Sermons on Micah

Caesar Augustus, in order to help unify the Roman Empire, took religious titles upon himself to try and elevate himself to deity. He decreed that the everyone in the Roman world should return to their ancestral homes to be registered in a census. This compelled Mary and Joseph to travel to Bethlehem, at exactly the right time for Jesus to be born in Bethlehem, as was required by prophecy. Caesar was trying to elevate himself to divinity, Jesus lowered himself…