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Christ was not born in a manger.It's true that when he was born the Romans were taking a census and villages and cities were crowded with those who had to register according to the law.But even wit the overcrowding ,there were still rooms to be had at inns for the wealthy .Joseph was a direct descendent of the royal house of David(Matthew 1:1-16)n had to register both himself n his wife , Mary at Bethlehem , which was called the city of David.Both Mary n Joseph were from royal and wealthy Judaic families and consequently Jesus was born in an inn and not in a stable with animals lying about.You must realize , contrary to what many teachings try to say ,Jesus did not come from a poor , illiterate family.
The Bible also tells us the visit of Magi at his birth and of the star of Bethelehem and angels visiting the shepherds procaliming his birth .Matthew and Luke give us these stories about his birth while Mark and John are silent on the matter.In Gospel of Matthew we learn of the Magi , or 3 wise men , who come from the East following a star and arrive at the court of King Herod and ask,"Where is he that is born king of the Jews?For we have seen his star in the east , and are come to adore him"(Matthew 2;2).Now ,Herod was upset about this news because he was the king of the Jews and didn't want any usurpers running around taking his crown.He tells the wise men to go find this child and come back to him with his whereabouts so that he can also adore him ; but as we all know he intends to dispose of the child so that his supremacy is not threatened.The wise men go from the court of Herod , and following the star , come to Bethelehem (to fullfill a prophecy),where they find the Christ child and adore him and give him frankincense , gold and myrrh.We then are told that the wise men and Joseph both got messages in their sleep-the wise men to not return to Herod , and Joseph to flee tp Egypt because Herod would kill Jesus if he didn't .According to Matthew , Joseph and Mary take the child and flee to Egypt.