Matthew 2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet.
Another aspect of Christ’s first coming, why so many persons found it to be sudden, is that in most cases, when He has to make a profound intrusion into the human experience, Jesus often comes at night. This fact is drawn from several passages of Scripture when they are studied line upon line, precept upon precept. In our first passage you will find this statement: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Most of us sleep at night, and midnight is the time when you should experience very deep sleep, in most cases. That is because most of us follow the pattern of day and night cycles set up in the beginning in Genesis. When the Bible says: “In the beginning, God created the earth” we will observe that God started out with darkness, as the first portion of our cycle of day and night. This is the reason why the sacred record says that the evening and the morning were the first day.
Thus, from the get go in Genesis chapter one, Jesus came at night. And throughout the Scripture you’ll read of many of His visitations occurring either at night, or in darkness. That Christmas song that goes like this: While shepherds watched their flocks by night, also is a testament to His coming at night.
Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!