Was the manger made of stone? [Spirituality & Religion]
We think of the manger being wooden, but in the Holy Land they are often made of stone. Just imagine if this was the case and Jesus was laid in strips of cloth on stone. An amazing picture of 33 or so years later when His body was lying in the stone tomb wearing grave clothes, just before the ressurection. Christmas and Easter are SO closely linked. It's good to remember at Christmas that He came as a sacrifice to die for us
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In the Orthodox traditions, the whole Nativity is depicted in stone and baby Jesus is wrapped like the dead-- to represent this very connection between the birth and death of Christ.
