“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” - Luke 2:1-7 CSB
She laid him in a manger. This scripture always starts thoughts on the humbleness of Jesus's birth. Jesus was born from the lineage of King David. Whenever you think about being born into the family line of royalty, you would think of someone being born in the best of conditions with all of the best care, but this wasn’t the case for Jesus. There wasn’t even room for his mother to give birth to him at the Inn in Bethlehem. This led to Mary having to resort to wrapping her baby up in cloth and laying him in a manger. A feeding trough. This is the birth of the King of Kings, and he arrived into this world in the most humble way possible. He didn’t come as a mighty warrior to overthrow the Romans, but as a humble servant to uplift His people.
