“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the fields, and watching by night over their flock. 9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them: and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they feared with a great fear. Luke 2:6-9”
The Sovereignty of God in the details of Christ's birth defies the wisdom of Man's inferior sovereignty!
Hence, the foolishness of God defies the wisdom of man, indeed, “…Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men." 1 Corinthians 1:25
The wisdom of mankind to man's inferior sovereignty would be to view the revealing of the Messiah, chosen by the God of the Universe, to be born to a king, born in a king's palace, among the comforts of the palace of the king, with the riches of a king's provision, being attended by servants and witnessed by dignitaries, noblemen and people of importance to declare to the world and herald the news of the birth of God's Son.
But, as it was, our Sovereign God of the Universe chose to have His only begotten Son be born to a peasant poor family, to Mary a poor peasant girl, (nonetheless, a virgin at the time of her conception by the Holy Spirit); born in a manger, in an unsanitary place, among the dirt and dung of the animals residing around and in the manger--not born in a palace, with the fragrance of perfume and incense, but in a manger, with the fragrance of the smell of livestock manure, breathing through His infant nostrils; only to remind us that for the sake of His people He humbled Himself and became a servant, that Jesus through His poverty would make His people rich. Philippians 2:6, 2 Corinthians 8:9.
Not born with the ambiance of a well-lit palace, but born under the brightest star of the universe, by God's decree and providential determined will, which He determined the created order of the universe with the brightest star of the heavens, would shine on His only begotten Son.
Man's way would not reveal such a Holy birth the way God chose to; yet even what is considered insignificant to mankind, God chose what we would deem insignificant means and insignificant details to herald the insignificance of the details of Christ's birth to be of extraordinary, awesome wonderment, and of everlasting significance to be heralded to the world in a significant, timelessly, universally and of eternal significance revealed for all time throughout every age and generation from the family of Jesus' birth,to the place,to the timing, under the wonderment of the light of the brightest star in the universe, among the animals around the manger to be revealed with everlasting significance than the wisdom of the age could ever choose to reveal; How, where and when The only begotten Son of God of the universe would be born--in a palace? Not at all, such a wise place chosen by man is indeed, deemed a fools palace by God's foolishness, and God would not have His Son be born in a foolish place chosen by the wisdom of the wisest of all mankind, but God chose the wisest place for His Son to be born considered foolishness to mankind that in a Manger Christ would be born.
It had to be this way; there was no other wise place in the universe where Jesus would be born than that of an insignificant Manger.
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