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Born to die
We often picture a wooden manger… but in ancient Israel, mangers were usually stone feeding troughs.
So when Jesus was laid in one, it wasn’t just a cute detail—it was a sign.
The shepherds around Bethlehem weren’t ordinary shepherds. They raised unblemished lambs for the temple sacrifices. When a perfect lamb was born, they would wrap it tightly in cloth to protect it and place it in a stone manger until it was safe.
So when the shepherds found a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger, they knew exactly what God was saying.
This child wasn’t just born.
He was given.
The spotless Lamb of God.
The One who would take away the sins of the world.
The true Bread of Life, placed in a feeding trough.
God’s message was unmistakable—and it was wrapped in humility.
The manger pointed to His humility, the swaddling cloths to His perfection, and His birth among sacrificial lambs to His destiny. And just as a manger held food, this moment pointed to Jesus as the true nourishment—the Bread of Life—given for the world.
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