What Does Nativity Mean?

Of course nativity speaks of birth. But “The
Nativity” speaks of Christ’s birth. What does
Christ’s birth mean for us?

Christ was born of a virgin. He was the
“seed of the woman” promised in the beginning of
the Old Testament (Genesis 3:15)

Christ was (and is) God-become-Man.
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among
us.” (John 1:14). God took on a human body, a
human soul, a human mind. As a child, He
learned and grew. As a man, He felt temptation
and weakness (hunger, thirst, exhaustion). He also
suffered and died--all without sin or hint of failure.

This Christ can bring a person back to
God. One man said, “God treated Christ as
though Christ lived my life, so that He could treat
me as though I lived Christ’s life.” This exchange
is declared by God when the sinner puts faith--and
faith alone--in the God-Man: Jesus Christ.

This is part of what “Nativity” means.