the birth of jesus. according to the gospel of luke, joseph and the pregnant mary traveled to bethlehem from their home in nazareth. they have to travel to bethlehem because, according to luke, there was a census that required people to go to their ancestral homes. joseph was apparently from bethlehem so he had to return there. the importance of jesus being born in bethlehem is to connect him to king david. bethlehem was the city of david. joseph was of the line of david so it links them to that great history of the jewish patriarchs in jewish history. moreover, there s a prophecy that talks about the future ruler coming from bethlehem so jesus has to be born in bethlehem to fulfill the prophecy from the old testament and to be the true davidic
according to the gospel of luke, joseph and the pregnant mary traveled to bethlehem from their home in nazareth. they have to travel to bethlehem because, according to luke, there was a census that required people to go to their ancestral homes. joseph was apparently from bethlehem so he had to return there. the importance of jesus being born in bethlehem is to connect him to king david. bethlehem was the city of david. joseph was of the line of david so it links them to that great history of the jewish patriarchs in jewish history. moreover, there s a prosphec that talks about the future ruler coming from bethlehem so jesus has to be born in bethlehem to fulfill the prophecy from theole te old tes and to be the true davidic
according to the gospel of luke, joseph and the pregnant mary traveled to bethlehem from their home in nazareth. they have to travel to bethlehem because, according to luke, there was a census that required people to go to their ancestral homes. joseph was apparently from bethlehem so he had to return there. the importance of jesus being born in bethlehem is to connect him to king david. bethlehem was the city of david. joseph was of the line of david so it links them to that great history of the jewish patriarchs in jewish history. moreover, there s a prophecy that talks about the future ruler coming from bethlehem so jesus has to be born in bethlehem to fulfill the prophecy from the old testament and to be the true davidic messiah.
looking for a case, looking for somebody to get upset about, in texas, one school district is learning a valuable lesson, you don t mess with charlie brown. a judge ruling that a homemade decoration featuring a famous line from a charlie brown christmas can stay on display at a middle school. for unto you is born in day in the city of david, a savior, jesus christ the lord. that was written on a deck tlagz a nurse s aide put up on the door at school. the school board voted to take it down saying it might offend kids who don t share christian believing. a judge ruled it could stay as long as the aide adds the words, ms. shannon s christmas message. dean, what do you think? i m glad that first amendment stood up there and she was able to put it there as free speech.
a mountaintop in the center of the walled old city. it is a storied place, layered with spiritual meaning and now dominated by the golden dome and a muslim mosque. but just a short walk away outside the city walls a picture is emerging of the ancient and humble beginnings of jerusalem, which the bible says was founded by solomon s father, david. the city of david was a rather small settlement, hardly can be termed as a city. most probably unfortified. but it was here somewhere. reporter: we met doron ben ami, an israeli archaeologist who leads a team digging for evidence of the original city, which would have existed around 1,000 b.c. and it s got an interesting name. i mean, at least colloquially we re calling it the parking lot dig. yeah. it s hard to believe. but five years ago cars used to park right above our heads here. and once we decided to go