Looking at the evidence from the last couple of days could we could conclude that Jesus was born at Migdal Eder (Shepherds Field) on the edge of Bethlehem and not in a stable at the inn.
Scripture, prophecy and Rabbinical commentaries point to this fact.
Of course Jesus was born here!
This was the birthplace of every sacrificial lamb; Jesus was THE sacrificial lamb.
The birthplace of Jesus is an amazing piece of typology; this birth place points to Him being our sacrificial lamb.
Luke 2 v 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2 v 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luke 2 v 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
The first people to see Jesus were the shepherds.
The word says they were in the same country this means close by.
Is it significant that God sent angels to tell the shepherds?
Is it significant that the shepherds were the first to see Jesus?
Why were the shepherds first was the question I always used to ask.
I believe these were not just any shepherds.
I think they were the temple shepherds, watching their flocks at Migdal Eder.
They could go and see Jesus (without a dereliction of duty and leaving their sheep) because they were already there at His birth place.
The shepherds in Luke 2 were the temple shepherds.
They saw Jesus after His birth at Migdal Eder, the place where all the sacrificial lambs were born.
These shepherds knew a sacrificial lamb when they saw one; they had inspected all the ones before Jesus to ensure that they were spotless, perfect and without blemish.
How fitting that they should be the first to see Jesus.
Nothing in scripture is meaningless.
There had to be a reason that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and was seen by shepherds.
Once we know about Migdal Eder and the temple shepherds it all makes sense.
His birth is a picture of His mission and His death.
He is THE sacrificial lamb; He would deal with the sin of the whole world through HIS sacrifice on the cross.
His birth points to the cross.
Of course He was born at Migdal Eder, in the watch tower of the flock.
Of course it was the temple shepherds who saw Him first.
They were always the first people to see the sacrificial lambs.
Perfect lambs were used to cover the sins of the people; Jesus removed the sin of the whole world.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice; we no longer need any more Passover lambs; Jesus was THE last sacrificial lamb.
1Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1Peter 1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Jesus was not born in a stable by the inn in Bethlehem; He was born in Migdal Eder, at the watch tower of the flock, by Bethlehem.
The birth of Jesus is a picture of how he would die, and what he’d die for; He would die as a sacrificial lamb for the sins of the whole world…AMEN
Speak this out today…..”Thank you for Jesus; thank you for my sacrificial lamb”.
1 Peter 1 v 19…..But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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