Basics. I'm still stuck there. For today I want to review a few of the prophecies of Jesus' coming. That seems like something 'basic' to add to my getting back to basics!
Isaiah was born over 700 years before Jesus' birth, and he foretold the coming of the Messiah in Isaiah 7:14, "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel...."
In addition, Isaiah's prophecy recorded in Isaiah 9 says, "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light...." Then a little later in that chapter he tells us about the One who is the light: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace...."
Every aspect of the eternal creator God was manifest in the Son: Wonderful Counselor - - God the Holy Spirit; Mighty God - - the triune Godhead; Everlasting Father - - God the Father; Prince of Peace - - God the Son.
Micah 5:2 even tells us exactly where the Messiah will be born. "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shill come forth for me one who is to be the ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days." (ESV)
You can't get any more 'ancient' than being the creator of the world! And yet, he chose to come in the form of a baby to the world who had forsaken him, and to the people who were his chosen to be rejected so he would be slaughtered as an innocent Lamb. He who never sinned took all of our sins on himself and died in our place as the final blood sacrifice that would ever be needed....
He was nailed to the cross for me!
It's the most basic premise of Christian faith - - but it's a lot to wrap my mind around!
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