A Hope Filled Promise

I recently had been reading in the Gospel of Matthew the story of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem.  As he finished, he noticed his bookmark for that day's cover-to-cover reading in Micah was very near the Gospel of Matthew who said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:20, NIV). But though only 50 pages separate Micah and Matthew in Bible, the prophet Micah lived eight centuries before Jesus (Micah 5:2-5, NIV) and other references in the Old Testament points to the coming Messiah's birth how would He bring us into perspective to have an inspiring hope of this future event as a message to relay to God's people. By Christ's resurrection, would we realize that God loves us and has made a place for us in the kingdom; this story of God's love and mercy is found throughout Scripture, just as the prophet said, “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:2, NIV).  

Hence, we find that our heritage lies in the promise of eternal life in the kingdom of God.

(Written by Charles M. Dye – (New Jersey, U.S.A.), from the Upper Room Ministries, except the unrecalled date/year of published time)

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