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What’s So SpecialAbout Bethlehem?
Luke 2:1-7
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Mary and Joseph’s route:
90 miles
8 – 10 days
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Bethlehem
“house of bread”
Genesis 35
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Genesis 35:16-20Then Jacob and Rachel moved on from Bethel. While
they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair,
for you have another son.” As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-
Oni. But his father named him Benjamin. So Rachel died and was buried on the way to
Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks
Rachel’s tomb.
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Ruth 1:1-2In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine
in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for
a while in the country of Moab.The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem,
Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
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Ruth 4:11-12“May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. Through the offspring
the Lord gives you....”
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Ruth 4:17 And they named him Obed. He was the father
of Jesse, the father of David.
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I Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named
Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah.
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Joseph…traveling to Bethlehem Benjamin born near Bethlehem Boaz and Ruth… David born in Bethlehem
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Corruption
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Micah
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Micah1:1
2:1
3:6-7
4:1
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Micah 5:1-5
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1903 B.C. Benjamin born
1140 B.C. Boaz and Ruth1040 B.C. David born
750 B.C. Micah’s prophesy 722 B.C. Samaria destroyed 587 B.C. Jerusalem destroyed
When? When?
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Matthew 2:1-6
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How many famous rulers?
Alexander the Great Julius Caesar Napoleon Bonaparte Joseph Stalin
Were their places of birth predicted 750 years in advance?
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Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small
among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins
are from old, from ancient times.
Matthew 2:6But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.
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What’s So Special About Bethlehem?
Benjamin born near there
Boaz and Ruth began their family
Hometown of King David
City of Promise
Christ born in Bethlehem
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Bethlehem reminds us:God’s Word can be trusted
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Bethlehem reminds us:God’s Word can be trusted
God keeps His promises
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Bethlehem reminds us:God’s Word can be trusted
God keeps His promises
Christ reigns
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Bethlehem reminds us:God’s Word can be trusted
God keeps His promises
Christ reigns
God works through human authorities
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Bethlehem reminds us:God’s Word can be trusted
God keeps His promises
Christ reigns
God works through human authorities
Christ will come again… as promised
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