The first Christmas by St. Matthew.
Notice how Matthew wrote the first Christmas story - yopu will find that it most major events were conclouded by: in order that the what has been foretold by the prophets may be fulfilled.
If the life of Jesus is a fulfilment of the prophesies, then everything was just a show. The characters were just playing their respective roles. Such of course is not in consonat with Christian teaching about freedom.
It is very likely that Matthew was only making stories that will be helpful in teaching that Jesus was the messiah where the people of Israel were awaiting for. During those time such was very important because that will be most credible to make allusion to the prophesies in the old testament with regards to the life of Jesus.
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