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But as for you,
Bethlehem Ephrathah,
too little to
be among the clans of Judah,
from you One
will go forth for Me
to be ruler
in Israel.
His goings forth
are from long ago,
from the days
of eternity.
Micah 5: 2
Behold, I am
going to
send My messenger,
and he will
clear the way before Me.
And the Lord,
whom you seek,
will suddenly
come to His temple;
and the messenger
of the covenant,
in whom you
delight,
behold, He is
coming,
says the LORD
of hosts.
Malachi 3: 1
For a child
will be born to us,
a son will be
given to us;
& the government
will rest on His shoulders;
and His name
will be called
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Eternal Father,
Prince of Peace.
There will be
no end
to the increase
of His government
or of peace
on the throne of David
and over his
kingdom,
to establish
it and to uphold it
with justice
and righteousness
from then on
and forevermore.
The zeal of
the LORD of hosts
will accomplish
this.
Isaiah 9: 6-7
I kept looking
in the night visions,
and behold,
with the clouds of heaven
One like a Son
of Man was coming;
and He came
up to the Ancient of Days
and was presented
before Him.
And to Him was
given dominion,
glory and a
kingdom,
that all the
peoples, nations
and men of every
language
might serve
Him.
His dominion
is an everlasting dominion
which will not
pass away;
and His kingdom
is one which
will not be
destroyed.
Daniel 7: 13-14
But there will
be no more gloom for her
who was in anguish;
in earlier times
He treated
the land of
Zebulun
and the land
of Naphtali with contempt,
but later on
He shall make it glorious,
by the way of
the sea,
on the other
side of Jordan,
Galilee of the
Gentiles.
The people who
walk in darkness
will see a great
light;
those who live
in a dark land,
the light will
shine on them.
Isaiah 9: 1-2
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The LORD called
Me from the womb;
from the body
of
My mother He
named Me.
He has made
My mouth
like a sharp
sword,
in the shadow
of His hand
He has concealed
Me;
and He has also
made
Me a select
arrow,
He has hidden
Me in His quiver.
He said to Me,
"You are My
Servant, Israel,
in Whom I will
show My glory."
But I said,
"I have toiled in vain,
I have spent
My strength
for nothing
and vanity;
Yet surely the
justice due to Me
is with the
LORD,
and My reward
with My God."
And now says
the LORD,
who formed Me
from
the womb to
be His Servant,
to bring Jacob
back to Him,
so that Israel
might be gathered to Him
(For I am honored
in
the sight of
the LORD,
and My God is
My strength).
He says,
"It is too small
a thing
that You should
be My Servant
to raise up
the tribes of Jacob
and to restore
the preserved
ones of Israel;
I will also
make You
a light of the
nations
so that My salvation
may reach
to the end of
the earth."
Thus says the
LORD,
the Redeemer
of Israel and its Holy One,
to the despised
One,
to the One abhorred
by the nation,
to the Servant
of rulers:
"Kings will
see and arise,
Princes will
also bow down,
because of the
LORD who is faithful,
the Holy One
of Israel
who has chosen
You.
Isaiah 49: 1-12
Then a shoot
will spring from
the stem of
Jesse,
and a branch
from
his roots will
bear fruit.
The Spirit of
the LORD will rest on Him,
the spirit of
wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of
counsel and strength,
the spirit of
knowledge
and the fear
of the LORD.
And He will
delight in
the fear of
the LORD,
And He will
not judge by
what His eyes
see,
nor make a decision
by
what His ears
hear;
But with righteousness
He will judge
the poor,
and decide with
fairness
for the afflicted
of the earth;
and He will
strike the earth
with the rod
of His mouth,
and with the
breath of His lips
He will slay
the wicked.
Isaiah 11: 1-4
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Behold, My Servant,
whom I uphold;
My chosen one
in whom My soul delights.
I have put My
Spirit upon Him;
He will bring
forth justice to the nations.
He will not
cry out or raise His voice,
nor make His
voice heard in the street.
A bruised reed
He will not break
and a dimly
burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully
bring forth justice.
He will not
be disheartened or crushed
until He has
established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands
will
wait expectantly
for His law.
Thus says God
the LORD,
Who created
the heavens and
stretched them
out,
Who spread out
the earth and its offspring,
Who gives breath
to the people on it
And spirit to
those who walk in it:
I am the LORD,
I have called
you in righteousness,
I will also
hold you by
the hand and
watch over you,
and I will appoint
you
as a covenant
to the people,
as a light to
the nations,
to open blind
eyes,
to bring out
prisoners from the dungeon
and those who
dwell in darkness
from the prison.
Isaiah 42: 1-7
The Spirit of
the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the
LORD has anointed me
to bring good
news to the afflicted;
He has sent
me
to bind up the
brokenhearted,
to proclaim
liberty to captives
and freedom
to prisoners;
to proclaim
the favorable year of the LORD
and the day
of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all
who mourn...
Isaiah 61: 1-2
But as for Me,
I have installed
My King Upon Zion,
My holy mountain.
I will surely
tell of the decree of the LORD:
He said to Me,
You are My Son,
Today I have
begotten You. Ask of Me,
and I will surely
give the nations
as Your inheritance,
and the very
ends of the earth
as Your possession.
You shall break
them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter
them like earthenware.
Now therefore,
O kings,
show discernment;
Take warning,
O judges of the earth.
Worship the
LORD with reverence
and rejoice
with trembling.
Do homage to
the Son,
that He not
become angry,
and you perish
in the way,
for His wrath
may soon be kindled.
How blessed
are all who take refuge in Him!
Psalms 2: 6-12
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