The Christmas Story From Luke's Gospel

Luke's gospel tells the story of a couple making their way from beth Bethlehem to an outpost of the empire. Luke, on purpose, reverse is what you'd expect from an ancient historian. Ancient historians didn't write about common people. They wrote about the high and mighty luc is,. suggesting something extraordinary. When god breaks into history, he turns it upside down. He reverses it, he turns our expectations upside down, from top to bottom.