Christmas B.C.: The Right Place

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Christmas B.C.The Right Place

• Micah 5 Luke 2

by Jay Brennan
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Background on Micah

• Wrote 700 B.C.
• Contemporary of Isaiah
• Wrote to Jews in Israel (northern kingdom) and
  Judah (southern kingdom)
• Name means Who is like Yahweh
• Two messages 1) warned of the evil
  influences of pagan religions. 2)
  wrote against social injustice as a reflection
  that their faith was not true faith.

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Micah 52

• A Prophetic View
• A Promised Program
• A Profound Person

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A Prophetic View 5 Parallels

1. Rachel gave birth to Benjamin in Bethlehem
   (Genesis 1518)
2. Boaz redeemed Ruth in Bethlehem (Ruth 24)
3. King David was born in Bethlehem (I Samuel
   1758)
4. Bethlehem means house of bread
5. Bethlehem is small among the clans of Judah

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A Promised Program

• God was revealed when Immanuel was born
• We were exposed I Corinthians 45
• Jesus was given a body (when Immanuel was born)
  so that He could become a sacrifice for sin.
  Hebrews 104
• Promised Program is giving us one who will
  be ruler over Israel and so the angel announced
  to Mary, His Kingdom will have no end. Luke
  132

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A Profound Person

• whose origins are from old from the days
  of eternity. Habakkuk 12
• Micah was clearly expecting a supernatural
  figure to be born in Bethlehem
• Jesus describes himself I tell you the truth
  before Abraham was I am. Jn 858
• Isaiah describes the messiah as Mighty God,
  Everlasting Father Isaiah 96

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Fulfilled Prophecy

• Luke 24-6 So Joseph also went up from the town
  of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the
  town of David, because he belonged to the house
  and line of David. While they were there, the
  time came for the baby to be born, and she gave
  birth to her firstborn, a son
• Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and
  forgives the transgression of the remnant ?
  (Micah 718).
• Make sure you are a part of Micahs history! Ask
  God to forgive your sins and embrace the one born
  in Bethlehem!

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Micah 53-5

1. v. 3 When Jesus is born He begins to gather
   those who are his. Gal. 37
2. v. 4 He will be a shepherd to his flock. John
   10 11
3. v. 5 He will bring peace. Isaiah 96 and Romans
   51