Divine Ruler (4 of 4)
Series: Advent
Stephen Whitney
Micah 5:2
William Shakespeare, who wrote plays to entertain the common people in the late 1500's, is considered the most influential playwright in the English language. Some of his most famous plays are: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Nights Dream.
He was born in the picturesque town named Stratford-upon-Avon, which is 100 miles north-west of London. The name comes from a combination of the old English word ''street'' and ''ford'' indicating a shallow part of a river. It is a small town with a population today of about 28,000, but each year some 2.5 million people come to visit because it is Shakespeare's birthplace.
Small towns become famous when they are the birthplace of
someone we come to honor and respect. The one person who changed the course of history is Jesus Christ. As a matter of fact
history is divided by his birth - B.C. (before Christ) and A.D.
(in the year of the Lord), meaning the year beginning with his birth. The town of Bethlehem, six miles south of Jerusalem,
has become well known because Jesus Christ was born there.
HIS BACKGROUND - Insignificant
Town
But you - in contrast to Jerusalem (:1) where the king of Judah
would be defeated and humiliated by foreign nations.
Bethlehem - Heb. ''house of bread'' because the area was a good place for crops to grow as it was 2,550 feet high (100 feet higher than Jerusalem). As the clouds from the Mediterranean Sea moved east they rose over the land and the rain fell on Bethlehem. They grew barley and wheat there. Because of the grass which grew there it was a good for sheep to graze which were used for sacrifices in the temple in Jerusalem six miles to the north.
Ephrathah - Heb. ''to bear fruit'' because the land received rain.
1. Ancient name in the time of Isaac and Jacob (Gen. 35:19, 48:7).
2. It was the place where Rachel, Jacob's wife, died giving birth
to Benjamin and was bur ...
Series: Advent
Stephen Whitney
Micah 5:2
William Shakespeare, who wrote plays to entertain the common people in the late 1500's, is considered the most influential playwright in the English language. Some of his most famous plays are: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Nights Dream.
He was born in the picturesque town named Stratford-upon-Avon, which is 100 miles north-west of London. The name comes from a combination of the old English word ''street'' and ''ford'' indicating a shallow part of a river. It is a small town with a population today of about 28,000, but each year some 2.5 million people come to visit because it is Shakespeare's birthplace.
Small towns become famous when they are the birthplace of
someone we come to honor and respect. The one person who changed the course of history is Jesus Christ. As a matter of fact
history is divided by his birth - B.C. (before Christ) and A.D.
(in the year of the Lord), meaning the year beginning with his birth. The town of Bethlehem, six miles south of Jerusalem,
has become well known because Jesus Christ was born there.
HIS BACKGROUND - Insignificant
Town
But you - in contrast to Jerusalem (:1) where the king of Judah
would be defeated and humiliated by foreign nations.
Bethlehem - Heb. ''house of bread'' because the area was a good place for crops to grow as it was 2,550 feet high (100 feet higher than Jerusalem). As the clouds from the Mediterranean Sea moved east they rose over the land and the rain fell on Bethlehem. They grew barley and wheat there. Because of the grass which grew there it was a good for sheep to graze which were used for sacrifices in the temple in Jerusalem six miles to the north.
Ephrathah - Heb. ''to bear fruit'' because the land received rain.
1. Ancient name in the time of Isaac and Jacob (Gen. 35:19, 48:7).
2. It was the place where Rachel, Jacob's wife, died giving birth
to Benjamin and was bur ...
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