All of a sudden, an Angel appeared! To Mary, a young Jewish girl engaged to be married. And the news? She will have a Baby, God's Son! Such a happening could lead to Mary's death, by stoning in fact! A Baby ... prior to the actual … [Continue reading]
THE BIRTH OF JESUS, CALL HIS NAME “EMMANUEL”
In Matthew 1:23 an angel of the Lord reminded Joseph, quoting an Old Testament Text: "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." And sure … [Continue reading]
THE BIRTH OF JESUS, A WOMAN SHALL “COMPASS” A MAN! (JEREMIAH 31:22)
The clause is disputed, of course. The older commentators generally agree with the presentation I'm about to give. The more modern ones do not. Jeremiah wrote it, this line of Truth. "The LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall … [Continue reading]
THE BIRTH OF JESUS, “MADE OF A WOMAN”
One of the most unusual clauses of Christmas, no doubt, "made of a woman!" And Jesus is the Subject here! The whole verse: "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, MADE OF A WOMAN, made under the law." Galatians … [Continue reading]
THE BIRTH OF JESUS, “BUT THOU BETHLEHEM”
Yes, five centuries before Jesus came to earth ... the Old Testament Prophet Micah told the world the City in which the son of God would be born. "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee … [Continue reading]
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