Sometimes major characters in life have minor roles, and sometimes a minor decision can be so important.
Augustus was the ruler of the Roman Empire, able to impose his will throughout his empire even when it was hundreds of miles away. Wanting to know just how many subjects he had, he called for a census, something that had not been done in quite some time. This would require everyone to return to where their family was from.
And with a simple stroke of his pen, thousands, no, tens of thousands, maybe more, people started to move to their homeland to be counted because of the whim of this man. His message quickly went out throughout all of the lands.
Joseph, because he was of the house of David, had to travel with his pregnant wife to Bethlehem. Something I’m sure no pregnant woman would ever voluntarily do, especially not on the back of a donkey.
Yet, because Augustus had decreed it, Mary and Joseph set out upon their way. This seemingly minor action on his part, let prophecy be fulfilled, and is how we meet, the Innkeeper.
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