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The Christmas season is a time for reflection, joy, and celebration. It’s also a time of patience, yearning, and expectation. As we wait for Jesus to enter the world \u2014 and then rejoice in peace and exultation when he inevitably does \u2014 it gives us an opportunity to enter into the Bible story and experience it for ourselves. We re-experience the long, hopeful, sometimes desperate wait that God’s people had to endure before Christ was finally, blessedly born to us on that night in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you enter into this time of waiting<\/a> and celebration, here are Bible verses<\/a> you can read, study, and reflect on \u2014 whether quietly to yourself or together as a family. These verses will take you through some of the Old Testament prophecies of Jesus’s birth, into the story of the Gospels, and then to later reflections by Paul and other apostles \u2014 so you can experience the full journey of God’s people across the centuries described in our Scriptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Note: We’ve presented these passages in various Bible versions to shine a light on the variety of translation styles<\/a> available to us. Click into each verse to read them in your preferred version.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Testament Prophecies of the Birth of Jesus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The expectation of Jesus’s birth and arrival is threaded throughout the Old Testament. Here are a few of those passages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult. \u2014 Numbers 24:17<\/a> (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him Immanuel. \u2014 Isaiah 7:14<\/a> (NASB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For to us a child is born,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to us a son is given,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the government\u00a0will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wonderful Counselor,\u00a0Mighty God,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Everlasting\u00a0Father,\u00a0Prince of Peace.
Of the greatness of his government\u00a0and peace
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0there will be no end.
He will reign\u00a0on David\u2019s throne
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with justice\u00a0and righteousness
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from that time on and forever.
The zeal\u00a0of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0Almighty
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0will accomplish this.
\u2014 Isaiah 9:6-7<\/a> (NIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: \u201cThe Lord is our righteousness.\u201d \u2014 Jeremiah 23:5-6<\/a> (NRSVUE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0who are too little to be among the clans of\u00a0Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0one who is to be\u00a0ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is\u00a0from of old,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from ancient days.
Therefore he shall give them up\u00a0until the time
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0when she who is in labor has given birth;
then\u00a0the rest of his brothers shall return
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to the people of Israel.
\u2014 Micah 5:2-3<\/a> (ESV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the\u00a0Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the\u00a0Lord\u00a0of hosts. \u2014 Malachi 3:1<\/a> (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Birth of Jesus Christ in the Gospels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first two chapters of the gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John, all have to do with the origins of Jesus from different perspectives. (The gospel of Mark begins later, with John the Baptist’s proclamation and Jesus’s baptism.) Here are a few selections from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. \u2014 Matthew 1:18<\/a> (NLT) (Read the whole chapter.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sixth month of Elizabeth\u2019s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel\u00a0to Nazareth,\u00a0a town in Galilee,\u00a0<\/sup>to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph,\u00a0a descendant of David. The virgin\u2019s name was Mary.\u00a0The angel went to her and said, \u201cGreetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.\u201d Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.\u00a0But the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid,\u00a0Mary; you have found favor with God.\u00a0You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.\u00a0He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.\u00a0The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,\u00a0and he will reign over Jacob\u2019s descendants forever; his kingdom\u00a0will never end.\u201d \u2014 Luke 1:26-33<\/a> (NIV) (Read the whole chapter.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth\u00a0in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,\u00a0because he was of the house and family line of David,\u00a0<\/sup>to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him\u00a0and was pregnant.\u00a0<\/sup>While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.\u00a0<\/sup>Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger,\u00a0because there was no guest room available for them. \u2014 Luke 2:4-7<\/a> (CSB) (Read the whole chapter.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the Word became flesh
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and made his dwelling among us,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and we saw his glory,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the glory as of the Father\u2019s only Son,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0full of grace and truth.
\u2014 John 1:14<\/a> (NABRE) (Read the whole passage.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.\u00a0For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior. \u2014 John 3:16-17<\/a> (GNT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflections on the Coming of Christ in the Epistles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How did the the earliest Christians interpret the Incarnation? Here are a few passages from Paul’s letters, and one from John’s, that tell us what God taking on a human body meant to them \u2014 and what it means for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. \u2014 Galatians 4:4-5<\/a> (NRSVUE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adopt the attitude that was in Christ Jesus:
Though he was in the form of God,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he did not consider being equal with God something to exploit.
But he emptied himself
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0by taking the form of a slave
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and by becoming like human beings.
When he found himself in the form of a human,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0even death on a cross.
\u2014 Philippians 2:5-8<\/a> (CEB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is\u00a0the image of the invisible God,\u00a0the firstborn over all creation.\u00a0For\u00a0by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or\u00a0dominions or\u00a0principalities or\u00a0powers. All things were created\u00a0through Him and for Him.\u00a0And He is before all things, and in Him\u00a0all things consist. \u2014 Colossians 1:15-17<\/a> (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By this\u00a0the love of God\u00a0is revealed in us:\u00a0that God has sent his one and only\u00a0Son into the world so that we may live through him. \u2014 1 John 4:9<\/a> (NET)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas from Bible Gateway!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As you celebrate the birth of our Lord this month in whatever way is most meaningful to you, we hope you will take some time to reflect on these passages. How can we welcome Christ into the world \u2014 and into our hearts \u2014 this Christmas season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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