BORN IN BETHLEHEM

BORN IN BETHLEHEM
MICAH 5:1-5

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops:
he hath laid siege against us:
they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah,
yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me
that is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Therefore will he give them up,
until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth:
then the remnant of his brethren
shall return unto the children of Israel.
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God;
and they shall abide:
for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

And this man shall be the peace,
when the Assyrian shall come into our land:
and when he shall tread in our palaces,
then shall we raise against him seven shepherds,
and eight principal men.

Arcana Coelestia 4592. [3]
All people are born natural,
with the power of becoming either celestial or spiritual;
but the Lord alone was born spiritual celestial,
and for this reason He was born at Bethlehem,
where is the boundary of the land of Benjamin,
for by "Bethlehem" is signified the spiritual of the celestial,
and by Benjamin is represented the spiritual of the celestial.
The reason why the Lord alone was born spiritual celestial
is that the Divine was in Him.