Day 21 – Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem.
Luke 2:4-5
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.
Mary and Joseph were both descendants of King David. Joseph was from the line of David’s son, King Solomon, and a legal heir to the throne. Mary was from the line of Nathan, David’s other son, and therefore her biological child is a blood-line heir to the throne of David.
Both Mary and Joseph are from Nazareth in Galilee but they traveled to Bethlehem in Judea to be registered, as decreed by Caesar Augustus. This is why Jesus is often referred to as the Nazarene from Galilee though he was born in the small town of Bethlehem.
All of this fulfills the prophecies as written 700 years earlier.
May you believe this Christmas, in the God who came down to earth to dwell among His creation, to teach us how to love, forgive, and show us the way to eternal salvation.
* Merry Christmas *
A Christmas Story Devotional: 31 Days of the Christmas Story from Genesis to John
Follow along for the 31 days of December and experience a new and exciting appreciation for the ancient Christmas story we celebrate today. The story of Jesus and the meaning behind the celebration of Christmas is woven throughout the entire Bible – from the beginning of mankind in Genesis to the resurrection of Jesus as told by the apostle John some 4000 years later.
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