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As the Christmas season draws near to its conclusion next week, CBN is offering a thought-provoking new podcast series to explore how Old Testament prophecies pointed to the birth of a savior in a manger hundreds of years before it even happened. The four-part series aired its first episode December 6, entitled \u201cBible Prophecy Fulfilled: The Nativity and Origins of Jesus.\u201d Episode 2 aired the following week on December 13, highlighting the prophetic news shared with Mary, Joseph, and Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist. Episode 3 will air<\/a> December 21, with a focus on \u201cOld Testament predictions of Jesus, written centuries before the nativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The series features a bevvy of theologians and pastors including CBN\u2019s Billy Hallowell<\/a>, apologist Ray Comfort of Living Waters<\/a>, Pastor Greg Laurie, Joel Smallbone<\/a> of the band For King & Country, Pastor Shane Idleman of Westside Christian Fellowship in California, author and theologian Jeff Kinley<\/a>, and motivational speaker Jesse Bradley of Just Choose Hope<\/a>.\u00a0 The contributors all offer their own perspectives of the ways the Old Testament and New Testament coincide, with a focus on powerful witness of the Bible.<\/p>\n

Comfort stated the prophecies of the Old Testament solidify the trustworthiness of the Bible. \u201cIf someone wants credible evidence the Bible is God\u2019s Word all he has to do is take some time to study the prophecies, because only God knows the future. We [don\u2019t] know tomorrow\u2019s forecast; we haven\u2019t got a clue. They just take a stab. But God\u2019s Word predicts the future before it came into being, and it establishes [His] divine fingerprint all over Scripture. So, prophecy is wonderful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The connection Jesus makes between the Old Testament and New Testament has fascinated theologians for centuries, with many pointing at the sovereignty of God\u2019s will. Ligonier Ministries<\/a> describes the prophecies of Christmas as something that \u201clies deep in the Old Testament.\u201d \u201cAt every turn, Jesus was fulfilling a role that was shaped by more than a millennium of prediction. No aspect of the Messiah\u2019s ministry of redemption was without anticipatory reflection. At the moment of Jesus\u2019 birth, the entire scope and focus of the Old Testament came into sharp relief: \u2018But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born\u00a0 under the law\u2019 (Gal. 4:4<\/a>).\u201d The overall effect is a reminder of God\u2019s love. \u201cFrom eternity, the Lord has loved His people. Christmas is the visible demonstration of it; Calvary, the cost of it; resurrection and ascension, the triumph and effectiveness of it.\u201d \u201cJesus and the Prophecies of Christmas\u201d can be listed to here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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