Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah. A leader will come from you. He will shepherd my people Israel.”

The angel said to him, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to Israel. Those who tried to kill the child are dead.”

Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to Israel.

Yeshua was amazed when he heard this. He said to those who were following him, “I can guarantee this truth: I haven’t found faith as great as this in anyone in Israel.

But as soon as the demon was forced out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel!”

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.

So when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. I can guarantee this truth: Before you have gone through every city in Israel, the Son of Man will come.

Yeshua responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.”

The crowd was amazed to see mute people talking, the disabled cured, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

Yeshua said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: When the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the world to come, you, my followers, will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true, “They took the 30 silver coins, the price the people of Israel had placed on him,

“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. So he’s Israel’s king! Let him come down from the cross now, and we’ll believe him.

Yeshua answered, “The most important is, ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.

He will bring many people in Israel back to the Lord their God.

“He remembered to help his servant Israel forever.

“Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has come to take care of his people and to set them free.

The child John grew and became spiritually strong. He lived in the desert until the day he appeared to the people of Israel.

Simeon’s Prophecy

A man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. He lived an honorable and devout life. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel. The Holy Spirit was with Simeon

He is a light that will reveal salvation to the nations and bring glory to your people Israel.”

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is the reason that many people in Israel will be condemned and many others will be saved. He will be a sign that will expose

“I can guarantee this truth: There were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time. It had not rained for three-and-a-half years, and the famine was severe everywhere in the country.

There were also many people with skin diseases in Israel in the prophet Elisha’s time. But God cured no one except Naaman from Syria.”

Yeshua was amazed at the officer when he heard these words. He turned to the crowd following him and said, “I can guarantee that I haven’t found faith as great as this in Israel.”

You will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. You will also sit on thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.”