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Birth

Jesus came at time when Israel had not heard from God for about 400 years. These are known as the 400 Silent Years as there was no prophet or word from God spanning the time of Malachi to the birth of Christ.
This fulfills the prophecy in Isaiah 53:2. The root out of a dry ground refers to the spiritual drought of the world, no new prophet or word from God has caused there to be a drought in the world.
Isaiah 53:2 KJV 1900
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Born about 3 BC, six months after John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ.
Fulfilling the Prophecy of Isaiah, our previous character study:
Isaiah 7:14–15 KJV 1900
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, That he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Matthew 1:18 KJV 1900
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 2:1–12 KJV 1900
1 Now when Jesus was born in Beth-lehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And thou Beth-lehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
This saying really troubled Herod due to the fact that he was known as ‘king of the Jews’ though he himself was not a Jew. This new king was a rival and threat to his throne.
The Magi most likely came from the area of Babylon where an institution (Founded by Daniel) would have been located. This would have been a place of education in astrology and religion, a center designed for those ready to grow in various areas of knowledge and religion.
Daniel 2:48–49 KJV 1900
48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
What about the star? Where does that come into play?
Remember a guy named Balaam?
He was hired to curse the nation of Israel and could not curse them? Instead he blessed them
Numbers 24:17 KJV 1900
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
The star could be the star that the Magi had witnessed.
The dictionary defines a sceptre as: an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty.
Jesus was called what by the Magi?
By the way… those wise men of the Christmas story, and Daniel from 500 years earlier, and Balaam from 1000 years before that… were all from a nation that is known today as Iraq. Surprised?
Marco Polo the famous merchant , explorer and writer, wrote of having visited the graves of the wise men that had brought gifts to Christ at the time of his birth. Read it in Travels; the Description of the World, written by Marco Polo in 1298. You’ll find the account in Chapter XI, “Of the Province of Persia.”

Bethlehem

Micah 5:2 KJV 1900
2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, Though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Bethlehem means ‘House of Bread” and Jesus is the “Bread of Life”
In fact the name Beth as a prefix to a word relates more to industry, meaning that the area is industrious in size of production. Beth-Saida means “House of Fishing” and was the hometown of Phillip, Andrew, and Peter (John 1:44).

BETHLEHEM—house of bread. (1.) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1 Sam. 17:12), and “the city of David” (Luke 2:4). It is first noticed in Scripture as the place where Rachel died and was buried “by the wayside,” directly to the north of the city (Gen. 48:7). The valley to the east was the scene of the story of Ruth the Moabitess. There are the fields in which she gleaned, and the path by which she and Naomi returned to the town. Here was David’s birth-place, and here also, in after years, he was anointed as king by Samuel (1 Sam. 16:4–13); and it was from the well of Bethlehem that three of his heroes brought water for him at the risk of their lives when he was in the cave of Adullam (2 Sam. 23:13–17). But it was distinguished above every other city as the birth-place of “Him whose goings forth have been of old” (Matt. 2:6; comp. Micah 5:2). Afterwards Herod, “when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men,” sent and slew “all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under” (Matt. 2:16, 18; Jer. 31:15).

Background Historically

Flavius Josephus is an important historian since he not only accounted for the history of the Jewish people in his writing “Antiquities of the Jews” but also because he was a survivor of the Jewish-Roman war in 66 AD-73 AD (Josephus being the single source for the account). During which Rome destroyed the city of Jerusalem and in 73 AD under the command of Lucius Silva besieged Masada.
The Lexham Bible Dictionary Extrabiblical References

Jewish sources, such as Josephus (Antiquities) and the Talmud contain scant data about Him. Josephus’ statements validate John the Baptist’s execution—and a contested passage refers to Jesus as a wise man with a significant following who appeared to His followers after His resurrection, as the prophets had predicted.

About 20 years after Josephus we have the Roman politicians Pliny and Tacitus, who held some of the highest offices of state at the beginning of the second century AD. From Tacitus we learn that Jesus was executed while Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect in charge of Judaea (about AD 26- AD 36) and Tiberius was emperor (AD 14- AD 37) –these reports fit with the time frame of the gospels. Pliny contributes the information that, where he was governor in northern Turkey, Christians worshipped Christ as a god. Neither of these men liked Christians – Pliny writes of their “pig-headed obstinacy” and Tacitus calls their religion a destructive superstition.

Bible Background

He is known as the Carpenter’s son
Matthew 13:55 KJV 1900
55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Did Jesus grow up in a poor family?
Most likely Jesus grew up in a ‘middle-class’ family, as being a carpenter would have been a skilled trade in the time. Also archaeologically the homes found in ancient Nazareth were found to be homes that only middle-class people would have been able to afford.
Our idea that Jesus was poor stems from His life during the time of His ministry.
Did Jesus have siblings?
Yes! He not only had brothers, he also had sisters!
Matthew 13:55–56 KJV 1900
55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
We can then conclude that Jesus knows what it is like to have annoying siblings that get on your nerves at times!
Did Jesus grow up as any other ‘normal’ person?
meaning did he have to become educated and mature as most people would as they grow up?
Yes! He would have grown in wisdom, knowledge, and been subject to all the same experiences growing up as other people.
Luke 2:40 KJV 1900
40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Though the Bible does not record Jesus’ years as a teenager, He would have grown up with the same temptations, trials, and physical growth that a normal teenager would have to endure.
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