{"id":20920,"date":"2024-11-24T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20920"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:39:31","slug":"biblical-origin-significance-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/biblical-origin-significance-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u306e\u771f\u306e\u610f\u5473\u3068\u306f\uff1f\u795e\u304c\u79c1\u305f\u3061\u3068\u5171\u306b\u3044\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u6765\u3089\u308c\u305f\u3053\u3068"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The true meaning of Christmas is that God came to be with us. At Christmas Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, and in it the Incarnation: God the Son became a human child, born of Mary in Bethlehem, to save us and to show us God&#039;s love. Matthew puts it in one name, Emmanuel, &quot;God with us&quot; (Matthew 1:23). John says the same thing without a manger or a star. &quot;And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,&quot;\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus: God the Son made man, Emmanuel, God with us. Is Christmas in the Bible, and what does the feast ask of us?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20950,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/christmas-story-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20920,"position":0},"title":"Where Is the Christmas Story in the Bible? 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