The King Nobody Wanted:SERIES 3 - Compiled by PL Sturgis - Christmas Story...

The King Nobody Wanted: written by Norman F. Langford: 

Highlights and excerpts permitted in connection with a review 1948, printed in USA for Public School Libraries:

 Compiled by PL Sturgis:

About this Book: “The King Nobody Wanted tells the story of Jesus. Where the actual words from the Bible are used they are from the King James Version. The greater part of the story is told in everyday words. You will certainly want to look up these stories in your own Bible.

The King Nobody Wanted: written by Norman F. Langford: SERIES 3

 #1) God Sends a Dream to the Wise Men:

The Three Wise Men set out for Bethlehem. Soon they arrived at the place where Joseph and Mary were staying with the Baby. It was very different from Herod’s palace. There, the Three Wise Men fell down on their knees as they would before a King. they opened their treasures and put their gifts in front of the Baby. One brought gold. The others brought sweet smelling ointments, frankincense and myrrh. “Hail Messiah!” they murmured in admiration. “Hail Christ!” ... “Hail King of the Jews!” when they were once more outside on the road one of them spoke. “I think it would be well for us not to see anything of Herod again. I had a dream...” ...The others agreed quickly because they also had a dream. “God sent us a dream to warn us that Herod is dangerous” one of them said. “Herod means to harm the Child. Let us find some other road back home. The days went by and soon the Baby was given His Name. He would be called Jesus. 

#2) Joseph and Mary go to the Temple in Jerusalem:

Joseph and Mary left Bethlehem and carried Jesus with them to the Temple in Jerusalem which was five miles away when Jesus was six weeks old. An old man came up to them in the Temple. “My name is Simeon” he said. “I have been waiting for you a long time. All my life I have been waiting to see the Messiah and now the day has come.” He took Jesus from His mother’s arms and as he held the baby he began to pray. “Lord, let me now die in peace. For I have seen the Messiah, the Savior of all nations and the Glory of the Jewish people.” Simeon turned back to Joseph and Mary, who were looking at him in wonder. “Mary” he said. “This Child of yours is going to break your heart. He will make enemies and cause great trouble in this country. He will suffer and others will suffer too because of Him but also he will give joy and bring many people to God. God Bless you now.” With these words the old man handed the Baby Jesus back to Mary and turned away. Joseph and Mary never saw him again but they remembered his words forever after. 

#3) Then Joseph had a Dream:
Back in Bethlehem Joseph and Mary thought about the shepherds’ story and the three Wise Men and the old man Simeon’s warnings. they knew Jesus was the Messiah and their Baby would be King of the Jews. Yet they were not happy. There was trouble in the air. One night Joseph had a dream. When he awoke he called to his wife. he told her they must leave Bethlehem at once. God had sent the dream as a warning for them to get out of the country. They did not dare to stay there any longer. Joseph and Mary packed up their belongings and set out for the far country of Egypt where they would be safe. They left Bethlehem none too soon, for Herod was exceedingly angry when the Wise Men did not come back. Now he was sure the Messiah really had been born. He was afraid that soon there would be a new King in Palestine to take his throne away from him. Herod never wasted any time. Somewhere in Bethlehem was a child that must be killed but he did not know which child it was. He called his army officers together and gave them their orders. He ordered them to kill every boy two years old and under in Bethlehem. The officers obeyed and no matter how cruel the children were all killed at Herod’s command . Herod did not know the Baby whom he feared was already gone from Bethlehem. Many parents grieved for their children. Soon Herod died and Joseph and Mary returned to Nazareth in Galilee. 

#4) Growing up in Galilee:

Joseph had worked in the town of Nazareth in Galilee before Jesus was born. There they settled down as though nothing unusual had happened. Nobody in Galilee had heard of the shepherds and the Wise Men, nor knew of what Simeon had said in the Temple. Nobody knew why so many babies in Bethlehem had been murdered. Nobody in Nazareth knew that the Messiah had come. In Nazareth people only said, “I hear the carpenter has a Son.” and later they may have said, “The carpenter’s lad is doing very well at school.” There were more interesting things to talk about in Nazareth than the carpenter’s family. there was the Messiah to talk about. “When will He come?” Nobody in Nazareth had heard the angels sing. When boys in Nazareth were six years old it was time for them to start school. No girls were there. The girls were to help their mothers. They learned the ABC’s in Hebrew and first of all to read the Scriptures. They learned the Psalms which had been taught for many years in the temple at Jerusalem. They learned about the prophets and the teacher made sure they learned about the Ten Commandments written by the finger of God.

#5) The Pass Over:

In school with the Jewish boys Jesus learned about the years gone by but the most important story was the Pass Over. this explained why their parents went to Jerusalem each spring. Hundreds of years before ...the Jews had lived in Egypt. They were slaves and wanted to escape to have their own country where they could be free. One spring night God sent a disease into Egypt and thousand died. there was not one Egyptian home where the oldest child in the family did not die. But none of the Jews died. Therefore they called it the Pass Over for God passed over when he saw the Blood on their Door posts. The Jewish people never forgot what God did for them in Egypt so in the spring of each year was held the feast of the Passover. to give God thanks for taking them out of slavery long ago they gathered together and sang. “Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good. For His mercy endures forever. Everyone knew the best place to hold the feast of the Passover was at Jerusalem so as many as could left their homes and went to the great city of Jerusalem.

 (to be continued) 

About His Father’s Business:

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