Understanding The Bible |
Who is Jesus?
Part-1
by Joan A Deering
The book of Matthew, chapter 1, and verse 18 and
following says:
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“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. Then His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her, desired to put her away secretly. But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.
“And Joseph arose from
his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took her as his
wife, and kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His
name Jesus.”
The book of Luke, chapter 2, and verses 26 and
following, give the account of how Mary was told:
And the angel said to
her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you
have found favor with God. And
behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you name Him Jesus.
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most His; and the
Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and he will reign over
the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.
And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
And the angel answered
and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called
the Son of God. And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a
son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.
For nothing will be impossible with God.
And Mary said, “Behold, the bond slave of the Lord; be it done to me
according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
There was a census that was going to be taken in Bethlehem that
Joseph had to take part in, and that’s how they ended up in Bethlehem. We’re
told about that a little earlier in Luke 2:3 and following:
“And Joseph also went up
from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which
is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order
to register, along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.
And it came about that while they were
there, the days were completed for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her
first born son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because
there was no room for them in the inn.”
In the Old Testament book of Isaiah 9:6-7 the prophet Isaiah
foretold this birth:
“For a child will be
born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His
shoulder; and His name will be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal
Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government
or of peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to
uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal
of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.”
These scriptures tell us of a wonderful miracle.
God’s Son was born on earth.
Why would God do this? Next time we
will see more about what happened once His birth took place…
how God gave other accounts to us from eyewitnesses to the Truth of who
this Child was and what He was born to do.
[1] All Scriptures
taken from the New American Standard Bible
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