The Birth That Changed the World

Many, many babies are born every day. For each individual family, the birth is very special; viewed globally, however, births are very common and ordinary. One doctor could easily deliver 250 to 300 babies in a single year.

Estimates are difficult, especially with the skewing done by evolution-based math, but low estimates assume over 100,000,000,000 babies born in the history of the world. What is one birth in comparison?

The estimated world population at the time of Christ was around 200,000,000. Using a birth rate of forty births annually per 1000 population (my estimation based on recent birth rates of under-developed countries and birth rates of 100 years ago), there would have been approximately 8,000,000 babies born globally that year. What is one birth in comparison?

The estimated population of Palestine at the time of Christ was around 500,000. This would allow for approximately 20,000 births that year in Palestine alone. What is one birth in comparison?

The small town of Bethlehem had an estimated population of between 300 and 1000. Using 500 as the figure, there would have been approximately twenty births in Bethlehem that year. Even on such a small scale, what is one birth in comparison?

The answer is that the birth of Christ was unique. In the history of the world, there has never been a birth like His. The other twenty births in Bethlehem could not rival His. Not one of the 20,000 births in Palestine was like His. Of the 8,000,000 babies born in the world that year, none of them could compare to the birth of Jesus. Of the 100,000,000,000 babies born over the history of the world, one birth alone stands alone as warranting special attention and admiration. The birth of Jesus truly changed the world.

Consider these statements made about the birth of Jesus. Not one of these statements can be made of any other person in history.

·         "Jesus the Messiah" (Matthew 1:1).

·         "His mother Mary ... was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:18).
·         "The Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:20).
·         "You will call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
·         "We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him" (Matthew 2:2).
·         "A ruler who will shepherd my people Israel" (Matthew 2:6).
·         "He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end" (Luke 1:32-33).
·         "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35).
·         "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David His servant" (Luke 1:68-69).
·         "The Sunrise from on high will visit us, to shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace" (Luke 1:78-79).
·         "I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:10-11).
·         "My eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel" (Luke 2:30-32).
·         "Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel" (Luke 2:34).
·         "[Anna] continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem" (Luke 2:38).
·         "There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man" (John 1:9).
·         "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" (John 1:12).
·         "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).

Hallelujah! What a Savior! Hallelujah! What a birth!