971. A Deeper Understanding of the Birthplace of Christ By Christopher Kirkland · December 18, 2017, in Meridian Magazine
I like the new insights this article gives! I also saw a video recently in which it was told how Jesus "in swaddling clothes" was significant to the shepherds! The lambs which were to be sacrificed were also put in clean white swaddling clothes! A whole new dimension to the birth of Jesus! So when the shepherds heard the baby would be wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger, they knew just where to go. It was where the lambs were birthed, who were to be sacrificed! A Deeper Understanding of the Birthplace of Christ By Christopher Kirkland · December 18, 2017, in Meridian Magazine Cover image via LDS.org. I was able to visit Israel many years ago, and one of my favorite pictures that I have from that experience is of myself holding a baby lamb at Migdal Edar, better know as the “Tower of the Flock” or “Shepherd’s Field” in Bethlehem. Bethlehem is the royal City of David, so named because David took the fort and watchtower of th