Tag: micah
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Shiloh IS Come – From Everlasting
5:2 וְאַתָּ֞ה בֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם אֶפְרָ֗תָה צָעִיר֙ לִֽהְיֹות֙ בְּאַלְפֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מִמְּךָ֙ לִ֣י יֵצֵ֔א לִֽהְיֹ֥ות מֹושֵׁ֖ל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמֹוצָאֹתָ֥יו מִקֶּ֖דֶם מִימֵ֥י עֹולָֽם׃ “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little 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…
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WE Have Been Here Before – Prophecies
Prophecies of Christ’s Birth We have been here before in scripture. You likely know Bethlehem from the New Testament, yet this little town’s importance derives from prophecies in the Old Testament. The Messiah is predicted in prophecies of Isaiah, who we met previously and also Micah of Moresheth-Gath. Bethlehem ‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH,…
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Emmanuel -3
Introduction to God in a Manger We glanced at the introduction of Jesus in the Gospels of Mark and John in part 1 of this series. Yesterday in part 2 we examined issues of the virgin birth from the Gospel of Matthew. Today, Christmas, we conclude with scripture from Luke, our most familiar source of…
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Christ IS risen, IS with us and will return
Luke-Acts, a Gentile Witness of the Christ What witness of the ascension of the risen Christ shall we share? Our witness of Christ two-thousand and some years after the resurrection and ascension is different than first century believers. Some, but not all, had had encounters with the risen Christ! Many were Jews and some Gentiles,…
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The Beginning of the End – A Burden of the Prophets – 4
Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” Remember the predictions of the holy prophets Previously: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is…
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Woe!
Micah 7: 5 Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms 8 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. 9…
