Archives for December 2016

Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. —Isaiah 7:14 What would the world be like if Christ had not come? As we began to see yesterday, if Christ had not come, many prophecies in the Bible would be unfulfilled. Consider that Jesus’ place of birth was prophesied 700 years before He was born, and, that when we sing “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” there is a reason we say “little.” Micah 5:2 says, “Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.” Of all of the cities in the world, God pinpointed a tiny town with fewer than 1,000 people, and, 700 years before it happened, God said Bethlehem would be the birthplace of the Savior. The manner of Jesus’ birth was also prophesied hundreds of years earlier. Isaiah 7:14 says, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” Think about that -- God prophesied the Messiah would be born of a virgin. The Hebrew word used in this verse means one and only one thing: it means a virgin, someone who has never had a sexual relationship with a man. God prophesied the … [Read more...]