The Neglect of Bethlehem and Creationism

There are many traditions that are taking place this week in honor of the Christmas Holiday. One of the most interesting is the pilgrimage to Bethlehem.

This past Sunday night I attended a church service in which Pastor Jonathon Urshan mentioned his birth and raising in Jerusalem. He mentioned as a Christian boy his annual visit to Bethlehem and how the atmosphere was charged with good wishes to strangers. Those of different backgrounds that gathered at Bethlehem would celebrate a creation, the birth of Christ.

When Brother Urshan attended the annual pilgrimage to Bethlehem in the 1940's and 50s the Christian population was at least 80 percent. As Aaron Klien reports with Worldnetdaily.com things have changed drastically in that beloved city. Almost all media concerning Palestine deals with the Jewish attack on Muslims in the West Bank and other parts of Palestine. However there is much to be said about the Muslim attacks on Christianity as Klien reported in "Media's 'cold deceit' descends upon Bethlehem"

Bethlehem was more than 80 percent Christian when Israel was founded in 1948. But since Arafat got his grimy hands on it, the city's Christian population dove to its current 23 percent. And that statistic is considered generous since it includes the satellite towns of Beit Sahour and Beit Jala. Some estimates place Bethlehem's actual Christian population as low as 12 percent, with hundreds of Christians emigrating each year.

It appears that this story also reminds Christians and Jews that biblical history is not only unappreciated but denied by critics. Evolutionists deny the biblical account of Creation and also deny the significance of Christ born. For those who deny Christ’s virgin birth, they would also deny the veracity of scripture which states:

He [Jesus] indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. (1Pe 1:20-21)

Most in Bethlehem ignored the birth of Jesus according to the biblical narrative. Today’s apathy toward Christianity is comparative to those times. To those whose lives have been changed by this Christ, there is celebration this season.

Christmas reminds us that it is not only about the special creation of a zygote within a virgin’s womb but also the authentic design God held before the beginning of Earth’s creation. Will you take time to pray to this Jesus Christ who is more than a nativity child, or a human. He is God almighty robbed in the flesh and has conquered Hell for you.