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December 15
THE STORY OF BETHLEHEM – PART 3

Scripture: Micah 5:2 “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting”

     Micah also tells us in the prophecy concerning Bethlehem that it is the story of a person. Notice he said, “whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” This reveals to us that the One who was to be born in Bethlehem was no ordinary Man. Micah tells us that while He may be coming out of Bethlehem, He did not have His beginning there. This One that was to be born there was eternal!
     The story of Bethlehem is a story of a miracle. The miracle of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The story is that God became human. He didn’t stop being God, He merely added humanity to His deity. Somehow God placed Himself within Mary’s womb. Some nine months later, she gave birth to her first born Son. God had now come in the flesh. John 1:1 says it this way, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” We cannot comprehend all that is involved in the incarnation of our Lord, but, somehow, God became man!
     He was just as much God as if He had never been a man and He was as much man as if He had never been God! He experienced humanity to its fullness. He suffered, He got hunger, He got thirsty, He knew grief, He grew weary, He got tired, He slept, He wept, He was rejected and He died! Yet He lived His life without ever committing one single sin.
     Oh, what a story is told in this birth of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in the little town of Bethlehem! I’m so glad He came that He might be our Savior! Do you know Him today? If not, why not stop and realize that you need a Savior today, repent of your sins and receive Christ as your Savior? He wants to save you today! That’s why He came!