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God sent his angel, Gabriel, to tell Mary and Joseph about the special baby that Mary would have from God. Now, do you remember that God had been teaching people about himself One of the things he’d told them was that he would send a special person to save them, and that this person would be born in Bethlehem. Joseph and Mary lived a long way from Bethlehem, but God had a plan to get them there. At just the time when his baby was due to be born, the Romans wanted to count everyone who lived in Mary and Joseph’s country, so everyone had to go back to the town where their families came from, to be counted. Joseph’s family came from Bethlehem, so back they went. They walked for three days, with Mary heavily pregnant. And when they arrived, they found that everyone else whose family came from Bethlehem had got there before them, so there was no room for them to stay in any of the inns. So God’s special baby was born in a stable. God himself had come to earth and was lying there in a manger, wrapped in cloths. It was such amazing news that God wanted to tell everyone about it. But who should he tell Important people, surely. People who were clever and well-known. “I know,” thought God. “I’ll send my angel to tell those shepherds in that field over there.” The shepherds believed the angels. They hurried to the stable, where they worshipped the baby. Later, some wise men realised that a baby king had been born in the land where Mary and Joseph lived, and they came to look for him. First, they went to Herod’s palace. Where else would you look for a king Herod sent them off to Bethlehem, where they found the baby Jesus. They brought him three presents. Each one had a special meaning, which helped people to understand God’s plan for this baby. They brought gold, to show that the baby would be a great king. They brought frankincense, to show that the baby would be a great high priest. And they brought myrrh, to show that the baby must die a terrible death. It was all part of God’s plan.
King Herod had asked the wise men to tell him where the new baby king was - because he wanted to kill him! God told the wise men to sneak home without telling Herod anything. But later, when the baby grew up, there were plenty of other people who wanted to kill him. And eventually they got what they wanted. God had come to earth, born as a baby called Jesus. He had taught everyone to love God and love each other. And he had performed amazing miracles. But at the end of his life here on earth, he died a horrible death on a cross. Why did God bother coming to earth, if this was going to happen It was because he loves us so much. Do you remember how he gave us free will - and how we keep on making bad choices God loves us so much that he doesn’t want to punish us for getting things wrong. The reason he was born, that first Christmas Day, was so that he could die, that first Good Friday. He suffered and died to pay the price for all the bad choices that we make. Because he’s done that, we don’t have to. And then something even more amazing happened. Three days after he had died, Jesus came back to life! And he went back to heaven, leaving his followers to carry on his work. Followers who were ordinary human beings, who kept on making bad choices, and needing to say sorry to God, and trying again. But Jesus didn’t leave us on our own. When he went back to heaven, God’s Holy Spirit came to be with us: to remind us of everything Jesus had taught us, and to help us to keep on trying to make the right choices. So, you see, God didn’t need a Plan B. When he sent Jesus to be born that first Christmas, it was the most important part of the best plan of all.
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