What if Jesus had not been Born?

This episode commences a 4 part series that asks the intriguing question, "What if Jesus had not been born? Three sources will be combined to grant some answers. First, the book by the same name. Second, is the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life and third is the Chronicles of Narnia where it was always winter, but never Christmas. We know what Bedford Falls became if George Bailey had not been born. What would the world be like if Christ had not been born? It would be like stepping into Narnia under the White Witch’s cruel rule, a land where it is “Always winter, but never Christmas.” Cold. Silent. Indifferent, Jaded, Callous, and Colorless. It would be like stepping into Narnia under the White Witch’s cruel rule, a land where it is “Always winter, but never Christmas.” Cold. Silent. Indifferent, Jaded, Callous, and Colorless. • If Christ had not been born, the dignity of human life and the sacredness of life would remain largely unrecognized by most human souls. • Compassion would be a rare virtue, with no chance of becoming a central virtue in men’s souls. Before Jesus, human life—especially the weak, the elderly, infants, and the unwanted—was cheap. When the true and living God becomes distance to humanity, human life is devalued. After Christ was born, it is no longer the world of Narnia’s Witch. It is not the world of Pottersville anymore. Before Christ, mercy was admired as an idea but rarely practiced as a duty. Christ did not simply command love; He embodied it. His birth was not merely the dawn of salvation—it was the dawn of compassion in a cruel world. Hospitals, orphanages, relief missions—these were not inventions of governments or empires. These flowed from the heart of Jesus and was expressed through His people. His birth was not merely the dawn of salvation—it was the dawn of compassion in a cruel world. Christ did not simply enter history. He transformed it. It is no longer the world of Narnia’s Witch. It is not the world of Pottersville anymore.