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A MIRACULOUS BIRTH
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
Acts 13:26-33

Genesis 12:1-4

 

“He is my Beloved.”

 

A MIRACULOUS BIRTH
 
A major prophetic topic of the Old Testament is the coming of the Saviour. It would take an entire book to cover in detail all the amazingly accurate prophecies concerning Christ. In our short study we will consider just a few of these prophecies.
 
The promise concerning the Saviour was given to Abraham. He was told that the Saviour would come from among his descendants and all the earth would be blessed because of him (Gen 12:3). From that time on the Hebrew people looked for this Saviour. Through the years God gave further revelation concerning the Saviour. The New Testament confirms that Christ was sent to fulfil the promise given to Abraham (Acts 13:23).
 
The Old Testament prophets recognised that the Saviour would not be an ordinary man. Isaiah prophesied that Christ would be born of a virgin (Isa 7:14). The fulfilment of this prophecy is recorded in the Gospels (Matt 1:20-23). The prophets realised the Saviour would be God because His Father would be God. David recorded this prophecy in the Psalms and Paul proclaimed its fulfilment in Christ (Ps 2:7; Acts 13:33).
 
Another amazing prophecy concerning Christ was made hundreds of years before His birth. This concerned the fact that He would be born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Luke 2:4).
 
Looking at these prophecies we must be impressed with the danger of following man’s ideas rather than carefully studying and obeying the Scripture. For centuries before the coming of the Saviour, the Holy Scripture spoke of the event. Yet when the Saviour came, few were aware of it. Having chosen to follow the teachings of men rather than Scripture, they missed God’s blessings. May we who call ourselves Christians and lovers of God’s Word be careful that the same does not befall us.
 
THOUGHT: What great lesson can I learn from Jesus’ birth?

PRAYER: Father, in Thy love please provide for Thy obedient children.

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