The Innkeeper Christmas Story

The calloused man has become a staple in the christmas story though he s never mentioned in the bible.

The innkeeper christmas story. Enters few steps in from innkeeper side oi what are you blokes doing here. And he built it big enough to fit all fourteen kids. Our father in heaven loves us so much he provided a savior for us. What did it cost to house the son of god.

The fabled innkeeper who turned away mary and joseph in their hour of need. On cards on wrapping paper in carols and in nativity scenes. The account in john piper s poem is fictional but it points out in a dramatic way how quickly we pass over the brief statement about herod killing the children in bethlehem. He would have kicked out some of his other guests to make room for the savior of the world.

My father is an innkeeper. People say i m an innkeeper. If the innkeeper had understood who jesus was then he would have made different arrangements. But last night a man knocked no pounded on the front door long after the lights had been turned out.

Yet the role of the innkeeper doesn t have the best wrap every pun intended during the holiday season. The night fell like a blanket on the hills and valleys of israel a black blanket tucked into every curve and cave where isaiah had promised 700 years before that. We can make the same mistake as the innkeeper. I m accustomed to the hustle and bustle of families arriving and leaving.

To us it s just a big house. An angel said a saviour christ the lord would be born in a barn and for us to go see him. The people that sit in darkness will see a great light. We live in the space above and rent out the rooms below.

I suppose you d call it an inn. It is one of the most quoted and read accounts in the bible especially around christmas time. He was loud but not in an angry way and he didn t sound drunk. But his greater purpose in coming is to pay a debt.

The christmas story in luke 2 holds a special place in many hearts. He has returned to visit someone important the innkeeper who made a place for mary and joseph the night he was born. Well there is a man and his wife in my barn and she is about to have a baby. Only two weeks from his crucifixion jesus has stopped in bethlehem.