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“But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah,? “Which art little to be among
the thousands of Judah,? “Out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to
be ruler in Israel;? “Whose goings forth?are from of old, from ancient days.?
Many mis-interpret the last part of the prophecy to advance
their claim that Christ is God for He has existed from eternity.However it is
quiet obvious that even the entire verse do not say about a Christ who has
pre-existed from eternity.
According to:
[“THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, According To The Masoretic Text,?The
Jewish Publication Society of America, Copyright 1917, 1945.] . “But thou,
Beth-leham Ephrathah, Which art little to be among the thousands of Judah,
Out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose
goings forth?are from old, from ancient days.?(Micah. 5:1)
“Out of thee?here we can see that, the LORD God is speaking to
Bethleham. Also we can see that the “one?spoken of as, that shall “come
forth? is spoken of, as coming forth “unto Me?or unto God, and “is to be
ruler in Israel;?It should be quite clear that the LORD God as He, spoke
through His prophet Micah, is speaking about some one other then Himself. The
one coming forth unto God, out of Bethleham, to be ruler in Israel, is not
God Himself. As it is written:
“Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the
offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? (John.7:
42. NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, The Lockman Foundation, Copyright 1960,
1977.)
Yes indeed, For the Scriptures say “for today in the city of
David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke.2:
11. NASB) “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and
the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;?(Luke.1: 32.
Ibid.) So we can see that according to the Bible, the one Micah writes about
in the Scripture in question is the Christ, not God.
Now to continue with the Scripture in question, “Whose goings forth?are from of old, from ancient days.? This is the portion of Scripture, which is causing many to stumble. They could not comprehend how the subject “Whose?Christ) is predicated by the “goings forth? Here, the , “goings forth? that is spoken of as which “are from of old, from ancient days.?and not the subject “Whose? In other words, what this Scripture is referring to regarding the Christ,
“who was predestined for this before the foundation of the world,
but was revealed only at the end of the ages,?(1 Peter 1:20) [THE BIBLE AN
AMERICAN TRANSLATION, Smith&Goodspeed, Copyright 1931.]
You see, what the Scripture in question is referring to, is the predestination of the Christ, not to Him as been preexisting, or eternal, and defiantly not to the Christ, as being God. I hope, that this was helpful; in rectifying, your misconception’s regarding this Scripture. |
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Micah 5:2 Does Christ the Messiah dwells in eternity?
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