God chose Him as your ransom long before the world began,
but He has now revealed Him to you in these last days.
1 Peter 1:20
Though most followers of Messiah Jesus know that He was not born on December 25th...
but He has now revealed Him to you in these last days.
1 Peter 1:20
Though most followers of Messiah Jesus know that He was not born on December 25th...
...this is still the time of year when many around the globe celebrate our Savior’s birth. For some, Christmas is just another holiday full of celebrations, gatherings, and gift exchange, but to those who truly know Messiah, it is so much more.
Jesus wasn’t just a regular baby boy born to a poor Jewish family in Israel. In fact, His coming, arrival, and life events were foretold hundreds, even thousands, of years prior to His birth by the prophets of the Old Testament (known as the Tanakh, to our Jewish friends).
In the very first book of the Bible (Genesis 3:15), we find the first prophesy of a Savior. God speaks of the “woman's Seed” crushing the serpent's head, and the serpent's seed bruising the woman’s Seed’s heel. The serpent represents Satan. Women don’t have “seed,” so God is referring to the future virgin birth of Messiah. Satan would one day bruise Messiah Jesus’ heel, during His suffering and death on the cross, while Jesus would crush Satan’s head, having complete victory over him.
Isaiah prophesied that Messiah would be born of a virgin, and that He would be called Immanuel, meaning God is with us (7:14). While Micah prophesied the very place Messiah would be born, in Bethlehem (5:2; or 5:1 in the Tanakh).
David prophesied that God would have a Son. “I will announce the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have fathered You'” (Psalm 2:7).
Agur also writes a proverb referring to God’s Son. "Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his Son’s name? Surely you know!" (Proverbs 30:4).
And Genesis 49:10 speaks of Messiah being from the tribe of Judah, while Samuel tells King David that his throne will be established forever [meaning Messiah Jesus, from the tribe of Judah and bloodline of David, will one day be King in Israel, as well as over all the earth] (2 Samuel 7:16).
To be continued...
Jesus wasn’t just a regular baby boy born to a poor Jewish family in Israel. In fact, His coming, arrival, and life events were foretold hundreds, even thousands, of years prior to His birth by the prophets of the Old Testament (known as the Tanakh, to our Jewish friends).
In the very first book of the Bible (Genesis 3:15), we find the first prophesy of a Savior. God speaks of the “woman's Seed” crushing the serpent's head, and the serpent's seed bruising the woman’s Seed’s heel. The serpent represents Satan. Women don’t have “seed,” so God is referring to the future virgin birth of Messiah. Satan would one day bruise Messiah Jesus’ heel, during His suffering and death on the cross, while Jesus would crush Satan’s head, having complete victory over him.
Isaiah prophesied that Messiah would be born of a virgin, and that He would be called Immanuel, meaning God is with us (7:14). While Micah prophesied the very place Messiah would be born, in Bethlehem (5:2; or 5:1 in the Tanakh).
David prophesied that God would have a Son. “I will announce the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have fathered You'” (Psalm 2:7).
Agur also writes a proverb referring to God’s Son. "Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his Son’s name? Surely you know!" (Proverbs 30:4).
And Genesis 49:10 speaks of Messiah being from the tribe of Judah, while Samuel tells King David that his throne will be established forever [meaning Messiah Jesus, from the tribe of Judah and bloodline of David, will one day be King in Israel, as well as over all the earth] (2 Samuel 7:16).
To be continued...