HRM Deborah of Israel: A Joyful Christmas

Anglican Priest No "O Little Town of Bethlehem”

By HRM Deborah

Anglican priest named Reverend Stephen Coulter, vicar in Blandford Forum in Dorset, England resounded his opinion of life in modern Bethlehem due to the apparent high security to protect Christians, Jews and Muslims from being attacked; which is a bit ironic due to the Christmas story of over two thousands years ago.

During the war I will admit I did not on this instance think of logistics‘, which in actuality if one thinks about it is actually very profound.

In the time period that Jesus was born, the country was under occupation by the Romans and the tyrannical thumb of Herod the great, to further being a time of extreme hardships for the citizens of Palestine, let alone Bethlehem.

As the Christmas story unfolds, Joseph was to take his family to the city of his kinship Bethlehem for a census so that the Roman Army could have stronger control and had a count of how many people was actually citizens of the country; so this is how this particular family and many other's came to be in this city in number at all.

Then when the birth of this child came within Christian tradition a stable, which to my memory is in modern times termed a grotto; nevertheless, the child is born to very happy parents.

Then we have a visit by the three wise men of the East baring gifts termed to be of great value for the child and also a coming of Palestinian Shepherd’s from the fields; not Canaanite for even in this time they bore Allah”s (G-d‘s) curse. It would be just as easy in Jesus’ time to modern times, for these two set of people to enter Bethlehem and what is more profound they would have been safer from Herod, then the time they actually lived and furthermore; this goes with the Prophet Jesus because through Herod’s jealously, chances are he would have been more safe from harm, because the army that not only came to attack him, but murder all Jewish children from two years down with there mother’s wouldn’t have occurred; for the armies wouldn’t have entered the city, but have been held back by the military of Palestine.

So if one thinks of the instances of the two time period’s, in our more modern time’s with the security measures, all three religions have such a greater of opportunity of safety than what occurred when the birth of Prophet Jesus occurred.

As to the Anglican priest, in Prophet Jesus time especially he may had trouble’s being in Bethlehem due to the fact people such as himself did not exist yet and due to the fact someone from England in this time period would have been very interesting, to no disrespect a bit of an oddity to even see.

Nevertheless, the three wise men and the shepherd’s would have an easier time entering the city then Anglican priest Reverend Stephen Coulter with his not wishing people to sing this year "O Little Town of Bethlehem.”