Saturday, March 24, 2007
There are more predictions about Christ's life than just His execution. That date was pinned down by Daniel, but the other part of the Magi story is that when they arrived in Israel they went to King Herod to find the new born Messiah. A logical course for pagans to assume Christ would be born of the current royal line and for the reigning monarch to be up on current events. So, when they arrive and ask about the new born King, Herod doesn't check to see if one of his kids or his wife recently gave birth. He knows who they are asking about because He (and all of Israel) knew it was the time, so he called the priests. They tell him to look in Bethlehem of Judea. Why, because another Israeli prophet had predicted that is where Messiah would be born. Micah 5:2 is the reference.
Micah lived about 100 years before Daniel was born and maybe wrote close to 170 years before Daniel penned his prediction. These are just two of the predictions made about Jesus in the Old Testament that we not only see come true, but that were understood before the fact as to what their meaning was.
Micah lived about 100 years before Daniel was born and maybe wrote close to 170 years before Daniel penned his prediction. These are just two of the predictions made about Jesus in the Old Testament that we not only see come true, but that were understood before the fact as to what their meaning was.
