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Matthew 1:18-25

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[d] (which means “God with us”).

24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Footnotes

a Matthew 1:18 Or The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this
b Matthew 1:19 Or was a righteous man and
c Matthew 1:21 Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.
d Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

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Dear Father,

We Repent of Murmuring Against You,

Even When You Are Providing For Us Daily.

We Repent of Disobeying You

Even When You Give Us Specific Instructions For Our Daily Lives.

We Repent of thinking that somehow,

we can "do it better than You".

Let all that has been Concealed
Be Revealed.

Father, We Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem,
According To Your Will and Promise.
We Pray That You Will Forgive The Sins
of Our Own Nation,
and Lead us all to Godly Repentance.
Create in Us Clean Hearts, Oh LORD,
and Renew a Right Spirit Within Us.

This we Pray Together,
As We Await Your Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Set Up His Kingdom,
And Make All Things Right.

”The Greatest Of these Is Love.”

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ML/LTOS

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Countdown To The New Year

Matthew 1:18-25

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[d] (which means “God with us”).

24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Footnotes

a Matthew 1:18 Or The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this
b Matthew 1:19 Or was a righteous man and
c Matthew 1:21 Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.
d Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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One could argue that not much is said about St. Joseph in the Bible. We know he was engaged to Mary, that he was a Carpenter (which meant a lot more in those days, as most buildings were made of stone rather than wood), and that he was a righteous man.

There is, however, much more in Scripture about Joseph than we see at first. From Today's Passage, we see that Joseph was more than just Righteous: he was a man of deep compassion and love.

The penalty for adultery was Death, and Mary was pregnant. Joseph knew that he wasn't the Father, and he had every right to renounce his beloved. But even before the Angel explained things, Joseph mulled over ways of quietly ending the relationship without punishment or even exposure. Before he knew Mary was innocent, he still wanted to protect her. That shows an incredible nobility of Character that is often overlooked.

Just as Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus hearkens back to the Hebrew Scriptures (The "Old Testament"), we will see at least 47 more quotes from the OT as we continue in this Gospel. Right here in the first chapter, Matthew quotes a prophecy of Isaiah, (Isaiah 7:14) about the Virgin Birth.

Modern scholars argue that the Hebrew word for "virgin" used in Isaiah, alma, could also just mean a "young woman". But Isaiah is saying that this would be a "sign". A "sign" in this context is a miracle. It's not such a big miracle for a young woman to become pregnant, but it certainly is a miracle for a virgin to become pregnant. And that was the interpretation of Matthew, a First Century Jew, writing to other First Century Jews.

Matthew wasn't the only one who interpreted "alma" as "virgin". During the Second Temple Period, about 200-300BC, a team of seventy Hebrew Scholars translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, which was the common language of the period. We call this mighty work of scholarship "The Septuagint", after the Latin Word for "Seventy". It became the commonly used translation of the Scriptures up to the time of the Destruction of the Temple in 70AD, and became widely used in Rabbinical Judaism until the Masoretic text that came out in the 7th Century AD. (This is a very brief and skeletal explanation of these texts. I am not a Hebrew scholar by any stretch of the imagination!).

The point I am about to make is that the Esteemed 70 Scholars who had a whole translation of the Scriptures named after them, used Parthenos (παρθένος) which is the Greek term for "virgin" when they translated Isaiah. It was a Prophecy that was considered "Messianic" and yet to be fulfilled when it was written centuries earlier. There were some parts of the prophecy that were fulfilled right away in Isaiah's time, but not this one.

As we continue in Matthew, you will see him quote the Old Testament again and again. He demonstrates that there is no real "divide" between the Old and the New. God is the Same, Yesterday, Today, and Forever.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

”Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 NIV)

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

!עם ישראל חי
(The Spirit of Israel Lives!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ML/LTOS

[norsky]

Amen to your prayer a scripture. Lord Jesus, you have made it clear to babes. Thank you Jesus Amen

[DarthVader]

Amen!!! <>< (NOTE:We must pray this daily from here on out. Getting obvious now!)

Psalm 91

1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,*
2 will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.’
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence;
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
or the arrow that flies by day,
6 or the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
or the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge,*
the Most High your dwelling-place,
10 no evil shall befall you,
no scourge come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder,
the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honour them.

[Lakeside Granny]

The Holy Spirit whispers to the truth of what you have written to me.

May God Bless you, dear ML.

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Thank You, norsky, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

”Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 NIV)

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

!עם ישראל חי
(The Spirit of Israel Lives!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, DarthVader, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

”Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 NIV)

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

!עם ישראל חי
(The Spirit of Israel Lives!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, Lakeside Granny, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

”Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 NIV)

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

!עם ישראל חי
(The Spirit of Israel Lives!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ML/LTOS

[redryder_90]

Amen

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Thank You, redryder_90, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

”Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 NIV)

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

!עם ישראל חי
(The Spirit of Israel Lives!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ML/LTOS

[NEWwoman]

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Joining in prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem and for our beloved America.

Indeed. It’s a virgin! 70 Hebrew scholars can’t be wrong.

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

”Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 NIV)

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

!עם ישראל חי
(The Spirit of Israel Lives!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ML/LTOS