One of the great things about the Bible is how it ties together. The books were all written separately over the course of a couple thousand years, and archaeological evidence continues being found supporting the details. The books are also written with reference to secular kings and rulers that can be cross referenced with other archaeological evidence.

This makes the bible prophecies all the more amazing.

At this Christmas time of year, one prophecy in particular is relevant.

One of the many prophecies about Jesus and which Jesus fulfilled is in Micah 5:2 where the prophet wrote, “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.”

Micah wrote this several hundred years prior to Jesus’ birth, but specified the town the Messiah would be born. It would be like someone from the time before the founding of the United States, writing the name of the town from which the next US President would be born; obviously hard to explain outside of the supernatural.

Dear Lord, Thank you for giving us the rich complexity an detail of your story and allowing for the discoveries as time goes on to continually improve support for Bible stories. Help us use this as support for our own faith and in witnessing. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.