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The Son of God did not begin life as the little baby Jesus who was born that night in Bethlehem. The Son of God appeared on earth in human form as the little baby Jesus, adopting the form of a human to live among us; however, the Son of God already existed before being conceived as a human by his mother Mary.

Jesus Christ plainly states: “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (John chapter 8 verse 58 - ESV) Abraham lived about 1,900 years before the time of Jesus.

‘In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.’ (John chapter 1 verses 1 to 3 - NLT)

Here, the Word, with a capital ‘W’ is referring directly to the Son of God, Christ.

‘The Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.’ (John chapter 1 verse 14 - NLT)

This clearly explains that the Son of God existed with his Father from the very beginning of forever; the Son of God became flesh, born on earth as a human, and lived among us. The Son of God made this transformation into human form because he was fulfilling the prophesies of the Old Testament.

Christmas is about the arrival on earth of the Son of God in human form. He had to live among us in human form to fulfill his purpose - he could not have fulfilled his purpose in spiritual form, which is why he was born as the baby Jesus.

The birth of Jesus is about the fulfillment of God's promises to send a Savior to save us from our sins.