Sermons And Children's Lessons For Advent, Christmas And Epiphany
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the temple and the king's palace had already been built. When he was born - 30 years before he rode triumphantly into Jerusalem as the King of kings - the stable had been constructed, probably within a cave on the outskirts of Bethlehem. He was proclaimed "Christ the Lord" at his birth and, later, sought out by the wise men as the "King of the Jews." There were no special preparations made for either event - birth or his strange entrance into Jerusalem. It seems a bit like a fantasy, doesn't it? It happened so long ago, so far away.