…she will have a son,

and you are to name him Jesus,

for he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:21

This is how Jesus the Messiah was born.

His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph.

But before the marriage took place,

while she was still a virgin,

she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:18

…for you who fear my name,

the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.

And you will go free,

leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

Malachi 4:2

Then those who feared the LORD

spoke with each other,

and the LORD listened to what they said.

In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written

to record the names of those who feared him

and always thought about the honor of his name.

“They will be my people,”

says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

“On the day when I act in judgment,

they will be my own special treasure.

I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.

Malachi 3:17-17

“I am the LORD, and I do not change…

Now return to me,

and I will return to you,”

says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Malachi 3:6-7

And the LORD will be king over all the earth.

On that day there will be one LORD—

his name alone will be worshipped.

Zechariah 14:9

…Then the LORD my God will come

and all his holy ones with him.

On that day the sources of light will no longer shine,

yet there will be continuous day!

Only the LORD knows how this could happen.

There will be no normal day and night,

for at evening time it will still be light.

Zechariah 14: 5-6

…the LORD,

who stretched out the heavens,

laid the foundations of the earth,

and formed the human spirit.

Zechariah 12:1

(Hubble telescope)

When I whistle to them, they will come running,

for I have redeemed them.

From the few who are left,

they will grow as numerous as they were before.

Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations,

they will still remember me in distant lands.

They and their children will survive

and return again to Israel.

Zechariah 10:8-9

“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:

You can be sure that I will rescue my people

from the east and from the west.

I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem.

They will be my people,

and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God.

Zechariah 8:7-8