Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb. Psalm 22:10

This week we will continue the prophesies of Jesus Christ in the book of Psalms. Psalm 22 gives us a very detailed look into Jesus thoughts as he fulfilled his mission to be the Lamb of God to save the world from their sins. He displays his human side as well as his deity.

The Holy Spirit reveals here in Psalm 22:10 that Jesus would take on flesh and be born. As throughout Biblical prophecy it was known that the Messiah or Christ, would be a child born of a virgin, and he would be the Son of God. And Jesus reveals his struggle as a human, as he is prepared to become the suffering servant to take on the sins of the world.

As Jesus says in (Psalm 22:6) I am a worm and not a man, scorned and despised by everyone. Even today we see many who despise and scourn Jesus Christ. He took on the wages of our sins and punishment that we deserved and he didn’t.  As Jesus said he was “cast from birth”. Meaning he left his throne in Heaven to become our sacrificial lamb for our sins.

So as we celebrate the birth of Christ, remember the gift he has already given us by his love and sacrifice. Don’t make light of the mission he fulfilled as our Lord and Savior in Jesus Name Amen!

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. Deuteronomy 18:15

When you think of the prophet Moses, you probably view him as one of the greatest or maybe the greatest prophet of The Bible. Heres a man who personally talked to God and led the Israelites out of 400 years of slavery. However Moses himself stated, God was going to raise up someone even greater than Moses, and we should listen to him
First notice the terminology Moses uses here, Raise up! Its because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ that we have victory of sin and death. Moses is not only prophesying about our Lord Jesus Christ , but he’s also foretelling about the resurrection.

Moses also states, that the Messiah will be Jewish. As we know Jesus fulfilled this, he was born in Bethlehem, eventually living in Nazareth. He fulfilled the prophecy of being from the line of David, Jesus is The Lion of Judah

Some might say Moses was referring to Joshua, this only confirms the fulfillment of Jesus Christ even more. Joshua translated in Hebrew is Yeshua which translates to Jesus. It’s no coincidence that the one who superseded Moses had the same name as Jesus Christ.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17

The gospel of John confirms the prophecy, after Moses delievered The Law of God, Jesus delivered truth and grace at the cross. Listen to Jesus Christ as Moses commanded, bow before the King of Kings Amen!

‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.’ Leviticus 17:11

Often when we think about the birth of Christ, we don’t reflect on why he really came here. We reflect on the peace and hope that came down to Earth, but none of that would come to pass, if Jesus wasn’t willing to be the atonement for our sins.

The world has a sin problem, and the wages of our sins is death. Our only hope for humanity was the arrival of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son, down here to save us from the wages of our sins.

Problem is without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin. We are all sinners, and none of us are able to atone ourselves from our sins. Doesn’t matter how many good works you do or how popular you are. We are all condemned by our own sins.

But God loves us enough, to send us a miracle. He sent us a Savior, a Messiah. That would take the wages for our sins for us. Jesus is the atonement for our sins. Celebrate the real gift this season, the gift of eternal life in Jesus Name Amen

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.'” Exodus 3:14

When Moses asked God to identify himself, God simply stated “I AM WHO I AM” or also translated “ I will be who I will be”. God is telling Moses I will identify or manifest myself into whatever I want to. At this time, Moses probably had the closest relationship with God than anyone else had.

Fast forward almost 1500 years, and God becomes flesh being born of a virgin in a manger. Nobody expected the King of Kings to be born in a more humbling spot, but he lowered himself below the angels to bring hope for the hopeless and set the captives free

Many will say Jesus never said he was God, but those who understand the scriptures, knew exactly what Jesus was declaring when he made the seven “I AM” statements. The religious leaders knew exactly what he was saying, this is why they immediately wanted to charge him with blasphemy and stone him.

Jesus also said “I AM , the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end” (Revelation 22:13) Jesus wasn’t just a child born in a manger, he is “Immanuel” God in the flesh who came down to bring Heaven and Earth together, to save the world. If you want to know who God is, you must come through Jesus Christ Amen!