So, why the insistence on Bethlehem? The answer lies in Jewish prophecy. The Old Testament foretold that the Messiah would emerge from Bethlehem, the city of King David. "Once Jesus was believed ...

Among our stops was the West Bank (Palestinian) city of Bethlehem ... New Testament says were keeping watch the night Jesus was born. The nearby Church of the Nativity, some 1,700 years old ...