November 29
(Luke 2:4 NIV) “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.”
(Matthew 1:1 NIV) “A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:”
(Matthew 20:30-31 NIV) ““Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" {31} The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!””
Old Testament Scripture prophesied Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Messiah. That is where Jesus was born. Even before His birth, Jesus began fulfilling Old Testament prophesy. The prophets also said that the Christ would be born in the family line of David. This fits Jesus. His family traced through David, all the way back to Abraham. Matthew and many others call Him the “son of David”. The life and death of Jesus fulfilled hundreds of Old Testament prophesies. The chances of that happening by accident are astronomical -- so astronomical as to be impossible. But with God nothing is impossible. The Divine One who drew up the plan is the same Divine One overseeing the fulfillment of the plan. Jesus Christ, God incarnate, fulfills Scriptural prophesy because He is the one who put those prophesies into the hearts and mouths of the prophets to begin with. Jesus is Lord! -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day
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