Every continent and every ocean recognizes the importance of the birth of Jesus the Christ. We are moving toward the fulfillment of that ancient Christian hymn: Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).
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