Born In Bethlehem

Micah 5:2 (NKJV): “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:4 (NKJV): “And He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.” It’s no secret who was born in Bethlehem, “the One to be Ruler in Israel” Micah 5:2. It was Jesus. The story of Jesus’s birth is heard throughout the world, particularly leading up to and including Christmas day. As the story of Jesus’s birth is told, please don’t neglect to mention that this same Jesus “shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God,” because this is also found in Micah 5:4. This biblical account should be told year round. “His God” in Micah 5:4, is referring to Jesus’s God and Father. Jesus, “The One to be Ruler in Israel,” said in John 20:17, “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.” You won’t find “the Son is God” in the Hebrew Scriptures Old Testament, or in the New Testament. You can see that neither Micah 5:2,4 or John 20:17 support “the Son is God” having anything to do with Jesus being born in Bethlehem. God bless. In His Care… Jim