Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivantis and this is Dialin.

In this episode and in the two upcoming episodes, I want to prepare our hearts and our minds for the Christmas celebration.

In this episode, I want to trace a significant Old Testament theme that provides the identity of and the authority of the long-awaited Messiah.

Let's dial in.

Let's dial in.

Every year there's a question,

a debate, if you will, that involves young and old and turns brother against father and mother against sister.

What is that great debate?

Well, that debate is, when is it appropriate

to decorate for

and play our favorite songs that celebrate the Christmas season? I have friends and maybe you do

as well that eat Thanksgiving dinner at 11 in the morning because they decorate for the

Christmas holiday before the Thanksgiving holiday is even over. There is a thrill or an excitement

regarding the Christmas season. For this reason, a Charlie Brown Christmas, a Christmas time is

here, the song, reached instant popularity because people love the Christmas season. To children,

each of the days in December seem to take forever. You may be around your own children and they may ask how many more days till Christmas.

There is a great reason C.S. Lewis described the land of Narnia as a land where it was always winter, but never Christmas.

Because perpetual winter without winter's pinnacle day

would vacuum the profound joy out of the season we love to celebrate.

But what is Christmas and why do we celebrate Christmas Day?

The word Christmas is from a compound word, Christ,

which means obviously Christos, which means the Messiah or the

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