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December 14
THE STORY OF BETHLEHEM – PART 2

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 tells us that the story of Bethlehem is not just about a place, but also about a plan. Notice again the words of the text “out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel”. This prophecy tells us that God had some big plans for this little town.
     Let’s take just a moment and trace this eternal plan of God. When man sinned in the Garden of Eden, God gave us a glimpse of His plan. He told Adam and Eve that the Redeemer would be born someday and that He would defeat the devil, Genesis 3:15. In the book of Exodus, when God saved His people out of their Egyptian bondage by the blood of a lamb, Exodus 12, He revealed a little more of the plan. When He gave them Manna and brought water from a rock, He revealed even more of His plan. When He gave Israel the Law and the sacrificial system, He was revealing His plan. Through the Tabernacle and the Priesthood, He was revealing His plan.
     Through His prophets, He told a little more of His plan. Isaiah wrote about a virgin birth in Isaiah 7:14. In Isaiah 9:6 he told us a child was to be born. In Isaiah 53 when he is writing about the pain and suffering of the Messiah, he was telling about the plan. When Micah revealed the place that the Messiah would be born, he was revealing more of the great plan of salvation. God was to send His Son, to be born in the little town of Bethlehem. His plan is a good plan.
     I’m so glad that He included me in His plan. I’m so glad that He included you in His plan! Do you know Him as your Savior today?