"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call his name Emmanuel. For unto
us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government
and peace there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order
it, and to establish it with judgment and with
justice from henceforth even for ever."
Isaiah 9: 6,7
A long, long, time before Jesus was born, the
Lord told a man named Isaiah that a future king
was coming. The Lord told Isaiah that a virgin
would conceive this child and that He would be
called, "The Mighty God. "God also told Isaiah
that this coming king's kingdom would have
NO end.
Many years after Isaiah saw the vision
concerning the coming king. . . . .
God sent the angel Gabriel to a virgin who lived
in Nazareth, a town in Galilee. She was engaged
to marry a man named Joseph from the family of
David. Her name was Mary. The angel came to her
and said, "Greetings! The Lord has blessed you
and is with you."
But Mary was confused by what the angel said.
Mary wondered, "What does this mean?"
The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary,
because God is pleased with you. Listen! You
will become pregnant. You will give birth to
a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be
great, and people will call him the Son of the
Most High. The Lord God, will give him the
throne of King David, his ancestor. He will
rule over the people of Jacob forever. His
kingdom will never end."
Luke 1:26-33
Mary said to the angel, "How will this happen?
I am a virgin!"
The angel said to Mary, "The Holy Spirit will
come upon you, and the power of the Most High
will cover you. The baby will be holy. He will
be called the Son of God.
Mary said, "I am the servant girl of the Lord.
Let this happen to me as you say!" Then the
angel went away."
Luke 1: 34-35 and Luke 1:38
All of this happened to fulfill the prophecy of
Isaiah many, many years earlier!
At that time, Augustus Caesar sent an order to
all people in the countries that were under
Roman rule. The order said that they must list
their names in a register. This was the first
registration taken while Quirinius was governor
of Syria. And everyone went to their own towns
to be registered.
So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Gaililee.
He went to to the town of Bethlehem in Judea.
This town was known as the town of David.
Joseph went there because he was from the family
of David. Jospeh registered with Mary because
she was engaged to marry him. (Mary was now
pregnant.) While Joseph and Mary were in
Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the
baby. She gave birth to her first son. there
were no rooms left in the inn. So she wrapped
the baby with cloths and laid him in a box
where animals are fed."
Luke 2:1-7
That night, some shepherds were in the fields
nearby watching their sheep. An angel of the
Lord stood before them. The glory of the Lord
was shining around them, and suddenly they
became very frightened. The angel said to them,
"Don't be afraid, because I am bringing you some
good news. It will be a joy to all the people.
Today your Savior was born in David's town. He
is Christ, the Lord. This is how you will know
him: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and
lying in a feeding box."
Luke 2:8-12
So the shepherds went quickly and found Mary
and Joseph. And the shepherds saw the baby lying
in a feeding box. Then they told what the angels
had said about this child. Everyone was amazed
when they heard what the shepherds said to
them. Mary hid these things in her heart; she
continued to think about them." Then the
shepherds went back to their sheep, praising
God and thanking him for everything that they
had seen and heard. It was just as the angel
had told them."
Luke 2:16-20
When the baby was eight days old, he was
circumcised, and he was named Jesus. This name
had been given by the angel before the baby
began to grow inside Mary.
Luke 2:21
Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in
Judea during the time when Herod was king.
After Jesus was born, some wise men from the
east came to Jerusalem. They asked, "Where is
the baby who was born to be the king of the
Jews? We saw his star in the east. We came to
worship him."
When King Herod heard about this new king of
the Jews, he was troubled. And all the people
in Jerusalem were worried too. Herod called a
meeting of all the leading priests and teachers
of the law. He asked them where the Christ would
be born. They answered, "In the town of Bethlehem
in Judea. The prophet wrote about this in the
Scriptures:
"But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you
are important among the rulers of Judah. A
ruler will come from you. He will be like a
shepherd for my people, the Israelites."
Micah 5:2
Then Herod had a secret meeting with the wise
men from the east. He learned from them the
exact time they first saw the star. Then Herod
sent the wise men to Bethlehem. He said to them,
"Go and look carefully to find the child. When
you find him, come tell me. Then I can go
worship him too."
The wise men heard the king and then left. They
saw the same star they had seen in the east.
It went before them until it stopped above the
place where the child was. When the wise men
saw the star, they were filled with joy. They
went to the house where the child was and saw
him with his mother, Mary. They bowed down
and worshiped the child. They opened the gifts
they brought for him. They gave him treasures
of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But God
warned the wise men in a dream not to go back
to Herod. So they went home to their own
country by a different way.