Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.” Micah 5:2
The Second Sunday of Advent directs our attention to the birthplace of Christ--the tiny city of Bethlehem. This amazing event was foretold in Micah approximately 700 years before Joseph and Mary made their way to Bethlehem for the census. The longed-for Messiah was to be from the lineage of King David, and Bethlehem was David's family's hometown. Bethlehem is a story of a humble, yet devout, young couple making an imposed journey, at an inconvenient time, to a very small and insignificant town. Yet this was an "itinerary" carefully orchestrated by the Sovereign God of the universe who loves us! It is the story of the insignificant arrival of the significant God.
Think about this: God Almighty, the Maker of all things, is about to enter into our world. He is Lord and King and worthy of all praise and glory, yet He chooses the insignificant provincial town of Bethlehem to quietly breathe His first breath. In the humblest of conditions--certainly not conditions for a King: a stable, dirty, stinky, and dark--the Light of the World is born.
The last place you'd choose or expect the Son of God to arrive is the express choice of God!
On that holy night in Bethlehem, prophecies were fulfilled, faith intersected with history, and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Glory to God in the highest!
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