Welcome to my story. It is a long story spreading over 2024 years.

From my birth in a hillside cave near Bethlehem, my family was challenged with many hardships. The manner of my birth was not such a happy event as it is made to appear nowadays.

It is more about parties, festivities, flashing lights, consumerism, and commercialization to the point of contradiction. Many people do not know what they are celebrating or why.

That is because my birth in poverty and under death threats from bad King Herod the tyrant was itself a strong message from my father to violent people that do not want to hear. My birth was a challenge to all people of every race and to the world to end violence, hatred, revenge, and evil and embrace a new life of compassion and love of neighbor.

In this community, most people would live good lives with each other with respect and love the truth. They would do justice, have compassion and love of neighbor, and end injustice and poverty.

My father sent me to inspire all people to have a world like this where there was greater equality, respect, and love of life.

In the land of Palestine, where I once lived and walked and taught the people and challenged the authorities to make peace today, there is no peace in Palestine, the land of my birth and mission.

Then (as I do now), I challenged Israeli leaders to help their own suffering people and end the injustice and inequality and the poverty of the Jews, and they did not. I am a Jew, and I love all people, but not all people love me or what I stand for.

I called for Israel to repent then, and it must repent now of the many crimes and stop the violence and killing of women and children and innocent people in Palestine today and every day. From my birth to the day I died, I worked for an end to hatred and revenge and called for all to make peace.

That is the call and hope on my birthday to make peace on earth, and that is the call, the prayer, and the hope for action now. I appeal to all my true followers to take some action to end the violence and work for peace and justice. If you have faith, then you believe it is possible for goodness and truth to overcome evil, violence, and hatred.

Love of neighbor will one day win out, and if all of my followers work for it in their community, it will transform your lives and that of your neighbors. Christmas is the day when all my followers should wake up to the truth and do all to protect children.

Come and pray and act with me, Jesus.