The birth of Jesus into this world is the most significant birth that has ever taken place. There have been many great men, by the world’s standards, born, but none of these can even begin to compare to Jesus. There have been leaders - some great and some not so great - and teachers born, but none of them can even begin to compare to Jesus. Why? What makes the coming of Jesus into the world so significant? We answer that question when we sing those words in “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing” - “VEILED IN FLESH THE GODHEAD SEE. HAIL TH’ INCARNATE DEITY!” God has made Himself known to men by living among them in the person of Jesus Christ. In John 14:9 Jesus said, “. . . Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?” A proper appreciation of Christ’s coming and the significance of the events surrounding His birth should cause each one of us to have a greater love for God and a idea of what Christmas really means to us. As we examine some of the people, places, and events around Christ's birth we see:

I. THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PURPOSE OF HIS VIRGIN BIRTH.

II. THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PLACE THAT JESUS WAS BORN.

III. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PEOPLE THAT HEARD OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS.

IV. THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PRESENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT.