The Nativity Isn’t In The Bible
Happy Holiday’s Heathens! Today we are discussing why the nativity isn’t biblical at all, why one of the birth narratives mirrors Moses, and how both birth narratives differ. Prepare to have your faith and knowledge questioned today on Did Jesus Exist.
“We Three Kings” is a popular song this time of year but it really doesn’t represent anything in the bible. There are no kings in the nativity scene of Luke nor in the birth narrative of Matthew. This is a common misconception along with the number 3. It’s stated that there are 3 kings that visit Jesus but the exact number is never mentioned they are only assumed to be a group of 3. The nativity comes in many different flavors but none of them contain kings nor are any of them in the bible.
Matthew has magi coming to see Jesus in a house on the outskirts of Bethlehem. God told the magi to follow the star to Bethlehem but they had to make a pit stop to tell Herod that the king of the jews was born so it would trigger the slaughter of the innocents. Mary and Joseph then flee Bethlehem for Egypt which is a direct mirror of Moses. When Moses was born, his mother put him in a basket and sent him down the river supposedly away from the slaughter of Jewish boys that the Pharoah had ordered. He ends up right in the hands of the Royals though. Mary and Joseph have to flee out of Bethlehem to Egypt to escape the slaughter.
Luke has shepherds coming to see Jesus, a bit of foreshadowing as Jesus is known as a shepherd of the Jews. Luke has them coming to Bethlehem for the census while Mary is pregnant which is completely opposite the reason in Matthew. Luke doesn’t have the star or the magi, but it does have the manger. The manger only appears in Luke. The nativity story is cobbled together from the contradictory stories of the Bible in order to be presented in a way that allows Christians to ignore the conflicting nature of the narratives.
