Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 2:1-4
by: Stephanie Sholtz.
God’s sovereignty, as seen in the details and circumstances of Christ’s birth, is truly awesome. The purpose of the census was to number every family and tribe of every country in the Roman Empire. This is why Joseph had to return to his ancestral home to register. This census was ordered in Rome and it was probably 2-4 years after it was first ordered before the people were made to register. Making a 70-mile journey, mostly by foot, near the end of your new wife’s pregnancy seems like really bad timing. However, this all occurred within God’s perfect timing to fulfill the prophecy that Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Do you trust God’s sovereignty and timing in your life?