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Where Jesus Was Born Series
Contributed by Monte Brown on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Little is said about the actual place where Jesus was born, instead we accept tradition over scriptures as to the place of his birth. This evening I would like for us to go to the Word of God and see what it says about this very topic.
God’s word tells us that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, of Judah in the city of David at a place called the “tower of the flock, “
It is not important that we can go today to the exact spot where He was born.
And even if we could would that help us spiritually?
For a time I tried to imagine what it looked like during Bible times, but it proved to be a futile effort.
The significance of His birth is that in God’s time Jesus came exactly as God promised and that as sure as His past promises have been kept, so will His promises for the future. By the way, that was the promise in Micah 4:8. I rejoice and thank God for His sure promises.
Galatians 4:4-5 “ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”
Micah 4:8 (KJV)
8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Micah prophecies that the daughter of Jerusalem referring to the city’s inhabitants would be restored by the Messiah coming to reign from Zion.
This is the Messiah coming to be born in the Tower of the Flock in Bethlehem, the city of bread, the home place of King David.
