Christmas Story In the beginning was the

Christmas Story

In the beginning was the Word Jn 1: 1

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth Jn 1: 14

THE PROPHETS FORETOLD HIM…

Judah, you whom your brothers shall praise …. the sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor a lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes, and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be. Gen 49: 8 -10

I see Him but now, I shall behold Him but not nigh. There shall come a star out of Jacob and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel … out of Jacob shall come He that shall have dominion… Num 24: 17 -19

I will raise up a Prophet from among their brethren like you, and will put My words in His mouth and He shall speak to them all that I shall command Him. It shall come to pass that whosoever will not listen to My words which He shall speak in My Name, I will require it of him. Deut 18: 18 -19

A virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call His name Emmanuel Is 7: 14 And His name shall be called wonderful, counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace … Is 9: 6 -7

The voice of him who cries in the wilderness, “prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ” Is 40: 3

I will both search My sheep and seek them out…. and I will set up one Shepherd over them and He shall feed them. My servant David shall feed them and He shall be their Shepherd. Ezekiel 34: 11

You Bethlehem Ephrata are little among thousands of Judah, but of you shall come forth unto me He who is to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity. Micah 5: 2

When Israel was a child, I loved Him and called my Son out of Egypt. Hosea 11: 1 Behold your King comes to you; He is just and having salvation; lowly and riding upon a donkey, upon a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zech 9: 9

From the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks … after sixty-two weeks, shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself…. Dan 9: 25 -26

But He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes are we healed…the LORD laid on Him the iniquity of us all… He had done no violence neither was any deceit in His mouth, yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him…by His knowledge shall my Righteous Servant justify many for He shall bear their iniquities…. He has poured out His soul unto death…He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. Is 52 - 53

My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me? Ps 22

The angels announced Him…

…. the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son And David, fear not to take Son, andbe of she shall bring forth a Mary to you shall callfor that which is for He your wife; His name Jesus conceived shallher is His people from their sins. in save of the Holy Spirit Matthew 1: 20 -21

To Zacharias: …[your son John] shall go before [the Lord] in the spirit and power of Elijah …. To make ready a people prepared for the Lord. Luke 1: 17

And behold you shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call His name Jesus. He shall be great and be called the Son of the Highest and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David. And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of His kingdom there shall be no end”

Mary said to the angel “How shall this be, seeing I have not known a man? ” The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you; therefore that Holy One which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God. ” Luke 1: 31 -35

And the angel said to [the shepherds] “Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. ”

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men. ” Luke 2: 8 -14

The Jews expected Him

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, a just and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel… Anna…spoke of [Jesus] to all who looked for the redemption in Jerusalem Luke 2: 25 -6, 38

[When] Herod gathered the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written…” Matt 1: 4 -5

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found Him of whom Moses and the Prophets wrote; Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph” John 1: 45

The Gentiles knew Him

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem saying, “Where is He who was born King of the Jews? We have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him. ” Matthew 2: 1 -2