This article explores the Christian celebration of Christmas and the significance of Jesus' birth as the fulfillment of prophecy. It delves into the stories surrounding Jesus' birth in Bethlehem and highlights key prophecies from the Old Testament that point to the coming of the Messiah.
Christians around the globe celebrate Christmas this week, what they believe to be the miracle of the Incarnation—that God came into this world by being born as a baby, and living a human life on this earth, believing this to be the fulfillment of centuries of prophecy. Jesus of Nazareth was born around 4 B.C. in Bethlehem, a small town in Israel about five miles south of Jerusalem. Christians believe that he was born to a virgin named Mary.
She would likely have been around 13 to 14 years old, and was formally engaged to Joseph, who would have been around age 15 or 17. Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus had decreed a census of the Roman Empire, and Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to register as descendants of King David, who hailed from that town. And so Jesus was born in a stable, because there were no rooms available at the inn in which they sought to stay. But followers of Jesus believe that far more happened that night. There are dozens of prophesies recorded over the centuries in the Old Testament of the Bible that speak of a Messiah (or “Christ” in Greek), meaning an “Anointed One” chosen by God to deliver his people and rule over them. The Christian faith teaches that Jesus’s birth fulfilled several of those prophecies. Among those is the one written by Isaiah seven hundred years before Jesus. In Isaiah 9:6–7, the prophet wrote:The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. These verses speak of a king who will sit on the throne of Israel and references the biblical promise that Jews and Christians alike say God gave to King David: that the Christ would be one of his descendants. But Christians point out that these verses speak of more than an ordinary political leader. While a title like Prince of Peace might belong to a leader who ushers in a period of peace and harmony, the title Everlasting Father sounds like one of divinity, and Mighty God is literally a title of deit
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