Foretelling of the Birth of Jesus, the Son of God |
Micah 5:1-15 The Book of Micah [in Smaller Chunks] |
*Now, gather yourself [into] troops, O daughter of troops. He has [prepared a battle] against us, & they shall [strike] the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. |
[Luke 22:63-64 And the men, [who] held Jesus mocked Him & [struck] Him. And when they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face & asked Him, saying, Prophesy, who it is that [struck] you?] |
*But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, [although] you [are] little among the 1,000's of Judah, [still] out of you, He shall come forth to Me, [Who] is to be ruler in Israel. Whose goings [out] have been, [since] of old, from everlasting. |
[Matthew 2:3-6 When king Herod had heard these things, he was troubled, & all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests & scribes of the people together, he demanded of them, Where Christ should be born? |
And they said to [Herod,] In Bethlehem of Judaea, [a.k.a. Judea:] for [like this] it is written by the prophet, *And you Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, [a.k.a Judah,] aren't the least among the princes of [Judah:] for out of you shall come a Governor, [a.k.a Ruler,] that shall rule My people, Israel.] |
Therefore, He will give them up, until the time that she, [who labors] has [delivered.] Then, the [rest] of His brethren shall return to the children of Israel. [Micah 7:18 Who is a God [similar] to You, [Who] pardons [sin,] & passes by the transgression of the [rest] of His heritage? He [doesn't] retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.] |
And He shall stand & feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the Name of the Lord His God. And they shall [remain] for now. He shall be great, to the ends of the earth. [Luke 1:31-33 *And, [watch,] you shall conceive in your womb, & bring forth a Son, & shall call His Name JESUS. |
He shall be great, & shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give to Him the throne of His [forefather,] David. *And He shall [rule] over the house of Jacob forever. And there shall be no end of His Kingdom.] |
And when the Assyrian shall come into our land, this Man shall be the peace. And when [they] shall [walk] in our palaces, then we shall raise 7 shepherds, & 8 [important] men against him. |
[Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: by Whom, we also have access to this grace by faith, [upon which] we stand & rejoice in hope of the glory of God.] |
And they shall [ruin] the land of Assyria with the sword & [ruin] the land of Nimrod, in [its] [gate] entrances. [Like this,] He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land & [walks] within our borders. |
And the [rest] of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] shall be in the midst of many people, [like] dew from the Lord, & [like] the showers upon the grass that [doesn't wait] for man, nor [waits] for the sons of men. |
[Psalm 72:6-7 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: [like] showers that water the earth. [During] His days, the righteous shall flourish, & [an] abundance of peace, [as] long as the moon endures.] |
And the [rest] of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, [like] a lion among the [animals] of the forest, [like] a young lion among the flocks of sheep. Who, if he [goes] through, both to [trample] down & to [tear into] pieces, [but no one] can deliver. |
Your hand shall be lifted up [against] Your adversaries, & all Your enemies shall be cut off, [a.k.a. destroyed.] The Lord says, And it shall [happen, on] that day, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you. And I will destroy your chariots. |
[Isaiah 2:6-8 Therefore, You have [abandoned] Your people, the house of Jacob, because they [are reinforced] from the East, & are soothsayers, [a.k.a. fortune tellers or psychics,] like the Philistines. And they please themselves in the children of strangers. |
Their land is also full of silver & gold. Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land is also full of horses, & neither is there any end of their chariots. Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work [made by] their own hands, that their own fingers have made.] |
And I will cut off the cities of your land, & throw down all your strongholds. And [from] your hand, I will cut off: [witchcraft] & you shall no [longer] have soothsayers. I will also cut off your [carved] images, & your standing images out of the midst of you. |
And you shall no [longer] worship the work [made by] your hands. [Zecharaiah 13:2 And The Lord of Hosts says, It shall [happen on] that day, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, & they shall no [longer] be remembered. And I will also cause the prophets & the unclean [spirits] to [leave] out of the land.] |
And I will [pull] up your groves out of the midst of you. I will [also] destroy your cities. [2 Kings 17:10-12 And they [put] up images & groves [for themselves] [on] every high hill & under every green tree. |
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, [like] the heathen did, whom the Lord carried away before them. And [brought about] wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger. For they served idols, [of which] the Lord had said to them, You shall not do this thing.] |
And in anger, I will [carry out] vengeance & fury upon the heathen, such as they haven't heard [of.] [Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, [don't] avenge yourselves, but [instead] give place to wrath, [a.k.a. anger,] for it is written, Vengeance is Mine; & I will repay, says the Lord.] |