The Bible’s Hidden Christmas Story

John’s Gospel is different (as it is in many ways). While not giving a narrative re-telling of Jesus’ birth, John does have a very theologically significant “birth account” of Jesus Christ. It is shadowed in metaphorical language. Here is how John relates the Christmas story:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men……….The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world………The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-4, 9, 14, New International Version)