IS 9:1-6
have seen a great light;
upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom
a light has shone.
You have brought them abundant joy
and great rejoicing,
as they rejoice before you as at the harvest,
as people make merry when dividing spoils.
For the yoke that burdened them,
the pole on their shoulder,
and the rod of their taskmaster
you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.
For every boot that tramped in battle,
every cloak rolled in blood,
will be burned as fuel for flames.
For a child is born to us, a son is given us;
upon his shoulder dominion rests.
They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero,
Father-Forever, Prince of Peace.
His dominion is vast
and forever peaceful,
from David’s throne, and over his kingdom,
which he confirms and sustains
by judgment and justice,
both now and forever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this!
GospelLK 2:1-14
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus
that the whole world should be enrolled.
This was the first enrollment,
when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town.
And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth
to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem,
because he was of the house and family of David,
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
While they were there,
the time came for her to have her child,
and she gave birth to her firstborn son.
She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn.
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields
and keeping the night watch over their flock.
The angel of the Lord appeared to them
and the glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they were struck with great fear.
The angel said to them,
“Do not be afraid;
for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people.
For today in the city of David
a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.
And this will be a sign for you:
you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes
and lying in a manger.”
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel,
praising God and saying:
“Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
This is a Christmas post. Absolutely no tolerance will be given to any off topic comments. Please respect the intent and nature of this post, keeping it open for Christmas greetings and comments.
Merry Christmas to all at CTH. May you all enjoy a blessed Christmas.
Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth.
I love being a disciple of Jesus, I love reading his words, and the unsurpassed magnificence of God’s Bible, I love understanding the holy spirit that guides me, I love coming to a knowledge of the truth for then I can worship the father in spirit and in Truth, to know that I know that I know that I am not of this world and to receive the peace that passes all understanding.
In Christ through Christ and by Christ I am a believer and nothing can separate me from the love of God.
As the prophecies of both the Old and New testament come together at the end of this age I appreciate the gift of my life even more.
Maranatha
Halleluiah !
Amen!
AMEN, thank you Lord. Merry Christmas!!!
Amen
Menagerie, you always have the sweetest and most lovely postings that have such an element of peace and good will in them (and good taste, too, especially the recipe ones!).
This day reminds me of the need we all have for friends and kindred spirits, and finding CTH and hanging out in the Treehouse is one place in which this is found for me.
Thank you, Sundance for your tireless work on behalf of the truth, Menagerie for your inspiration, Ad Rem for your diligence, and all the others that make this uniquely wonderful site possible! And to all other Treepers here, let’s commit ourselves to God, our families, our country, and our communities as we go forward. That’s what my family is doing today.
Jesus is LORD, that I know right well! He alone is my Rock and salvation; he is my defense, I shall not be moved.
“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.” Ps 96:5
“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:…” Isa 45:5
Peace and grace to all – and joy always –
Amen and amen!! Thank you for putting into words how so many of us feel!!
Amen. May God be praised.
A Blessed and Merry Christmas to all Treepers and to our CTH Management.
Our family will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior today by getting together in the same manner as we have done for as long as any of us can remember. I hope everyone can celebrate with family and friends as well.
Peace!
Amen, amen. Christ in the old testament prophecies, found time and time again if one has the eyes to see. Christmas Blessings to the Treeper family!
AMEN, so be it. Come quickly, LORD JESUS.
The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness shall NOT overcome it…John 1:5
Merry Christmas to all of you and your families and may we all walk into 2022 with faith, hope, and joy!
“Things may look dark and things may look grim, but all these things will pass except the things that are of Him.” Rich Mullins
Rich Mullins. His music stirred my soul more times than I can remember.
Thanks for posting this today. You gave me a gift.
I still listen to his music even now and somehow, it seems MORE profound as time goes by! Glad this memory blessed your heart – Merry Christmas!!
If you have never heard this tribute to him, I would highly recommend it!
Thank you for the recommendation. I have not heard this tribute but will listen soon.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas
So nice to read that scripture this morning I consider it a blessing
thank you so much.
Merry Christmas to you and your household
And a Merry Christmas to all the CTH family may God continue to bless this gathering.
Merry Christmas friends!
Merry Christmas Sundance & admin. Thank you for another wonderful year of information.
When things seem bleak, have hope in Jesus!
Amen. Merry Christmas to all.
Someone I recently read referred to Christmas as “the watershed day in human history”. This is so true.
May the Lord bless you and keep you (all) May he cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you(all).
Merry Christmas and God be with you all the days of your life!
Amen!
Thank You! That blessing gives me hope every time I hear it.
Merry Christmas, Parker. Merry Christmas, Sundance. Merry Christmas, Treeper family!
❤✝
My much loved and very much missed rector always used this as his closing each Sunday. It fills me with a comfort that is impossible to explain. I love it as well.
Merry Christmas and blessings on all the Treehouse community.
Please enjoy one of the best renditions of Ave Maria ever heard:
TRANSCENDINGLY BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for sharing it!
Thank you!! You can tell they are feeling every note. Their voices are wonderful. Acapella can go so wrong. But this is just so so right.
I’m sure they were heard…even in the stairwell. God bless them.
Amen
Through the mist of time,
We are so Blessed,
To have a Candle that shines forever.
The merriest of Christmases to all of the CTH family! May the Lord bless and watch over you and your families every day of your lives! 🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas. I hope all are sharing the joy of the day with family, friends, neighbors or even those people around you at airports who are trying to get from point A to point B.
From point B – signing off!
Menagerie, I thought you’d like to know that your beautiful Christmas message has been posted on Liberty Daily today. This is unalloyed good news as it will now reach many more who need the glorious hope that is the birth of our Saviour. And who knows? Those who have not yet been touched by our Lord’s hand may yet be by seeing your words. May it be so.
Amen!
American Thinker: How the Advent of Christ Changed the World Forever
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/the_advent_of_christ_changed_the_world_forever.html
Enjoyed our nearby church service yesterday afternoon, singing the ancient Carols that I had learned as an eight year-old almost seventy years ago. Happy that I still remember most of the verses to these old favorites! Merry Christmas, everyone.
Merry Christmas Treepers.
A little Christmas Music performed by me:
Our whole family holds God and Jesus in our hearts. Merry Christmas to all, peace, love and goodwill.⛪💖
Thank you Menagerie! Just watched this earlier and the tears were flowing! God is so Good to send His Son! Praise His HOLY Name! We await His return as The Lion of the tribe of Judah!
https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen/watch?vid=S1:E0&ap=true
Merry Christmas!
Series 3 coming up!!
Beautiful
Oh, I forgot to add this, just felt lead to share….
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Beautiful Christmas reading and Gospel! Christ is The Message of hope.
Merry Christmas to all here and a Prosperous and Happy New Year!!
Merry Christmas Treepers! I am thankful for this community.
Thee and me, good sir!
Hebrews 12:
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Thank you Dan! Needed to read this today!!! Struggling with a certain sin of alcohol, please pray for me and my husband…
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas.
The days of merry Christmas are such a great gift for all. The joys are amazing to behold.
Thank God for the gift that keeps on giving… Jesus and Love, wisdom, live’s with greater vision and selfless, humble, meaningful purposes…
Love thy neighbors.
We celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve. First time in 26 years my mom was with almost all her children, all her grand children and great grandchildren.
Awesome time. Beautiful moments.
Unfortunately my new puppy, a golden retriever, stole the show. wink wink.
My mom cried a little afterwards. She’s was so against moving from Iowa and move in with my husband and I.
I think now she sees the benefits of being close to her kids.
Here she can be taken care of as she closes in on 80 and has been diagnosed with dementia.
God is great and he has provided exceedingly to my husband and I.
Thank you Lord for your blessings.
Bless those here today, SD, and Adrems for your precious time and commitment.
Holiday message from the California Highway Patrol
Merry Christmas
Beautiful!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/a_jawdroppingly_beautiful_christmas_carol_from__the_monkees.html
Thank you for posing the Lord’s Words! I read Isaiah 53 every Christmas. The Words of the Lord are like a breath of fresh air to the soul. Have you ever been really really thirsty and you drink a glass of cold water, you can feel the water being sucked up like a sponge throughout your body? That is what it is like reading the Word of God, the Bible. Reviving !
Merry Christmas to all my fellow Treepers!
Merry Christmas to all! 😁
Merry Christmas, Sundance and all your staff, and to all the Treehouse members here. I pray we all stay in good health in the New Year.
Merry Xmas to everyone.
Thank you to Sundance our fearless leader for always keeping us informed with the truth the word of God
heavenly Father pls give us the strength to fight and reject this tyranny surrounding our everyday lives the work Satan. i will keep fighting with every fiber in my body
Amen 🙏🏻
Merry Christmas to all. Thank you to Sundance and the helpers who keep this little corner of sanity alive in the cyber world.
“O Holy Night”
Merry Christmas To All Of You And Your Families.
May The Lord Bless You All With Peace And Good Health.
Jesus Is King
“Messiah” in 3 parts by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741, recorded at the Große Musikvereinssaal in Vienna as performed by Concentus Musicus Wien in 2004. Two hours twenty-one minutes…..
Merry Christmas, everybody!
“Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – DVR’d this and watched this morning — beautiful and inspirational musical performances for Christmas. (There’s one by a children’s chorus at about 39:00 minutes in — see if this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye as it did with me).
Here’s a link to stream online: https://watch.tbn.org/videos/hd-tbnspl7018r
I’d love to see follow-up comments to see if others agree after watching — IMHO, this is one to share far and wide, especially with the current *hot* spiritual battle underway between God’s good and Satanic evil.
“The Chosen” has completed two seasons’ worth of material about Jesus’ ministry. They concluded season two at the sermon on the mount. This is a remarkable series, taking no liberties with the gospel narrative, just adding human touches to it to make it even more accessible and meaningful. The settings, costumes and (most importantly) the players are accurate and believable.
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I highly recommend you subscribe. “Pay it forward” with your funds so that others worldwide who cannot afford the price, get free access. https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen
Merry Christmas! May you find many blessings.
Happy New Year! May it be filled with joy.
Thank you all for such kindness and conversation over the years.