And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
(Luke 2:7 ESV)
Often in Christmas pageants throughout the years, the Innkeeper as gotten a bad rap - seen as a rough, uncaring scrooge. But when we take the bigger picture into focus, the lack of room at the inn was representative of an overall rejection of the Messiah by his hometown, his own people, and mankind in general. "His own received Him not," in John's words. He was the "stone that was rejected" in David's words. Though the Messiah is EVERYTHING WE NEED: True King, Totally Holy Priest, Righteous Judge, and Prophet of all Truth, by and large he was snubbed, at best, and hostily treated unjustly by most. It's a wonder He was allowed to live at all. (and in a day of abortion on demand and heat-seeking missles, HE probably would have been attacked sooner. So, don't pick on the poor inkeeper. His door has a mirror on it. He's not the only one.
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