Time Force: The Great Christmas Caper

Chapter 40: The Time Force's Christmas Party

It was finally Christmas Day in New York City, and the time was now 7:00 AM in the Time Force Headquarters. Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny woke up bright and early on that day so they would begin the potential of celebrating their Christmas party right away. And so, they got their study bibles with them and went to the living room area of their dormitory where their Christmas tree was with their special Christmas presents. The Time Force was surprised to see the Christmas presents under the Christmas tree.

"Well, guys," said Margo. "It looks like Christmas is finally here, and we hope that this would be a potential Christmas party that we would celebrate." "Yes, indeed," answered Sherman. "I firmly believe that this Christmas is when we will perform the Christmas concert tonight at the auditorium in the New York City School of Performing Arts with Mannheim Steamroller." "Indeed," said Margo. "It is determined to be an amazing concert that we would perform with them in for this Christmas." "Frankly, I must've found some sort of way to start this Christmas Day celebration by this simple order," said Antonio. "First part is to read the passage from the book of Luke. Second part is to empty our Christmas stockings. Third part is to open our Christmas presents to see what we got for each other." "That's as simple as I would expect, Antonio," said Penny. "Furthermore, I guess this is the best way to start the Christmas celebration."

And so, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny took turns to read the passage from the book of Luke (which tells the birth of Jesus Christ) in this order. First, Margo read the first words that went as follows: "In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel, whose name was Gabriel, to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, 'Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!' Confused and disturbed, Mary wondered what the angel could mean. And the angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. And he will reign over Israel forever, his Kingdom will never end!' Mary asked the angel, 'But how can this happen? I am a virgin.' The angel replied to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. What's more, your relative, Elizabeth, has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say that she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. For the word of God will never fail.' Mary responded, 'I am the Lord's servant. May everything you have said about me come true.' And then, the angel left her."

Then, Penny read the next words in the Christmas story about the birth of Jesus Christ that went as follows: "A few days later, Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, 'God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby inside me jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.' Mary responded, 'Oh, how my soul magnifies the Lord. How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and from now on, all generations will call me blessed. For the Mighty One is holy, and he has done great things for me. He shows mercy from generation to generation to all who fear him. His mighty arm has done tremendous things! He has scattered the proud and haughty ones. He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands. He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful. For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.' Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three more months and then she went back to her own home."