…the LORD has told me this:

“I will watch quietly from my dwelling place—

as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day,

or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.”

Isaiah 18:4

LORD, you will grant us peace;

all we have accomplished is really from you.

Isaiah 26:12

You will keep in perfect peace

all who trust in you.,

all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Trust in the LORD always,

for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.

Isaiah 26:3-4

In Jerusalem, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies

will spread a wonderful feast

for all the people of the world….

There he will remove the cloud of gloom…

He will swallow up death forever!

The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears.

Isaiah 25:6,7,8

The Savior–yes, the Messiah, the LORD–

has been born today in Bethlehem,

the city of David!

Luke 2:11

…God will establish one of David’s descendants as king.

He will rule with mercy and truth.

He will always do what is just

and be eager to do what is right.

…..

And because Joseph was a descendant of King David,

he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home.

He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee.

He took with him Mary, his fiancee,

who was now obviously pregnant.

Isaiah 16:5; Luke 2:4-5

He will be very great

and will be called the Son of the Most High.

The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

And he will reign over Israel forever;

his Kingdom will never end!”

Luke 1:32-33

And this is the way to have eternal life—

to know you,

the only true God,

and Jesus Christ,

the one you sent to earth.

John 17:3

So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth.

This fulfilled what the prophets had said:

“He will be called a Nazarene.”

Matthew 2:23

…Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said,
“for this is what the prophet wrote:

‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities of Judah,
for a ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’”

Matthew 2:4-6