Unexpected: Heavens Plans Hidden in Plain Sight
The Messiah arrived in the most ordinary, inconvenient, upside-down ways... not because God is vague, but because our expectations are narrow!
The Messiah arrived in the most ordinary, inconvenient, upside-down ways - not because God was vague, but because mankind’s expectations were so… narrow. Jesus was the fulfillment of every prophecy; and yet, He didn’t look like the fulfillment of the Jews expectations.
Israel wasn’t wrong to expect a King. They just didn’t expect a King who looked nothing like power. No jeweled crown. No royal entourage or army. No glory, pomp or parades or trumpeted announcements.
Yet… every detail of Jesus’ coming was foretold:
Born of a virgin (Prophecy: Is 7:14 Fulfilled: Mt 1:22, 23, Luke 1:26-35)
Born in Bethlehem (Prophecy Micah 5:2 Fulfilled Mt 2:1, Luke 2:4-7)
Out of Egypt He would be called (Prophecy Hosea 11:1, Fulfilled Mt 2:14-15)
Light to the Gentiles (Prophecy Is 42:6, 49:6 Fulfilled Luke 2: 30-32, Acts 13:47, Jo…