Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger... .
Have you ever noticed stones play an important part in God's story? God wrote the laws He required His people to live by on stone tablets.Then as a baby, Jesus was wrapped in linen cloths by His mum and laid in a manger, which Bible scholars tell us would certainly have been a stone feeding trough at that time. God wanted us to have that detail, that picture because He is the Bread of Life to us.
Fast forward thirty three years from there and you find Jesus being wrapped once again, this time in linen burial cloths and being laid in a stone tomb. His manger had been a picture of what was to come. God had already planned the stone tomb before Jesus ever came to the stone manger. Then God tells us a large stone was rolled in front of His tomb and sealed.
Only God could have brought Jesus into the manger and only God could get Him out of the tomb.
But praise God the story wasn't over! Go forward another three days and the stone has been rolled away!
Jesus came to free us from the grave and punishment for our sins. He was born into our world, died on the cross and rose again in order to fulfil all the requirements of the law for us, so God could forgive our sin and give us His righteousness in exchange.
The next time you see a picture of Jesus in a manger, let Him remind you He came to take your place, to be the Bread of Life to you, to free you from the law of sin and death and give you His righteousness, and to give you resurrection life in Him. What a Saviour!
Just in case you don't know Jesus as your Saviour, let me invite you to ask Him to come into your heart this Christmas and pray the prayer at the side of this Blog. He loves you so.😊
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