His Only Place

. . . . and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger. Luke 2:7b Could greater paradox be imagined? Him they wrapped in swaddling clothes! Could more confounding shame he conceived? Him she laid in a manger. Him! Her firstborn son! Firstborn in every respect! For, to be sure, He was the firstborn in Mary's family and not the only child the mother of our Lord would bring into the world; but He is also the Firstborn among many brethren, according to God's everlasting covenant;...