The Christmas Story, Genesis to John Christmas: Genesis to JohnScriptures CHARACTER COUNT Day 1: God’s answer to man’s sin Gen 3:15 1,270Day 2: God chooses a man to begin a nationGen 12, 15 1,255Day 3: God chooses a tribeGen 49:9-10 1,317Day 4: God chooses a family2 Sam 7:16 1,338Day 5: Jechoniah’s (Jehoiakim) sin and curseJer 22:18 1,548Day 6: Daniel in BabylonDaniel 2 1,509Day 7: Child born is GodIsaiah 9:6-7 1,436Day 8: Coming as a servantIsaiah 42:1-7 1,255Day 9: Fully human and fully GodIsaiah 49:1-6 1,238Day 10: Salvation through His deathIsaiah 52:13-53:12 1,517Day 11: Even names the town where He will be bornMicah 5:2 1,487Day 12: God will send a forerunner so He will be expectedMalachi 3:1-2 1,321Day 13: Zechariah and ElizabethLuke 1:1-24 1,372Day 14: Gabriel visits MaryLuke 1 1,547Day 15: Mary Visits ElizabethLuke 1 1,355Day 16: John the BaptistLuke 1 & John 1 1,639Day 17: Born of a virginIsaiah 7:13-14 1,339Day 18: Wise Men seek the starMatthew 2 1,549Day 19: Simeon and AnnaLuke 1 1,434Day 20: Joseph’s choicesMatthew 1 1,378Day 21: Joseph obeysMatthew 1 1,517Day 22: Bethlehem – Caesar’s decreeLuke 2 1,341Day 23: Mary traveling pregnantLuke 2 1,427Day 24: Jesus is bornLuke 2 1,397Day 25: Shepherds hear the angels & find JesusLuke 2 1,348Day 26: Shepherds tell everyone what they have seenLuke 2 1,418Day 27: Wise Men come to HerodMatthew 2 1,420Day 28: Wise Men find JesusMatthew 2 1,355Day 29: Joseph takes Jesus to EgyptMatthew 2 1,397Day 30: Herod kills the children of BethlehemMatthew 2 1,428Day 31: Jesus is coming againJohn 14:1-6 1,423