CANDLE LIGHT DEVOTIONAL (3 OF 4)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Luke 2:1-7
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Candle Light Devotional (3 of 4)
Series: Vintage Christmas
Josh Malone
Luke 2: 1-7
Lk. 2:1-7-In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
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Matt. 2:5-6-They told him, ''In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: 6 '''And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'''
Micah 5:4-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.
Bethlehem. It had been prophesied in Micah that the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Eternal King, would be born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem was a small town, not a big city. It is the place where Jacob's wife Rachel was buried. Ruth in the Bible married a man from Bethlehem, Naomi's son, he would die and she would later marry Boaz. It was also the home town of David. David the little shepherd boy, who God would choose to do great things with was from this little insignificant town.
So Bethlehem's claim to fame was Rachel's burial, Ruth's connection, and David's hometown. I can imagine the drive into Bethlehem ''welcome to Bethlehem, Hometown of King David- Giant Killer, and Man after God's Heart''- First Exit- Rachel's Tomb, 2nd Exi ...
Series: Vintage Christmas
Josh Malone
Luke 2: 1-7
Lk. 2:1-7-In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
?
Matt. 2:5-6-They told him, ''In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: 6 '''And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'''
Micah 5:4-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.
Bethlehem. It had been prophesied in Micah that the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Eternal King, would be born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem was a small town, not a big city. It is the place where Jacob's wife Rachel was buried. Ruth in the Bible married a man from Bethlehem, Naomi's son, he would die and she would later marry Boaz. It was also the home town of David. David the little shepherd boy, who God would choose to do great things with was from this little insignificant town.
So Bethlehem's claim to fame was Rachel's burial, Ruth's connection, and David's hometown. I can imagine the drive into Bethlehem ''welcome to Bethlehem, Hometown of King David- Giant Killer, and Man after God's Heart''- First Exit- Rachel's Tomb, 2nd Exi ...
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