Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is having a wonderful, joyful, peaceful morning full of hope and love. Or, if you\u2019re reading this after the fact, (which would be perfectly understandable) I hope your Christmas was full of all those things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On this day of remembering Jesus\u2019s birthday and spending time with people we love, I don\u2019t have any thoughts that I\u2019m sure you haven\u2019t heard before. So, instead, I\u2019m going to put in passages of Old Testament prophecy Jesus fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Genesis :15 \u2013 \u201cI will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galatians 4:4-5 \u2013 \u201cBut when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Micah 5:2 \u2013 \u201cBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew 2:1-6 \u2013 \u201cNow after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, \u201cWhere is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.\u201d When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, \u201cIn Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaiah 7: 13-14 \u2013 \u201cAnd he said, \u201cHear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke 1:26-38 \u2013 \u201cIn the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, \u201cGreetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!\u201dBut she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, \u2018Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.\u2019 And Mary said to the angel, \u2018How will this be, since I am a virgin?\u2019 And the angel answered her, \u2018The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy\u2014the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.\u2019 And Mary said, \u2018Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.\u2019 And the angel departed from her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is just three<\/em> of the hundreds of prophecies Jesus fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s all for this segment! Have a merry rest of your Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is having a wonderful, joyful, peaceful morning full of hope and love. Or, if you\u2019re reading this after the fact, (which would be perfectly understandable) I hope your Christmas was full of all those things!<\/p>\n