Inn in Bethlehem could be a great way to spend a Christmas.
Just imagine spending Christmas in Bethlehem, or any other time, where Jesus was
born according to the Bible, regarded as a trustworthy source by a pretty large
number of people, so in this case I shall believe, why not? in this case. I in
this case have no reason to not believe it, certainly in my lifestyle choices.
Its a great story, and could eb true. Or even stay in a stable, well I suppose
that would be going to far as if Jesus existed then there is no doubt his parents
would have wanted him to stay in the inn, not the stable, so other people certainly
do not have to suffer privation, just as those times were harder than now. You
may even want to stay in a hotel or some place like that or a villa in the area
if that is possible. If the troubles in the area have calmed down, which hopefully
they shall. In the Gospel of Luke account, Mary learns from the angel Gabriel
that she will conceive and bear a child called Jesus. When she asks how this can
be, since she is a virgin, he tells her that the Holy Spirit would "come
upon her" and that "nothing will be impossible with God". She responds:
"Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your
word".
At the time that Mary is due to give birth, she and her husband Joseph travel from their home in Nazareth about 150 kilometres (90 miles) south to Joseph's ancestral home, Bethlehem, in order to register in a census. Having found no place for themselves in the inn, when Mary gives birth to Jesus she places the newborn in a manger (feeding trough).
An angel of the Lord visits the shepherds guarding their flocks in nearby fields and brings them "good news of great joy": "to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord." The angel tells them they will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger. The angel is joined by a "heavenly host" who say "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!". (The King James Version reads, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.") The shepherds hurry to the manger in Bethlehem where they find Jesus with Mary and Joseph. They repeat what they have been told by the angel, and then return to their flocks. Mary and Joseph take Jesus to Jerusalem to be circumcised, before returning to their home in Nazareth. I had to be one of the Shepherds in a church nativity in school, we dyed some sheets brown, and were the shepherds, we had a toy baby as Jesus, I think, as we were little kids. Gospel of Matthew
In the Gospel of Matthew, the impending birth is announced to Joseph in a dream, in which he is instructed to name the child Jesus. A star reveals the birth of Jesus to a number of magoi (magi, Greek ?????, commonly translated as "wise man" but in this context probably meaning "astronomer" or "astrologer") who travel to Jerusalem from an unspecified country "in the east":
"In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, 'Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.' When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born" (Matthew 2:1-4).
Herod understands the phrase "King of the Jews" as a reference to the Messiah, since he asked his advisers where the Messiah was to be born. They answer Bethlehem, the birthplace of King David, and quote the prophet Micah: "Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage," a deceitful Herod tells the magi.
As the magi travel to Bethlehem, the star "goes before" them and leads them to a house where they find Jesus. They present Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (Matthew 2:9-11). In a dream, the magi receive a divine warning of Herod's intent to kill the child, whom he sees as a rival. Consequently, they return to their own country without telling Herod the result of their mission. An angel tells Joseph to flee with his family to Egypt. Meanwhile, Herod orders that all male children of Bethlehem under the age of two to be killed, the so-called "Massacre of the Innocents" (Matthew 2:12-16).
After Herod's death, the family settle in Nazareth, fulfilling, according to Matthew, a prophecy: "He will be called a Nazorean" (Matthew 2:23). The King James Version of the Gospel reads "He shall be called a Nazarene." This is possibly a free reading of Isaiah 11:1 ("A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.") - a prediction that a new ruler would emerge from the line of Jesse, father of David - with the Hebrew netzer, for "branch," read as Nazo-raios (Nazorean) in Greek. I bet there are inns to stay in, as it would seem like a great pilgramage, though I suspect many would prefer to stay in a stable, as they would have gone all the way, and feel better other ways, or maybe they would want to stay in a hotel as surely that was the aim, of most people in those days, so it would be churlish to not just for the sake of it.
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