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the Bible, and other aspects of the holiday
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Quiz your friends!
1. What year do Bible Scholars believe Jesus was born?
2. What 2 books in the Bible record the first Christmas?
3. Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?
4. What were the names of the three kings that went to
...see baby Jesus?
5. What is the 12th day after Christmas called?
6. Why do people give water globes at Christmas?
7. What was the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?
8. Where did Joseph and Mary live after their marriage?
9. Why were Joseph and Mary going to Bethlehem?
10. What was the manger?
Bonus Questions:
1) What ancient (O.T.) book of the Bible accurately
prophesied that Jesus - the Jewish Messiah - was to
be born in Bethlehem?
2) Who accurately prophesied in his writings that the
Messiah would be born of a virgin?
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ReplyDeleteChristmas Quiz
Want to test your Christmas knowledge? Here is a quiz to test your
knowledge of Christmas traditions, popular culture, the Bible, and other
aspects of the holiday with these simple questions. So put on your thinking
cap and take a tour. Enjoy yourself! Quiz your friends!
Todays questions & answers are in bold
print below:O)
1. How many reindeer does Santa Have?
2. In Frosty the Snowman, who brought Frosty back to life?
3. Who lost $8,000 in It's a Wonderful Life?
4. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what biological shortcoming made
the Grinch so mean?
5. Who tells you she's in town by tap, tap, tappin' at your
windowpane?
6. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time?
7. What was Scrooge's first name?
8. What was the name of Rudolph's dogsled driving friend?
9. Who said "God Bless Us, Every One!"?
10. What carol contains the line "O tidings of comfort and joy"?
11. In The Night Before Christmas I sprang from my bed to see what?
12. In the song "Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer" what did Grandma
go to get?
13. What was the first gift my true love sent on the sixth day of
Christmas?
14. In what city did Miracle on 34th Street take place?
15. In It's a Wonderful Life, how did Clarence cleverly save George's
life?
16. Who kept time with the Little Drummer Boy?
17. In The Night Before Christmas, where were the stockings hung?
18. What is the name of the little girl in most versions of The
Nutcracker?
19. What is the last ghost called in A Christmas Carol?
20. What color is the Grinch?
21. How many pipers piping did my true love give to me?
22. What was Rudolph's punishment for his red nose?
23. What did the traffic cop holler say to Frosty?
24. What holiday drink contains sugar, milk, and eggs?
25. What popular bite-sized chocolate candy comes wrapped in red and
green foil at Christmas?
26. What one reindeer is never mentioned in "The Night Before
Christmas"?
27. St. Nick's beard is like what feature of winter?
28. What carol contains the word "Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la"?
29. In the "Nutcracker" section of Fantasia, what fungi dance the
Chinese dance?
30. What did the Grinch use as a substitute for reindeer?
31. Who were nestled snug in their beds?
32. What fruit is St. Nick's nose like?
33. What glittery bits of metal are hung on a Christmas tree?
34. In It's a Wonderful Life, what kind of spirit is Clarence?
35. What were Frosty's last words?
36. What piece of heavenly apparel does the Littlest Angel not wear
correctly?
37. On what street did a Santa Claus miracle occur?
38. What carol is known as the counting song?
39. What type of canned pie filling is a big seller at Christmas time?
40. Traditionally, does the oldest or youngest family member open the
first present?
41. Whose eyes were made of coal?
42. What song was originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh"?
43. What country started the tradition of exchanging gifts?
44. What are tiny, inexpensive gifts usually called?
45. How many times is the name of Santa Claus used in "The Night
Before Christmas"?
46. What is the most popular tree topper?
47. What snack is often left out for Santa?
48. Who wrote "The Night Before Christmas?
49. What do most elves wear on the tips of their shoes?
50. After red and green, what are the two most popular Christmas
colors?
51. What year do Bible Scholars believe Jesus was born?
52. Where in the 2 books in the Bible record the first Christmas?
53. Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?
54.What were the names of the three kings that went to see baby Jesus?
55.What is the 12th day after Christmas called?
56.Why do people give water globes at Christmas?
57.What was the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?
58.Where did Joseph and Mary live after their marriage?
59.Why were Joseph and Mary going to Bethlehem?
60. What was the manger?
Bonus Questions:
1) What ancient (O.T.) book of the Bible accurately
prophesied that Jesus - the Jewish Messiah - was to
be born in Bethlehem)?
2) Who accurately prophesied in his writings that the
Messiah would be born of a virgin?
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Christmas Answers
1. 8 - 10 ; Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet,
Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudoph, (the one with the
red nose) Olive (Olive the other reindeer {all of})
2. Santa Claus
3. Uncle Billy
4. His heart was two sizes too small.
5. Suzy Snowflake
6. "White Christmas"
7. Ebenezer
8. Yukon Cornelius
9. Tiny Tim
10. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
11. What was the matter
12. Her medication.
13. Six geese a-laying
14. New York
15. He jumped into the river first.
16. The ox and the lamb
17. By the chimney
18. Clara
19. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
20. Green
21. Eleven
22. Could not play in reindeer games
23. "Stop"
24. Eggnog
25. Hershey's Kisses
26. Rudolph
27. Snow
28. "Deck the Halls"
29. Mushrooms
30. His dog
31. The children
32. A cherry
33. Tinsel
34. An angel
35. "I'll be back again someday"
36. His halo
37. 34th
38. "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
39. Pumpkin
40. The youngest child.
41. Frosty's
42. "Jingle Bells"
43. Italy (Romans)
44. Stocking Stuffers
45. None
46. Angel
47. Cookies
48. Clement C. Moore
49. Bells
50. Silver and gold
51. The Bible doesn't say but approximately between 6 - 4 B.C.
52. Matthew & Luke
53. Charles Dickens
54. Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar
55. Epiphany
56. Because they are actually called snow globes
57. Gabriel
58. Nazareth
59. To be enrolled for the taxes
60. A feeding trough made of stone.
Bonus Answers:
1) The Jewish Prophet Micah (5:2) about
700 years B.C. (Before Christ).
2) The Jewish Prophet Isaiah (7:14) also
about 700 years B.C.
There are 100 questions in the Christmas Quiz.
More to follow soon!
What is the real meaning of Christmas?
ReplyDeleteThe answer may just surprise you.
For many, Christmas is the time to think of Jesus Christ as a baby in a manger. While the birth of Christ is a special and miraculous event, it isn’t the primary focus. The central truth of the Christmas story is this: the Child of Christmas is God.
You’ll enjoy exploring that truth further in this excerpt of John’s book The Miracle of Christmas:
God in a Manger
Christmas is not about the Savior’s infancy; it is about His deity. The humble birth of Jesus Christ was never intended to conceal the reality that God was being born into the world.
But the modern world’s version of Christmas does just that. And consequently for the greater part of humanity, Christmas has no legitimate meaning at all.
I don’t suppose anyone can ever fathom what it means for God to be born in a manger. How does one explain the Almighty stooping to become a tiny infant? Our minds cannot begin to understand what was involved in God's becoming man.
Nor can anyone explain how God could become a baby. Yet He did. Without forsaking His divine nature or diminishing His deity, He was born into our world as a tiny infant.
He was fully human, with all the needs and emotions that are common to us all. Yet He was also fully God—all wise and all powerful.
For nearly 2,000 years, debate has been raging about who Jesus really is. Cults and skeptics have offered various explanations. They’ll say He is one of many gods, a created being, a high angel, a good teacher, a prophet, and so on. The common thread of all such theories is that they make Jesus less than God. But the biblical evidence is overwhelming that this child in the manger was the incarnation of God.
One passage in particular, written by the apostle Paul, captures the essence of Jesus’ divine nature and underscores the truths that make Christmas truly wonderful.
Colossians 1:15 20 says,
He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation. For. . . all things have been created by Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the first born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything. For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
A Ghostly Illusion?
Paul was writing to the Christians at Colossae. The city was under the influence of what came to be known as gnosticism. Its adherents fancied themselves the only ones who had access to the truth, which they believed was so complex that common people couldn’t know it. Among other things, they taught philosophical dualism—the idea that matter is evil and spirit is good. They believed that because God is spirit, He is good, but He could never touch matter, which is evil.
Therefore they also concluded that God couldn’t be the creator of the physical universe, because if God made matter, He would be responsible for evil. And they taught that God could never become a man, because as a man He would have to dwell in a body made of evil matter.
Those pre gnostics explained away the incarnation by saying that Jesus was a good angel whose body was only an illusion. That teaching and others like it pervaded the early church; many of the New Testament epistles specifically refute pre-gnostic ideas. In fact, the apostle John attacked the foundation of gnostic teaching when he wrote “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God” (1 John 4:2).
The apostle Paul refuted that same heresy when he wrote, “By Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created by Him and for Him” (1:16). He specifically affirmed that Jesus is God in the flesh—the Creator of everything.
Like Father, Like Son
Ironically, some of the cults that deny Jesus’ deity try to use Colossians 1:15 20 to support their view. They suggest, for example, that the phrase “the image of the invisible God” (v. 15) hints that Jesus was merely a created being who bore the image of God in the same sense as all humanity. But the truth is though we were created in God’s likeness, we only resemble Him. Jesus, on the other hand, is God’s exact image.
The Greek word translated “image” means a perfect replica, a precise copy, a duplicate. Paul was saying that God Himself is fully manifest in the Person of His Son, who is none other than Jesus Christ. He is the exact image of God. Jesus Himself said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).
Hebrews 1 parallels Colossians 1:15 20 at a number of key points. Regarding the statement that Christ is the image of God, for example, Hebrews 1:3 makes an identical affirmation: “He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature.” Christ is to God as the warm brilliance of light is to the sun. He brings God from a cosmic location to the very hearts of men and women. He gives light and life. He reveals God’s very essence. They cannot be divided, and neither has ever existed without the other. They are one (John 10:30).
Scripture repeatedly says that God is invisible (John 1:18; 5:37; 1 Timothy 1:17; and Colossians 1:15). But through Christ the invisible God has been made visible. God’s full likeness is revealed in Him. Colossians 1:19 takes the truth a step further: “It was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him.” He is not just an outline of God; He is fully God. Colossians 2:9 is even more explicit: “In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.” Nothing is lacking. No attribute is absent. He is God in the fullest possible sense, the perfect image.
The Rightful Heir
In Colossians 1:15 Paul says Jesus is “the first born of all creation.” Those who reject the deity of Christ have made much of that phrase, assuming it means Jesus was a created being. But the word translated “first born” describes Jesus’ rank, not His origin. The first-born in a Hebrew family was the heir, the ranking one, the one who had the right of inheritance. And in a royal family, he had the right to rule.
So Christ is the One who inherits all creation and the right to rule over it. It doesn’t mean He was born first in order, for He wasn’t.
In Psalm 89:27 God says of David, “I also shall make him My first born, the highest of the kings of the earth.” There the meaning of “first born” is given in plain language: “the highest of the kings of the earth.” That's what first-born means—Christ is “King of kings and Lord of lords” (Revelation 17:16).
Hebrews 1 again has a parallel statement. Verse two says God has appointed His Son “heir of all things.” He is the primary One, the Son who has the right to the inheritance, the ranking Person, the Lord of all, heir of all creation.
Creator and King
The claim that “first born” means Christ is a created being completely ignores the context of Colossians 1:15. Remember, you’ve already seen verses 16 17 explicitly name Him as Creator of everything. Christ is not part of creation; He is the Creator, the very arm of God, active from the beginning in calling the universe and all creatures into existence. John 1:3 says, “All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.” That could not be true if He were Himself a created being.
Hebrews 1:2 also identifies Christ as the Creator. Christ was the Person of the Trinity through whom the world was made and for whom it was fashioned.
The size of the universe is incomprehensible.
Who made all that? Some scientists say there was this big explosion that eventually formed a primordial swamp, and...Science cannot explain it. God created it all.
Who?
The babe in Bethlehem. He made everything.
For further study on the wonderful meaning of Christmas, purchase John MacArthur’s books The Miracle of Christmas and God in the Manger.
I’ve celebrated Christmas all my life, but still don’t understand why Jesus came. Can you tell me?
ReplyDeleteWho was that child in the manger? God. We see that clearly now. But why would God become a man, be born in such a lowly manner, and let men treat Him the way they did? Why would Jesus, while existing “before all things” (Colossians 1:17) and holding “first place in everything” (v. 18), agree to come to earth as a baby, suffer the abuse He suffered, and die such a painful death? The apostle Paul is clear: “It was the Father's good pleasure...through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross” (vv. 19?20).
He did it to make peace between God and man. God is justifiably angry at humanity’s sin. All of us have sinned—and done so repeatedly. Yet He loves sinners enough that He gave His own Son to live on earth, die on a cross, and bear sin in His own body, suffering the full weight of God's wrath—wrath deserved by sinners. He paid the penalty to restore peace between God and sinners. It could not have been done any other way.
So Christmas is primarily a celebration of God's love toward mankind. The babe in a manger is more than just a tender child. He is the express image of God. He took on a body of human flesh so He could bear in that body the sins of the world. He made possible the gift of God—eternal life (Romans 6:23). That is the sum of the Christmas message.
Don't get lost in the wide scope of it all. The incarnation of God in Jesus Christ is nothing if it is not personal. This is the message of Christmas for you: He who entered this world and took on human flesh died on a cross to bear sin, to pay the penalty for iniquity, to remove guilt.
That pardon from guilt He offers to you. Jesus came to forgive sinners and bring them into His presence by virtue of His own sacrificial death. Do you desire His forgiveness and long to know God’s loving embrace?
You must respond.
Specifically, God calls you to respond in faith. Turn from your sin to follow Him. Believe He has forgiven your sin and trust Him with your life (John 3:18, 36). Follow Him without reservation. Jesus Christ must take His rightful place as Lord—first place in everything (Colossians 1:18). Submit to Him and He who created everything will make you a new creature, remolded in His image, with new desires and a new heart (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Should you respond to God’s offer of forgiveness in Christ, this Christmas will truly be a time to celebrate, for you will have the greatest gift you can ever receive, “being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).
We want to help you know more about life in Christ. If you’ve accepted Christ as Savior through reading this article, write to us at director@gty.org.uk and at your request we will send you a free cassette copy of John’s message “Confessing Jesus as Lord and Glorifying God” (GC.1386).
Dr. John MacArthur
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