While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. -Luke 2:6
The time. The time toward which all "time" had been ticking since the kingdom clock struck one. These words in Luke 2:6 refer to the most important segment of time since the first tick of the clock. The second hand circled tens of thousands of times for thousands of years, then finally, miraculously, majestically-- the time came. God's voice broke through the barrier of the natural realm through the cries of an infant, startled by life on the outside.
The Son of God had come to earth, wrapped in a tiny cloak of human flesh. "She wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough--because there was no room for them at the inn" (Luke 2:7)
Father God, You have brought all things together in Christ--things both in heaven and on earth. Therefore, we who have put our hope in Jesus our Messiah praise His glorious name (Eph. 1:10, 12). Obedient to Your call, He has met us in our deepest need... just when we needed Him most.
But when the completion of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law. _ Galatians 4:4-5