We all know many stories...
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We all know many stories of people of "great expectations," of whom much was expected. Richly endowed by wealth, education, family ties, and circumstance, they seemed to be destined for great things, but somehow they end up being losers and also-rans.
The town of Bethlehem, on the other hand, would fall in the category of "small expectations." The town itself is so inconsequential and small that it is hardly to be included among the thousand towns that make up the tribe of Judah. Even though nothing could reasonably be expected to come out of it, yet from it shall come the One who is from before time.
-- Schmitz
The town of Bethlehem, on the other hand, would fall in the category of "small expectations." The town itself is so inconsequential and small that it is hardly to be included among the thousand towns that make up the tribe of Judah. Even though nothing could reasonably be expected to come out of it, yet from it shall come the One who is from before time.
-- Schmitz
