Ok...so the title is definitely a play on words, but as I was reading this, I was struck by how easily I read passed that initial miracle. Didn't God even spare His son before birth? I mean, a census was taken, just looked it up to continue to validate it! I was asking the question why? Why would a census be taken, was it to find out who the Christ was, to get Him before He was born? I have heard such things, and if that were the case Christ was obviously spared and protected.
Here is what the... "Roman historian Dio Cassius tells us that Augustus was so concerned about the declining marriage and birth rate in his empire, that he passed legislation that made promiscuity a crime, which penalized bachelors in their right to inherit, and which bestowed political advantages on fathers of three or more children.5 Because of his demonstrated concern about marriage and birth rate in his empire, it is likely that one of the reasons that Augustus authorized the censuses was to see whether his legislation was working, or, at the very least, to see how birth rates fared." (http://www.orlutheran.com/html/census.html)

Now here is what is interesting to me... is that this census validated Christ's blood line, because they had to prove their relationships to such and such and such. Amazing... why because it is more evidence that our Savior is who he says he is... we have it in the Bible and now another source. And we all know that the more sources pointing to a point the better.

What they Devil meant for evil the Lord used for good. Again, the cool thing is the Devil did most of the scheming and work and God spun it for His good.

Yea, we need to come to our "census" and realize that God is in control...amen

Luke 2:1