Christmas

Jesus Christ:


Came through the seed of a woman.

1. Genesis 3.15, “And I (God the Father) will put enmity between you (satan-the serpent) and the woman (Eve), and between your seed (those who would reject Christ) and her seed (Jesus Christ); He (Jesus Christ) will crush your head (the defeat of sin/satan at the Cross) and you (Satan) will bruise His heel (the suffering and physical death of Jesus Christ).
This passage is a promise of two things:
A. Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity would at some future date take on the form of a man and be born as a baby.
B. Satan would be defeated by way of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.


He will be a descendant of Abraham.

2. Genesis 18.18, “Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed”
a. Abraham is the father of the Jews. From Abraham came the nation of Israel.
b. Abraham became a blessing to all nations because His offspring would ultimately be Jesus Christ born through Mary. And Jesus Christ blessed all nations because through Him, all men have the option of eternal life, not eternal separation from God.

He will be a descendant of Isaac, Abraham’s son.

3. Genesis 17.19, “But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him”
a. Abraham’s son by way of Sarah will be Isaac. Through Isaac will come Jesus Christ.
b. Only through Christ can an everlasting covenant be established.

He will be a descendant of Jacob the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham.

4. Numbers 24.17, “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; a star shall come forth from Jacob, a scepter shall rise from Israel, and shall crush through the forehead of Moab, and tear down all the sons of Sheth”
a. At a future date, a star will come forth from Jacob and a scepter shall rise in Israel. The star and the scepter in this passage is a reference to Jesus Christ.
b. Through Jesus Christ, all the enemies of Israel will one day be defeated.

He will descend from the tribe of Judah. Judah was one of the twelve sons of Jacob.

5. Genesis 49.10, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the rulers staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples”
a. Shiloh means literally, “to him to whom it belongs, tranquility”. This is a reference to Jesus Christ for only He can bring about tranquility and only He is worth to carry the rulers staff and scepter.
b. The obedience of the peoples will come about at the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ to the earth.

He will be born of a virgin.

6. Isaiah 7.14, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign; Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel”
a. Jesus would be born by way of a woman, and she will be a virgin. The sin of Adam passes down through the man, yet Jesus will not have a human father.
b. Immanuel means, “God with us”. For Jesus will be completely God and completely man in one unique person.

He will be a child who will one day rule the world from the throne of David as the unique God-man.

7. Isaiah 9.6-7, “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be wonderful counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of Peace on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this”
a. The child born was Jesus Christ.
b. He will not govern the nations until He returns the second time at the end of the tribulation.
c. At that time, He will re-establish peace on earth for He is the only one who can make it happen.
d. This same one who was born a little tiny baby; He will be known as “the wonderful counselor”, the Mighty God, Eternal Father, and the Prince of Peace.
e. He will rule the earth from Jerusalem on the ancient throne of King David. He who was the ancestor of David will be the King of David.
f. Psalms 110.1, “The Lord (God the Father) says to my (David) Lord (God the Son) Sit at my (God the Father) right hand until I (God the Father) make Your (God the Son) enemies a footstool for Your (God the Son) feet”

The place of His birth.

8. Micah 5.2, “But as for you Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One (God the Son) will go forth for Me (God the Father) to be ruler in Israel His (God the Son) goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity”
a. Jesus was born in Bethlehem
b. He is recognized in the passage as the eternal Son whose goings forth have been since eternity past. Why? Because He is God who will be revealed in the flesh.

Every one of these prophecies came true to the last detail. They were written 1500 to 700 years before Christ was born.

If you are still breathing then it is not to late to become a believer in Him. Faith alone in Christ alone.