The following video is a montage of Bible scriptures adapted from the NKJV and set to the music of Red Rider, The Moody Blues, Mariah Carey, and Kirk Franklin. The Christmas Dawn is my interpretation of a prequel to the story of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his eventually birth at the appointed time in a little town called Bethlehem. Photographs were shot mostly with our smartphones or other digital devices over time. Following the embed feed, you should find the scriptural references to the video. Merry Christmas, and may the Lord bless and keep you in the new year.
The
Christmas Dawn (of Light and Darkness)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. He
was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1,2)
All things were made through Him, and without
Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:3)
In Him was life, and the life was the light
of men. (John 1:4)
[Accordingly], in the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
The earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was on the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Gen. 1:2)
Then God said, “Let there be light;” and
there was light. And God saw the light,
that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. (Gen. 1:3,4)
[Because] God is light, in Him is no darkness
at all. (I John 1:5b)
The light shines in the darkness, and the
darkness did not comprehend it. (John 1:5)
That was the true Light which gives light to
every man coming into the world [of whom John bore witness]. (John 1:9)
Who being the brightness of His glory and the
express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Heb. 1:3)
[However,] He was in the world, and the world
was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not
receive Him. (John
1:10,11)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave
the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God. (John 1:12,13)
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all
things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the
captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are
being sanctified are all of one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call
them brethren. (Heb
1:10,11)
[For He declares,] “Sanctify them by Your
truth. Your word is truth.” (John 17:17)
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and
we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of
grace and truth. (John 1:14)
And we know that the Son of God has come and
has given us an understanding, that we many know Him who is true; and we are in
Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ [who is the Word of life]. This is the true God and eternal life. (I John 1:1, I John 5:20)
And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day
dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. (II Pet. 1:19)
[That] born to you this day in the city of
David [is] a Savior, who is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:11)
