Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem 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. Of all the prophesies concerning the birth of Jesus, the location of his birth was one of the most clearly spelled out. When the wisemen came to see Herod, his advisors told him that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. However instead of using the information to find and worship the Son of God, Herod attempted to use the prophecy to protect his throne and kill Jesus. It's clear he didn't believe the prophecy, but he feared that his subjects did, so he killed all of the babies of about the same age as Jesus. As tragic as this massacre was, it too was foretold in scripture and further vindicated Jesus as the foretold Messiah.
Jerimiah 31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
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