Re:Verse passage – Luke 2:4-7; 3:23, 31-34, 38 (day five)
“Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,”
By traveling to Bethlehem and giving birth there (probably a week-long journey), Joseph and Mary fulfilled a prophecy from hundreds of years earlier. “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, [Too] little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.” Micah 5:2.
Yesterday concluded our celebration of Advent (waiting for the birth of the Christ). The town whose name means “the house of bread” was fittingly where the Bread of Life was born.
If you read Micah 5:2, we now realize we are waiting (second Advent) for the Christ to come again and rule over all creation.
“so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.” Hebrews 9:28
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