Day 1 Unexpected Kingdom Beginnings

A baby king in a feeding trough?

Prophecy:

Micah 5:2 MSG But you, Bethlehem, the runt of the litter - from you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He’ll be no upstart, no pretender. His family tree is ancient and distinguished.

Fulfillment

Luke 2:6, 7 TPT When they arrived in Bethlehem, Mary went into labor, and there she gave birth to her firstborn son. After wrapping the newborn baby in strips of cloth, they laid him in a feeding trough since there was no available space in any upper room in the village.

Can you sit and imagine this for a minute… this living nativity scene? The OG of nativity scenes that decorate homes and lawns and church pageants… Heaven’s royalty wrapped in rags and placed in something that the animals ate from?

Not something any of us would expect from a king, is it? Certainly not one with a distinguished family tree!