As we think about the real meaning of Christmas, Jesus, I thought it would be very appropriate and fitting for us to review some of the prophecies made about Jesus many years before His birth and life. May we today, many years after His birth and life, not forget the meaning of Christmas!
Isaiah 7:14 says: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6-7 says: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
Micah 5:2 says: But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Jeremiah 23:5 says: “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.”
Jesus has been born! Thank you Lord for the life He lived, the death He died, and the power of His resurrection. Thank you that He lives today. May He be alive in us I pray!
Merry Christmas,
Jeff Powell
