DAILY READINGS: 2 Chron. 12-13; Ezekiel 35-36:15; John 13:31-14:14
And thou Bethlehem…out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall
rule My people Israel. Matthew 2:6
Out of Egypt have I called My son. Matthew 2:15b
And He came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be
fulfilled…He shall be called a Nazarene. Matthew 2:23
Where was Jesus from? He was born in Bethlehem, the city of
David from which the promised Ruler of the Jews would come. He
was called out of Egypt and thus would have an inheritance among
the Gentiles as well. He also was a Nazarene, for He would be the
branch, (netser) of God. Nathaniel asked, “Can any good thing come
out of Nazareth?”(John 1:46) Yes! God Himself! —Tom Steere
Jesus shall reign where, e’r the sun, does his successive journeys run;
His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore til moons shall wax and wane no more