Luk 2:7 | KingComments | STEP | The Lord Jesus in the womb of Mary has gone through the development that every human being goes through. This process lasted nine months. Then the day comes when the Savior can be born. The birth of Christ, His coming into the world, is an event of unprecedented significance for faith. God has become Man and thereby partakes of His creation. The Creator visits His creation in a way that only God could think of and carry out. The Son of God humbles Himself and becomes Man ( ). How completely different is the Lord from, for example, Theudas who was “claiming to be somebody” ( ). Christ does not take the form of an angel and visits the people in that form, as He has done more often before. He also does not come as an adult Man, like Adam. He also does not come with an angelic host to bring down rulers from the throne and take His rightful place there. No, He is born as a helpless Baby. Is there anything weaker than a newborn baby? Thus the Lord comes and partakes as a child of all the weaknesses and situations of human life. And where is He born? Not in a palace, but in a stable. As a result of the census, the inn is full. The rich have secured a place there, so that Christ is born in a stable. No one wishes to make way for the high-pregnant Mary who carries the Savior in her womb. Nobody pays attention to her and the Child in her womb. Everything speaks of poverty and ignorance. It is also a testimony that there is no place in the world for God, nor for what is of God. As a result, much more perfect is expressed the love that brings Him to earth. The word “inn” used here means “guest room”, a simple room with room for the cattle in the middle. This word occurs once more. The Lord Jesus uses the same word ”guest room” when He indicates where He wants to eat the Passover with His disciples ( ). There He calls it “My guest room”. There is no place for Him or for the faithful in the inn of this world. But there is an inn where believers are welcome, an upper room, where He invites His own to be with Him. That is His own inn.

‏ Luke 2:7

The Birth of the Lord Jesus

The Lord Jesus in the womb of Mary has gone through the development that every human being goes through. This process lasted nine months. Then the day comes when the Savior can be born. The birth of Christ, His coming into the world, is an event of unprecedented significance for faith. God has become Man and thereby partakes of His creation. The Creator visits His creation in a way that only God could think of and carry out. The Son of God humbles Himself and becomes Man (Phil 2:7-8).

How completely different is the Lord from, for example, Theudas who was “claiming to be somebody” (Acts 5:36). Christ does not take the form of an angel and visits the people in that form, as He has done more often before. He also does not come as an adult Man, like Adam. He also does not come with an angelic host to bring down rulers from the throne and take His rightful place there. No, He is born as a helpless Baby. Is there anything weaker than a newborn baby? Thus the Lord comes and partakes as a child of all the weaknesses and situations of human life.

And where is He born? Not in a palace, but in a stable. As a result of the census, the inn is full. The rich have secured a place there, so that Christ is born in a stable. No one wishes to make way for the high-pregnant Mary who carries the Savior in her womb. Nobody pays attention to her and the Child in her womb. Everything speaks of poverty and ignorance. It is also a testimony that there is no place in the world for God, nor for what is of God. As a result, much more perfect is expressed the love that brings Him to earth.

The word “inn” used here means “guest room”, a simple room with room for the cattle in the middle. This word occurs once more. The Lord Jesus uses the same word ”guest room” when He indicates where He wants to eat the Passover with His disciples (Mk 14:14). There He calls it “My guest room”. There is no place for Him or for the faithful in the inn of this world. But there is an inn where believers are welcome, an upper room, where He invites His own to be with Him. That is His own inn.