Bethlehem Birth in Poetic Prophecy
Both Sarah[1] and Hannah[2]
And miraculous manna[3]
All looking ahead
To the fulness of time.[4]
A birth sublime
Heralded by an angel to shepherds at night[5]
A King to be born[6]
A people in darkness shall see a great light.[7]
A Bethlehem baby as Micah foretold[8]
Prophetic allusions now would unfold
A virgin with child that she would bear[9]
God would be with us and yet with humanity share.[10]
A body prepared that came to atone[11]
His death would bring life
His life would bring truth[12]
He would rise from the dead[13]
As Isaiah had said.
The gift that He gives is better than gold[14]
He reconciles to God those in His fold
As the Good Shepherd Himself written of old[15]
A Priest and a King, the Lord, and a Lamb.[16]
Who would have thought[17]
The One Herod had sought[18]
A root from dry ground[19]
Who carried our shame[20]
The body He gave to cover our blame[21]
Salvation embodied for that is His name.[22]
Written by Jeff, Life in Messiah Staff
Have you ever stopped at Christmastime to think about how many prophecies were fulfilled in the birth of Jesus?
Christmas celebrates the birth of a Jewish Messiah, in Israel, to Jewish parents, the Son of Abraham and the Son of David, the Savior of world. Wouldn’t this be a great time to share this exciting news with your Jewish friends?
Endnotes:
[1] Genesis 18:10-14; 21:1-7.
[2] 1 Samuel 1:2-20.
[3] Genesis 16:1-36; Psalm 78:23-24; John 6:31-51.
[4] Galatians 4:4-5.
[5] Luke 2:8-17.
[6] Matthew 2:1-2; Matthew 27:11-14; John 1:49.
[7] Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16.
[8] Micah 5:2.
[9] Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23.
[10] Psalm 2:1-12; Philippians 2:7-11.
[11] Psalm 40:6-8; Hebrews 10:5.
[12] John 1:14-17; 14:6.
[13] Isaiah 53:8-12.
[14] Exodus 25:16-17; Matthew 2:11; Hebrews 9:1-5; Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2;4:10.
[15] Psalm 23:1-6; John 10:1-18.
[16] Psalm 110:1-4; Hebrews 5:16; Genesis 22:6-13; Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29. 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 5:12-13.
[17] Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 11:33-36.
[18] Matthew 2:13-18.
[19] Isaiah 11:1; 53:1.
[20] Isaiah 53:4; Hebrews 12:2.
[21] Hebrews 10:1-18.
[22] Jesus’s name, Yeshua means salvation. Matthew 1:21; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 62:11; Psalm 118:14.