Jesus cared more about meeting shepherds than meeting kings

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! - 2 Corinthians 5:17

God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. - Galatians 4:4-5

He gave the right to become God's children to everyone who believed in him. - John 1:12