“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2 (NIV)
When the wise men arrived in Jerusalem to ask where the King of the Jews had been born, King Herod called together those who would know. Those who had studied the prophets replied that it would be in Bethlehem and quoted from the prophet Micah. “They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet: ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah; For out of you shall come forth a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’”” Matthew 2:5-6 (NASB) So, Herod gave the wise men directions to Bethlehem. But none of Herod's advisers read for him the last part of the prophecy from Micah. They are very significant words and a promise for all of us. They tell that Jesus came from eternity. The word that Micah used translated in our verse as “from ancient times” means literally “from time out of mind” or from a time beyond our minds ability to comprehend – from eternity. And that He would be ruler over Israel. This promise which begins thousands of years before Herod hears the prophecy was now being fulfilled in Jesus.
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