The twenty-fifth day of December.
In the year five-thousand one-hundred and ninety-nine from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth;In the year two-thousand nine-hundred and fifty-seven from the flood;
In the year two-thousand and fifty-one from the birth of Abraham;
In the year one-thousand five-hundred and ten from the going forth of the people of Israel out of Egypt under Moses;
In the year one-thousand and thirty-two from the anointing of David as king;
In the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
In the one-hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
In the year seven-hundred and fifty-two from the foundation of the city of Rome;
In the forty-second year of the reign of the Emperor Octavian Augustus;
In the sixth age of the world, while the whole earth was at peace —
JESUS CHRIST,
Eternal God and the Son of the eternal Father, willing to consecrate the world by His gracious coming, having been conceived of the Holy Ghost, and the nine months of His conception being now accomplished, was born in Bethlehem of Judah of the Virgin Mary, made man.
The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the flesh.
2 comments:
I have to admit that when I hear this proclamation, it bothers me. Don't we know for sure that the earth was not created 5000 years ago?
Why then do we continue to sing this incorrect fact?
Perhaps I am not looking at this in the right way?
Thank you for comments!
The point of this is to assert that God in human flesh entered into time. Yes, we know the earth wasn't created 5,000 years ago. But is that much different than asserting it was created millions of years ago, or billions of years ago? Who knows? All we know is that it was created, and now God has entered into His creation in a unique way.
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