Nazareth, Jesus’ hometown, was a place of lowstanding and was often insignificant in the eyes of many at the time. It was so unimportant that Nathanael, an apostle of Jesus, even asked, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” (John 1:46). Yet Jesus grew up here, learning the skills and crafts of a carpenter, and lived a rather quiet life before His public ministry began.

Many in Nazareth spurned Him, even attempting to stone Him for blasphemy, but nothing was able to halt Jesus from fulfilling His divine purpose. He did not seek validation from His hometown, instead He accepted the rejection from those close to Him, and did not allow this predicament to deter Him from His mission. He knew who He was, even when those who watched Him grow up could not see beyond the carpenter’s son. ​

Nazareth reveals a fundamental truth about Jesus’ mission and His character, He did not claim the major cities and centers, He did not come with grandeur or splendor, there was no royal parade or a grand celebration fit for the King of Kings, but He came into this world forgotten, living and walking among ordinary and common folk. In doing so, Jesus declared that the Kingdom of God begins not in the palaces, but in the dust of everyday life. 

 

 

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Today, Nazareth has grown into a tourism hub in the Galilee region. People from all over the world come to see the ordinary place where our Messiah grew up. Nazareth is a testament that God works in the unnoticed places where the world tends to ignore.