Tag: Census

• Journey to the Manger: Caesar Augustus

  Today we took part in the census ordered by Caesar Augustus on our Journey to the Manger. And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be…

  Jill Cobb

  December 13, 2014

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown, Journey to the Manger

  Bethlehem, Caesar Augustus, Census, City of David, counted, God, Joseph, Journey to the Manger, Luke 2, M&Ms, Mary, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, value

• We count

  Christmas Countdown Day 12 focused on the census. As part of a worldwide Roman census, Joseph took Mary, now great with child, on a road trip to Bethlehem. They were two in the midst of thousands upon thousands traveling across the countryside to obey the law that they be counted. As they passed through the…

  Jill Cobb

  December 12, 2013

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown

  Bethlehem, Census, chosen, Christmas, Christmas Countdown, count, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Rice, Roman Empire, Truth in the Tinsel