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After Jesus' birth as the Son of God who would rule the kingdom from David's throne forever (Luke 1:32-35), was placed in the humble obscurity of a manger (Luke 2:7). 1. Baby Jesus lying in a manger was a sign to the shepherds (Luke 2:12, 16). He was found, not on a throne, but in a manger! 2. “God shook the world with a babe, not a bomb.”
Why was Jesus laid in a manger? Why was Jesus born in Bethlehem? What were the meanings of the gifts brought by the wise men? And, why is it important to know? There is a specific purpose and a prophetic, spiritual significance behind all of the famous Christmas elements surrounding Jesus’ birth. Let’s uncover the answers to key questions ...
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Yes, we may be sure that Joseph and Mary cleaned it up as best they could. They, no doubt, padded it in some way to make a comfy little bed. But there is no way to romanticize this bed into anything other than a feeding trough for slobbering animals. The first bed for the Son of God was not a royal cradle. It was a common corn crib. It’s meant to h...
At first, you might think it was a fluke of fate — a random misfortune. Because Luke says Mary “laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). But the way Luke tells the story, that won’t work. God had centuries to get ready for this birth. The prophet Micah lived seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus and ...
The angel of the Lord said something to the shepherds that was almost too good to be true. To believe this and bear witness, they would need a sign. The angel gave it: Swaddling cloths? Every baby in Bethlehem was wearing swaddling cloths. That is not the sign. The sign is the manger. In fact, this must have sounded so wildly scandalous, the shephe...
No sooner were the words out of the angel’s mouth — “you will find a baby . . . lying in a manger” — than the heavens exploded with praise: Glory to God! The Savior is in a feeding trough! Glory to God! The Messiah is in a feeding trough! Glory to God! The Lord is in a feeding trough! “Glory to God in the highest!” From the highest to the lowest! W...
The angel of the Lord came to shepherds, not Pharisees. With whom is the Lord pleased? That word “pleased” (Greek eudokia) occurs one other place in Luke: Not the wise. Not the understanding. But the children. The ones who would take no offense at a baby in a feeding trough. The ones that would expect no better bed than their Savior: Except for a m...
The Calvary road is downhill. Not because it gets easier, but because it gets lower. The Savior’s life starts low and ends lower. This is the point of Philippians 2:6–8: This is how the Savior saves. This is how the Messiah fulfills all the promises. This is how the Lord reigns: from infinite deity, to feeding trough, to final torments on the cross...
May 27, 2024 · The significance of the manger in nativity scenes lies in its symbolism of Jesus' humble birth. In Christian observances, the manger represents the humility and simplicity of Jesus' arrival, as he was born in a stable and laid in a feeding trough.
Aug 16, 2023 · The manger scene, or Nativity scene, has been a widely recognized symbol of the birth of Jesus Christ for centuries. One of the earliest visual representations of the Nativity scene can be found in Christian catacombs of the 4th century.
Oct 27, 2022 · The manger was a symbol—Only a roughhewn, splintery, smelly feeding trough could have adequately illustrated the shocking condescension that the God of the universe displayed through Christ’s birth.
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Dec 6, 2023 · 1. The manger is like a “living Gospel”. Pope Francis recalled that the representation of the birth of Jesus is “like a living Gospel rising up from the pages of sacred Scripture” to invite men to “set out on a spiritual journey, drawn by the humility of the God who became man in order to encounter every man and woman.”.
