This will be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger — the sign is deliberately lowly: not a palace, not a throne room, but a feeding trough. The sign confirms the announcement but without the visual splendor one would expect for the birth of the Savior, Messiah, and Lord. The contrast between the glory of the angelic announcement and the humility of the sign is the chapter's theological center: the Lord of glory is found in the manger.

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