Who Was There?

Luke 2:6-16 12/24/23 a.m. Who was there?

Last week I mentioned that one Christmas song that I really dislike is “Little Drummer Boy”. And it’s not that it’s extremely repetitive and boring, it’s not that the song is kind of silly, let’s face it, there’s a lot of silly Christmas songs, but the reason that I really despise the song is that’s it’s NOT BIBLICALLY ACCURATE. I know it’s hard to take but there was no LITTLE DRUMMER BOY there to visit Jesus at His birth.

Can I just say this? The story of the Birth of Jesus is SO AMAZING, SO STUPENDOUS, SO WONDERFUL, we don’t need to ADD ANYTHING TO IT!!! The fact that GOD would come down to this Earth in the form of HUMANITY, just blows my mind.

Also, the WISEMEN weren’t at the BIRTH of JESUS. I know a lot of your Nativity Scenes show THREE WISE MEN there, but they weren’t. By the time the Wise Men arrived, Mary and Jesus were in a house.

And the Bible never tells us that there were three. The reason you see THREE WISE MEN is because the MAGI from the EAST BROUGHT THREE GIFTS. Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. It’s likely that they came as a LARGE CARAVAN of people. And some believe they came from as far away as Babylon which would be a 900 mile trip. And that’s why when you look at Matthew 2:11, Mary and Jesus are in a house and Jesus is a YOUNG CHILD and not a baby.

I know I brought a message last week out of Luke 2, but I’d like to go back there this morning. Luke 2, Verses 6-16.

“And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.”

So, if the Little Drummer Boy wasn’t there. Now there may have been an OX and a LAMB there to keep time, “Pa rum pum pum pum” JUST KIDDING!!! Anyway, the Little Drummer Boy wasn’t there. The WISEMEN weren’t there. So who was there that day? Who attended the BIRTH of Jesus? But before we get into that, let’s go to the Lord in Prayer.

Brother _____, would you lead us?

So who was there that day?

I. Well, first of all, we know that Mary was there.

So who was she? Well, first of all, and we talked about this last week, she was a VIRGIN. She had not yet given herself to a man. She had kept herself pure until the time that she would MARRY. It was important back then and folks, it may be a RARITY, but it’s still important today. It’s just one of many reasons, that God was able to use her for HIS PURPOSE.

She was very likely YOUNG. Looking at historical documents, young ladies often became ESPOUSED or you might say PROMISED, to a man at a young age and them MARRY HIM later. We know that Mary was ESPOUSED to Joseph but they had not yet married. Many believe Mary may have been as young as 16.

Of course, we know that she was Jewish. Most likely she was from the Tribe of Judah on her father’s side and from the Tribe of Levi on her mother’s side.

And the last thing I want to point out about Mary, in Luke 1:28 it tells us that she was HIGHLY FAVORED and BLESSED.