The Adoration of the Shepherds, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) Shalom Cornelia, As December moves forward, many Believers in Yeshua begin to think about the miracle of the coming of the Messiah. But not only Believers. Whether people want to think about it or not, in some way or another, many are confronted in a variety of ways with the Good News of the coming of the Savior of Mankind. This is a wonderful time to brush up on Bible prophecy so that we are knowledgeable when sharing the Messiah with our families, friends, the lost and the lonely. Many Jewish Believers came to faith through these Scriptures. While people today often are greatly opposed to Yeshua (Jesus), when He began His ministry 2,000 years ago in the hills of Galilee, He had something major going for Him: a great many Jewish people were expecting the appearance of the Messiah as prophesied by the Hebrew prophet Daniel. The angel Gabriel told Daniel: “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.” (Daniel 9:25) This verse gives us the key to the timing of the coming of the Messiah, fulfilled by Yeshua when He was born of a virgin (almah in Hebrew, see Isaiah 7:14) and mikvahed (baptized) by His cousin Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist). Daniel wrote this prophecy and others while in exile in Babylon in the sixth century BC. By studying prophecies already recorded by the Hebrew prophets, Daniel understood that the Jewish captives soon would be allowed to return to the Holy Land. Just like Daniel, when we study prophecy in the Scriptures, we can learn a great many important facts about the Messiah, such as who the Messiah is, when He would come, the season for His return, and what He will do when He comes again. A view of the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. (Zechariah 14
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