Luke 2 Christmas 2019

Christmas 2019

Shawn Bumpers / General

Christmas / Luke 2

Psalm 69:6–8 NKJV

Let not those who wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel. Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s children;

Psalm 69:9 NKJV

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Psalm 69:12 NKJV

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

John 1:1–2 NKJV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

προσδέχομαι prosdechomai

Luke 2:25 NKJV

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

V1-2

Matthew 24:7 NKJV

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

ἔθνος Ethnos

Galatians 3:28 NKJV

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:23 NKJV

Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

v3-7

Bethlehem “House of Bread”

John 6:35 NKJV

And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

Isaiah 55:2 NKJV

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

1 Corinthians 10:17 NKJV

For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

John 1:12 NKJV

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

V8

Micah 4:8 NKJV

And you, O tower of the flock, The stronghold of the daughter of Zion, To you shall it come, Even the former dominion shall come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”

Psalm 118:26 NKJV

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

Matthew 21:9 NKJV

Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!”

Genesis 4:2–5 NKJV

Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 22:8 KJV 1900

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:14 NKJV

And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

V9-11

Romans 3:10 NKJV

As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;

Isaiah 57:19 NKJV

“I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “And I will heal him.”

Luke 2:11 NKJV

For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

σωτήρ sōtēr

Mȏšîª מוֹשִׁיעַ

Χριστός Christos 

κύριος kyrios  

v12-20

φάτνη phatnē

Isaiah 9:6 NKJV

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Romans 10:13 NKJV

For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

V21-35

V36-38