WHY WAS JESUS BORN IN BETHLEHEM?
In Micah 5:2, we find a prophecy that tells us the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Prophecy — which means to tell about an event before it happens — is one way God proves that the Bible is from Him because only He can know the future. If we go to the book of Ruth we find the connection between Jesus and Bethlehem. We discover that the Messianic line (Jesus’ earthly family tree) began in Bethlehem. Ruth and her husband Boaz began the line when they had a child named Obed who was David’s grandfather. There is a very old tradition that says that Ruth and Boaz began their family in the exact same location that Jesus was born some 1100 years later and the fields of Ruth 2 are the same fields the angels visited the shepherds in Luke 2. Another interesting connection is found in the meaning of Bethlehem. Bethlehem means “house of bread”. An appropriate name for Jesus’ birthplace because He referred to Himself as “the bread of life” (John 6:35). – WHO WERE THE MAGI? The Magi (or Wise Men
