Not Everything Needs to Be Made Public

Note from today’s Bible reading: Matthew 1-2

It was prophesied that the Messiah would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14). Matthew recorded the conception and birth of Jesus in the first two chapters of his gospel (Matthew 1:18; 2:1).

However, when Mary “was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit,” she was “betrothed to Joseph” (Matthew 1:18). Under normal circumstances, there would be only one re…