Christmas - Old Testament (finish the verse)
(Genesis 3:14-15) - The Lord God said to the serpent . . . "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring . . .
. . . he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heal."
(Matthew 1:18) - Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, . .
. . . before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.
Luke 1:26-27
And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
(Hebrews 9:28) - so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, . . .
. . . not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
(Micah 5:2) - But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah . . .
. . . from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel.
(Luke 2:4-5) - And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, . . .
. . . to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9
The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing.
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
(Philippians 1:6) - And I am sure of this, . . .
. . . that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
(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.
(John 1:1 & 14a) - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . .
. . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, . . .
Isaiah 11:1-2a
Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(1 Thessalonians 5:2) - For you yourselves are fully aware . . .
. . . that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
(Isaiah 9:6) - 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, Mightly God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
(Philippians 2:6-7) - who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, . . .
. . . but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross
Philippians 2:8
This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
What Child Is This
(Acts 1:11b) - “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? . . .
. . . This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
(Zechariah 9:9) - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, . . .
. . . humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
(John 8:58) - Jesus said to them, . . .
. . . “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—
Deuteronomy 18:15
Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Silent Night! Holy Night!
(Revelation 1:8) - “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, . . .
. . . “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”