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JUST LIKE you and me!

Luke 2:4-7
"4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with Child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn."

All summer long we have studied Children of the Heavenly Father. And, this week, the last week of this study, we get to the point of it all; Jesus Christ becoming incarnate! We return to the Gospel of Luke for the written record, chapter two, where Caesar Augustus, has declared that "all the world should be taxed." The Roman occupying force put a great burden on many people for the purpose of tax collection. 

It's a curious thing that God uses unbelievers and even those who are hostile to Him to accomplish His plans. AND, GOD tells about His plans ahead of time; in Micah 5:2 it was prophesied that Christ would be born in Bethlehem! Written about five hundred years before these events took place. 

This journey was long, over thirty hours on foot! Mary "being great with Child" was TAXED in more than one way. All this took place so Christ was born in Bethlehem, according to the word of the LORD. "And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn."

And, check it out; the incarnate Jesus Christ, The Son of God, came into this world JUST LIKE you and me! We were all babies at one time in our lives. Needing help and protection.
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