Nothing concerning Jesus happened by chance,that includes His birth ,let us consider the prophecy of Micah 5 v 2 which reads ;But you,Bethlehem Ephrathah though you are small among the clans of Judah ,out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel,whose origins are from old, from ancient time'. Micah prophesied this ,approximately 740-698 BC,this is the verse the priest and teachers told Herod when he asked them where would the Messiah would be born. ( Matthew 2 v 1ff.)Just another of the prophecies concerning Messiah Jesus.His birth coincided with Caesar Augustus ordering a census to be made,in which everyone had to go their home town.( Luke 2 v1-3). When the child Jesus was in grave danger, Joseph and Mary escaped into Egypt with Him,again that fulfilled what Hosea foretold ( Hosea 11 v1),this was God's plan,and as we go through the scriptures as regards His death we are told in 1Peter 1 v20 and Revelation 13 v 8 it was planned in eternity,one commentator writes the following, 'God's plan for salvation was established before time began, making Jesus sacrifice eternally significant and always present in His mind'.
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