It is Christmas!
Have you ever wondered what happened 280 days before Christmas?
The Bible tells us that God chose a Hebrew virgin to be the mother of His son. What kind of lady must she have been to be chosen? The Angel told her, “You are highly favored of God.” Wow! What a privilege!
When she asked how, the answer was overpowering! The Bible says, in Matthew 1:35, “The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will over shadow you.’”
Knowing that being a pregnant, unmarried woman was a death sentence, she replied, “I am the Lord’s servant, may it be to me as you have said.”
Jesus started as a fertilized egg, or zygote. By the 4th week the embryo is the size of a pinhead.
In week 5, the brain, spine, and heart begin to form. By the end of week 5, the heart begins pumping blood, and the embryo has grown to English pea size!
During the rest of the first trimester, the face and limbs begin to form, and all the major organs are formed, but they are too immature for the fetus to survive outside the womb.
This is the early formation of the savior of the world, and he is less than 1.5 inches in size.
We have a miraculous God!
During the second trimester the fingernails, toenails develop on the hands and feet that will one day be nailed to a cross!
His ears stand out, hearing begins, and he responds to sounds. There is facial development, with eye movement, and he responds to sounds outside his mother’s body. He also becomes more physically active.
The body that would become the sacrificial Lamb of God, would be structurally complete and awaiting the full development that occurs in the third trimester.
In the third trimester muscles develop and greater movement is experienced. The hands that would touch and heal, the voice and lungs that would declare God’s love and salvation to the world are fully formed. The feet that would carry the savior through Israel, walk on water, and be nailed to the cross were moving and eager to be free!
When the 280 days are complete the baby rotates, placing his head in the birth canal, and the birth process of the savior Jesus began.
When he was free from Mary’s womb and in Joseph’s hands, he drew his first breath and…ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE!!!
What a miraculous and mighty GOD we have!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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