woman is in her critical stage of pregnancy.
I heard the voice of the lady as she was giving birth, then a small voice went
on crying, It was prodigious that the woman was able to have a delivery in a
manger, not in a cradle in an inn, where most of the men were born. (2) It was truly the
humblest way possible to give birth to what they said was the Messiah, without the
glamour and spotlight.It was calm. It was a few yards away, it can be seen from our
place, but it was too far to go there. I continue to watch the happening.
A few shepherds went to the place, and it was shared to us that these men
talked about going to Bethlehem just to find this child. According to the hearsays,
they were from that part of the country, then at night, an angel talked to them saying
that they should not be afraid, for he will just tell the good news that will bring joy to
all the people. Amazement could be traced from their faces, as for somebody have
arrived to fulfill Gods promise.
Furthermore, a group of angels appeared singing Godly praises, that peace
will be brought to heaven with whom he is pleased. Then the angels went back to
heaven, so they decided to travel hurriedly and found the family. They told about
what happened with the angels, and according to the bystanders, they saw Mary
reminiscing about the thing that had been told earlier in her life, that she is to be the
mother. (2)
Baptism of Christ
The start of Holiness.
You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you.
I was just wandering around the Jordan River, then I saw that many people were
being put into the water, later on I realized that they were being baptized.
Different kinds of people were coming near the guy, and I asked who was the guy
giving the blessing. They said it was John the Baptist, who has been doing the job
ever since. He was a man who came, that was foretold by the prophets, as others
may say so. They thought he was the one. (1) Nevertheless, he tells the people that
a greater one will be coming. (3) While looking at the people, I noticed several
familiar faces, and I was really appalled.
Some of these were known to be as tax collectors, which in my case, I think are
the least people to come at places like this. Others were soldiers, and others were
just normal people. They all wanted to be forgiven , they all wanted the grace of the
Lord.
Then a stunning scenario happened. A man came, and it seems that the world
stopped. So Jesus, the name of the man, which I think I remembered as the one who
was born in a manger, went directly to John the Baptist. He asked to be baptized
then John became reluctant, saying that he should be the one to ask for Jesus
blessing. But then again, Jesus was still a human, and this process signifies the
humanitys need for cleansing in order to be pure. (2)
A miraculous thing happened. Jesus came out of the water, then what was said to
be the Holy Spirit went to him, but it came on the form of a dove. This event
encompasses that the heaven had given its blessing to Jesus. (3) He was the
chosen one, the unique one, the anointed one. He will be the one to look up to, but
he will be looking up to God. He was said to accept his calling, and spread the good
news.
It was indeed a regeneration and forgiveness of sins. (4)
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REACTION
Well, it was a tiring but good experience to write narratives regarding the life
of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I really do not know if I did the right thing, nevertheless, I
know that I put a lot of effort on it. I know that my writing style is somehow
inadequate, but it will not be me if I changed it to something that is out of my league.
First that I did was run though the different verses that was assigned to us by
Sister Sol, so that I could have an idea on what I will do. Then I decided to pick six,
since I know that the baptismal account is really brief and precise. I automatically did
not chose the Passion accounts, since Im really scared of that part and it really hurts
for me to imagine that I was in that scene. I cannot endure the detailed parts of the
pain and suffering that Jesus went through.
It was hard since it was set centuries ago, wherein there was no technology. I
needed thorough research just to find commentaries that I will understand, since
some are too deep for my liking. Some commentaries were really long, like the ones
form Matthew Henry, while some just provide basic information. Some did it verse
by verse, while some had it done by grouping them in stories.
There were many informative things that I found out during the course of this
workload. I have proven some of the misconceptions that were wrong, some
interesting ones, and some that were right all along. One thing I noticed was that
these commentaries are much longer than the Bible accounts, or maybe its just
because I used two simple forms of Bible, one with the Todays English Version, and
the other one was Good News Translation.
It was rather hard to internalize to be an eye witness on the said events. First
and for most, I thought of doing it as some kind of dream, but I realized that it will be
hard since it really happened, so I opted to be one of the disciples of Christ. The first
one was the hardest to make, since the setting was somewhere in the manger. I
really could not figure out what I was supposed to do, but I still made it.