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Micah’s Prophecy

Illustration. Over 500 years after Micah’s prophecy, scholars consulted by Herod turned to Micah 5:2 and told him that God’s promised Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Just so, God shaped events, using even the decree of a Roman emperor who had probably never heard His name, to bring Mary and Joseph to the little town destined to be the birthplace of our Saviour.

Richards, Lawrence O. The Bible Reader’s Companion. electronic ed. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991. Print.

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