The Journey
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Today, January 7, 2014 Gregorean Calendar, is the Ethiopian Christmas. In Ethiopian Calendar, it is Tahesas 29, 2006. This means that we have been celebrating Christmas as Christians for the last 2000 years. But, however, according to the reality we see everyday in our lives, it seems that 99.99% of the Christians who celebrate Christmas every year don't have any clue whatsoever about the true meaning and spiritual significance of Christmas.
Traditionally, almost all the Christians around the globe profess that Christmas is the holiday of the birth of Jesus The Christ. But they don't have any clue whatsoever about the steps to be taken before the birth of Jesus The Christ.
First and foremost, it is absolutely impossible to separate The Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus The Christ if one truly wants to know the true meaning of Christmas and its true spiritual significance in one's own life. This means that there are logical steps to be taken before the birth of Jesus The Christ takes place:
1) One has to be in Nazareth of Galilee because the Angel Gabriel is sent from the Almighty God to there.
2) One has to say "Yes" to the Message of the Almighty God when delivered by Angel Gabriel.
3) One has to begin The Journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, because it is only in Bethlehem where The Christ Child is borne.
The Blessed Virgin Mary took the 3 Logical Steps as mentioned above to deliver the Christ Child. The three logical steps need to be understood metaphorically, not literally, for their true spiritual significance.
Firstly, when the Bible talks about the virginity of Mary, it is not talking about the sexual organ of a Jewish girl called Mary, but about the Purity of her heart that is connected to the Almighty God. This means that until your heart becomes pure through repentance and prayer to the Almighty God, The Angel Gabriel does not come to you to deliver the Message of the Almghty God to you.
Secondly, The Blessed Virgin Mary said "Yes" to the Message of the Almghty God when delivered by the Angel Gabriel. This means that you have to listen to the VOICE Of God and say "Yes" to Him since The Almghty God is Always talking to us in a very silent voice.
Thirdly, The Blessed Virgin Mary set out for the Journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem to deliver the Christ Child. This means that there is a Journey that you have to make once you say "Yes" to the Almghty God to deliver the Christ Child in your life.
Unless you understand the true spiritual meaning of "The Christ Child", you miss the whole point of the holiday of Christmas. The Christ Child metaphorically speaking means Freedom from any kind of bondage. This means that right now you are either a Free man, or a bond-man/baria.
If you are a bond-man/baria of any kind, you don't have any choice but to follow the 3 Logical steps mentioned above to regain your True Freedom.
The Almghty God is sending the message to you through Angel Gabriel that you are the child of God and a Free man, and you have to say "Yes" to Him.
To get your true Freedom, you have to set out for a Journey. The Journey means your determination for Freedom. If you are not determined for your Freedom and strive to get it, nobody is going to give it to you. You have to get it yourself. This is the eternal Truth of the Message of the Bible.
So, to get your true Freedom, you have to begin the Journey. The Journey to Bethlehem, which means the Journey toward Truth. The Truth is the Almghty God. When you reach to Bethlehem after a long and tiresome Journey, The Christ Child is automatically delivered, which means you get your True Freedom.
Christmas holiday, therefore, is a Journey to Bethlehem which means a Journey one has to make to get a true Freedom from both material and spiritual bondages.
If you truly understand this spiritual meaning of the holiday of Christmas, then it is truly a blessing holiday. This is the beautiful spiritual lesson we get from the exemplary of the story of the Blessed Virgin Mary who set out for a Journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem to deliver the Christ Child. Thanks be to the Almghty God our Father who always wants us to be Free from any kind of bondage.
Prophet Nebiy Ezekiel,
God-Sent-Ethiopian-Prophet-Of-The-21st-Century
Men of Principle
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