CIRCA: Pre-calendar and the Fall of Man---"The Lord God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. And I will cause hostility between you and the WOMAN, and between your offspring and HER offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.'" (Genesis 3:14-15)</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW!---the Messiah-Christ will be the offspring of the WOMAN.</p><p>CIRCA: 2000 BC---Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendant I will give this land." (Genesis 12:7) In 60 AD Paul the Apostle explains, "Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, 'and to the descendants,' referring to many, but 'and to your descendant,' referring to one, who is Messiah-Christ." (Galatians 3:16)</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW!---Messiah-Christ would be the DESCENDANT of the ABRAHAM.</p><p>CIRCA: 1000 BC---God tells Israel's King David, of Bethlehem, Judah, "I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom&#133;Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:12-26; see also Isaiah 9:7)</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW---Messiah-Christ will rightfully and legally be, "the KING of the JEWS!" Did you know that Joseph and Mary were both direct descendants of King David? Any first born son they might have would have the legal right to King David's throne! (see genealogies---Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38)</p><p>CIRCA: 850 BC---Isaiah declares, "The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means 'God is with us'). (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6)</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW---WOMAN will be a VIRGIN and her offspring will be a boy!</p><p>CIRCA: 730 BC ""But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clan of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel. (Micah 5:2).</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW!---precisely WHERE this virgin will give birth to the Messiah-Christ-Child!</p><p>CIRCA: 6-4 BC "The angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.'"</p><p>"'I am the Lord's servant,' Mary answered. 'May it be to me as you have said.' Then the angel left her." (Luke 1:30-38)</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW!---the virgin's name was Mary and her offspring will be named Jesus, meaning Jehovah is Salvation!</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW!---God had a GOOD PLAN and Mary, along, with many before and after her, trusts in the goodness of his plan!</p><p>Circa: CHRISTMAS 2009. The Lord declares, "I know the PLANS I have for you, PLANS to prosper you and not to harm you, PLANS to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity." (Jeremiah 29:11)</p><p>AND NOW WE KNOW!---that whoever believes in him receives, in the womb of their spirit, a new-miraculous-impossible-with-men-but-possible-God-virgin-birth and everlasting life! (John 1:12-13; 3:3; 3:16-17; and 5:24).</p><p>"I write these things that you may KNOW&#133;" (1 John 5:13)</p><p>"Have a Virgin-Birth Christmas!"---John Parker</p><p>Rev. John Parker is pastor of ChristChurch of Chowchilla located at 260 N. Sixth Street, Chowchilla. Christmas Eve 6 p.m. Sunday Celebration is at 10 a.m. Contact John at: <a href="mailto:john@plugintolife.com">john@plugintolife.com</a> or phone 209.726.0119