february the 12th, 1809, they would have no doubt seen a fox news alert about the emperor napoleon and his move across austria. i guarantee you know mention would ve been made about the birth of a baby in kentucky to an illiterate father and mother who names that baby abraham. today, few people can t even tell you anything about napoleon and austria, but everybody knows the name of that baby, abraham lincoln who changed america. it was the same way 2,000 years ago. most people were thinking about another emperor in rome and his taxation policy. few people paid attention to the birth of the baby in a feeding trough in bethlehem. but today, we still, when we write the year 2019, we are acknowledging, that was the most important event in human history, the birth of jesus christ our savior. leland: how much of this is to look at the birth of jesus christ? how much of it is to look at his