LUKE 2:2-20 TELLS THE STORY OF JESUS'' BIRTH IN BETHLEHEM.  HIS PARENTS MARY AND JOSEPH HAD TO GO TO BETHLEHEM HIS FATHER'S HOMETOWN, WHERE A CENSUS WOULD BE TAKEN. THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THE INN, AND THEY HAD TO STAY IN THE STABLE BECAUSE IT WAS TIME FOR MARY TO GIVE BIRTH. THEY PLACED THE BABY IN THE MANGER, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A FEEDING TROUGH FOR THE ANIMALS.  THE MANGER SERVES AS A PROPHETIC OBJECT THAT PRESENTS JESUS TO THE WORLD AND POINTS TO HIS SALVIFIC DEATH FOR THE SALVATION OF THE WORLD.  IT IS AN ALLUSION TO JESUS AS "FOOD" THAT SYMBOLIZES THE GOOD TIDIGS OF SALVATION FOR ALL WHO PARTAKE IN HIM. THE MANGER  AS A METAPHOR REMINDS US OF JESUS AS THE "BREAD OF LIFE"  JESUS IS BOTH FOOD FOR OUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, AND FOOD THAT PHYSICALLY NOURISHES US IN THE BREAD AND WINE OF COMMUNION.12/9/25

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