Christmas: Messianic Prophecies about Jesus' Birth

The messianic prophecies about Jesus' birth: the location, the way, and time of his birth, about his genealogy, and about events which were to occur at the time of his birth, all these are a very good idea to create a devotional and a time of Prayer for Christmas.

A quantity of the more beautiful and astounding proclamations about the Messiah in the Old Testament are those concerning His ancestry.  Opposite to what some might say, there are very precise prophecies about this, each of which Jesus fulfilled. 

From the first one that we can find in:

Genesis 3:15

 “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring.  He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”  This is taken by many as one of the initial Messianic prophecies unfolding Satan’s short triumph over Messiah and Messiah’s final victory over Satan.

Galatians 4:4

 ⁴But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, ⁴But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law)

The Bible makes note of numerous other aspects of the worldly lineage the Messiah will come from.  In Genesis 12:3, God is making a promise to Abraham about the preeminence his children will have over the earth and says, “In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed.” This is customary as a pronouncement that the Messiah would descend from Abraham as Messiah is the foundation of all true blessings.  From Isaac, son of Abraham, to Jacob, son of Isaac and to Judah, son of Jacob (or Israel) to us.

In the Book of Matthew, the first chapter accounts of the life of Jesus by describing His lineage as coming from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to Judah and so on.  Luke tells us Jesus’ ancestry Luke 3:33-34.

Paul in Romans 1:3-4 says

, ²which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

Paul grew up in the sect of the Pharisees .The Mishnah ("repetition” the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah") and the Talmud, (instruction, learning","teach, study" , a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history).   As a Pharisee, he was devoted to theological issues. These texts are concerned primarily with interpretations of Jewish law, and anecdotes about the sages and their values, which in his time destined that he had a strong knowledge and understanding of the Old Testament.  For him to claim Jesus as the foretold Messiah was no small admission.  The Jewish leaders, his ex-companions, were very clear on Paul’s position; they repeatedly tried to kill him for it

 

Isaiah predicted the virgin birth of Jesus and His Name


Isaiah 7:14 Amplified Bible

¹⁴Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].

Isaiah 9:6-7

⁶For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.

    ⁷Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem

Micah 5:1-2

 ¹NOW GATHER yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; a state of siege has been placed against us. They shall smite the ruler of Israel with a rod (a scepter) on the cheek.

    ²But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity).

The Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his

The Messiah would be a descendant of King David

Jeremiah 23:5:

"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land

 A couple year ago Martha Tennison ** visited our church in Memphis TN and she spoke about Jesus in every book of the Bible. She is a little lady, but could "rock your socks" my teens girls said.

Good idea is to pray and Honor Him as HE is.

John 8:58

 ⁵⁸ Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am!^[a]”

Or before Abraham was even born, I have always been alive; Greek reads before Abraham was, I am. See Exodus 3:14.

 Maybe you can try to remember a few, 5 lines every day and sing together  the whole song in Christmas Day!

In Genesis, He’s the breath of life
In Exodus, the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus, He’s our High Priest
Numbers, The fire by night
Deuteronomy, He’s Moses’ voice
In Joshua, He is salvation’s choice
Judges, law giver
In Ruth, the kinsmen-redeemer
First and second Samuel, our trusted prophet
In Kings and Chronicles, He’s sovereign

Ezra, true and faithful scribe
Nehemiah, He’s the re-builder of broken walls and lives
In Esther, He’s Mordecai’s courage
In Job, the timeless redeemer
In Psalms, He is our morning song

In Proverbs, wisdom’s cry
Ecclesiastes, the time and season
In the Song of Solomon, He is the lover’s dream

He is, He is, HE IS!

In Isaiah, He’s Prince of Peace
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet
In Lamentations, the cry for Israel
Ezekiel, He’s the call from sin
In Daniel, the stranger in the fire

In Hosea, He is forever faithful
In Joel, He’s the Spirits power
In Amos, the arms that carry us
In Obadiah, He’s the Lord our Savior
In Jonah, He’s the great missionary

In Micah, the promise of peace
In Nahum, He is our strength and our shield
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He’s pleading for revival
In Haggai, He restores a lost heritage
In Zechariah, our fountain

In Malachi, He is the son of righteousness rising with healing in His wings

He is, He is, HE IS!
In Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, He is God, Man, Messiah
In the book of Acts, He is fire from heaven
In Romans, He’s the grace of God
In Corinthians, the power of love
In Galatians, He is freedom from the curse of sin

Ephesians, our glorious treasure
Philippians, the servants heart
In Colossians, He’s the Godhead Trinity
Thessalonians, our coming King
In Timothy, Titus, Philemon He’s our mediator and our faithful Pastor

In Hebrews, the everlasting covenant
In James, the one who heals the sick.
In First and Second Peter, he is our Shepherd
In John and in Jude, He is the lover coming for His bride
In the Revelation, He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords

He is, He is, HE IS!

The prince of peace
The Son of man
The Lamb of God
The great I AM
He’s the alpha and omega
Our God and our Savior
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
and when time is no more
He is, HE IS!

By Aaron Jeffrey

The history of Christmas is old than 2011 years

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**   Martha Tennison has traveled across America preaching retreats for women and holding evangelistic crusades with her husband, evangelist W. Don Tennison. They have served together for more than 29 years of ministry.

The Tennisons pastored First Assembly of God in Radcliff, Kentucky, from 1978 to 1990 and saw the church grow from 80 to more than 700 people. On May 14, 1988, First Assembly experienced a fiery trial when their church bus was hit head-on by a drunk driver, resulting in the deaths of 24 children and three adults. Through that tragedy, the Tennisons experienced God’s sustaining power and saw His healing touch in the lives of their hurting parishioners.

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