But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. Micah 5:2
Bethlehem,
small and undistinguished,
draws no attention to itself.
But God does.
Rachel’s tomb and
Ruth’s second marriage are
found here pointing
to a royal line.
David, his brothers
and his dad Jesse
called it home.
Little knowing
a greater home awaited.
Philistines
under Satan’s command
were fought
back at this hamlet.
Yet from you would come
the Messiah:
the hope of Israel
and the world
Travels from Ur 