A PEACE WORTH WAITING FOR (4 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Micah 5:1-6, Matthew 2:1-6
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A Peace Worth Waiting For (4 of 4)
Series: A Christmas Worth Waiting For
Scott Maze
Micah 5:1–6; Matthew 2:1-6
Merry Christmas to you all. I look forward to seeing a lot of our church family during tonight's three Christmas Eve services. Take a Bible and find Micah 5 (page 989 in pew Bible) and Matthew 2. You could call our series Christmas in the Old Testament. Centuries before Mary and Joseph, the Wise Men, or the Shepherds ... the story of Christmas was written across the pages of the Bible. Our story takes places seven centuries before appearance of Jesus at Bethlehem. Bethlehem is living proof that indeed big things do come in small packages.
Today's Scripture
''Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. 5 And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men; 6 they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.'' (Micah 5:1-6)
Note: ''Ephrathah'' is an older name for Bethlehem that dates back to Genesis 35:19 and Jacob's wife, Rachel.
''Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east ...
Series: A Christmas Worth Waiting For
Scott Maze
Micah 5:1–6; Matthew 2:1-6
Merry Christmas to you all. I look forward to seeing a lot of our church family during tonight's three Christmas Eve services. Take a Bible and find Micah 5 (page 989 in pew Bible) and Matthew 2. You could call our series Christmas in the Old Testament. Centuries before Mary and Joseph, the Wise Men, or the Shepherds ... the story of Christmas was written across the pages of the Bible. Our story takes places seven centuries before appearance of Jesus at Bethlehem. Bethlehem is living proof that indeed big things do come in small packages.
Today's Scripture
''Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. 5 And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men; 6 they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.'' (Micah 5:1-6)
Note: ''Ephrathah'' is an older name for Bethlehem that dates back to Genesis 35:19 and Jacob's wife, Rachel.
''Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east ...
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