December 17, 2022: Luke 2:11 - The Savior is Born

December 17, 2022  /  Stephanie Klepacki

“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” - Luke 2:11

Bible prophecy that has been fulfilled is what convinced me the Bible is real, and that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and that no one comes to God the Father except through Him. Only through Jesus can we get to heaven when we die.

Hundreds of prophecies about Jesus were made hundreds and sometimes thousands of years before He came to earth the first time. In Micah 5:2, the prophecy of Jesus coming from Bethlehem, the city of David was fulfilled when Jesus was born there.

Micah 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.”

Though Joseph and Mary lived in the city of Nazareth of Galilee, they had to go to Bethlehem because of Caesar Augustus’ decree that all the world should be registered. Joseph’s lineage was of the house of David. Thus they went to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem.

There, Joseph was registered with his betrothed wife Mary, who was with child. While in Bethlehem, she gave birth to Jesus, who is Christ the Lord.

Per gotquestions.org, the specificity of “Bethlehem Ephrathah” is important because when Micah wrote this, “there were two locations known as Bethlehem.” And “it specifies the Bethlehem in Judah.” Joseph was of the house of David the tribe of Judah.

https://www.gotquestions.org/Micah-5-2-Messianic.html

Micah 5:2 also indicates “The One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” This ties to John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.”

Isaiah 9:6-7, 42:1, 53, and 62:1-3 were fulfilled when Jesus Messiah was born. I ask you this: if He fulfilled all these prophecies and more, will He not fulfill the ones yet to be fulfilled, the ones of His second coming when at that time, He won’t come as a Lamb but as a Lion.

Jesus came the first time as a Lamb to offer salvation from sins to all who would believe in Him as Messiah. The second time He comes, it will be as a Lion to righteously judge all who rejected Him and believed Satan’s lies. I pray you accept Jesus’ gift of salvation today. 🙏🏻✝️