The Messiah birthed in Bethlehem probably during the time of the Feast of Tabernacles to Hanukkah. Whenever he was birthed it would be six months after the child of a Temple priest named John. This child is the one who cries in the wilderness, the forerunner of the Messiah, and he brings all who come to him to salvation through baptism—the act of sanctification, and foretelling a resurrection to come through the Messiah.
Micah 5:2 KJV
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Six months later, Miriam whom we know as Mary gave birth to a child in Bethlehem Ephrahthah, which means the House of Bread and Fruitful. This child was foretold to be birthed in this tiny country town in Micah 5. He would be transferred after the Roman census to be raised in Nazareth as a Nazarene, and this child would be raised in the synagogue yeshivah’s, the bible schools of the day. As he begins to mature we find him in the synagogue reading aloud, answering questions, and astonishing those present. Would he become fruitful? Would he be dispensing bread among the people of Israel, the Gentiles, and through the ages to our current world? The answer would be yes because of his ministry of shepherding to the people, teaching them the law, of God, and salvation. We read about him training his disciples the same law and counseling them so that they would be ready for the world when the Holy Ghost would come to dwell within men. He was readying the disciples and disciples from that day to ours the same ministry we would find in the Holy Ghost, and from the ministries we have authority through his name-Yeshua—Jesus.
The meaning of the House of Bread, Bethlehem begins to be tied together in scripture as he declares his identity as Messiah in the book of John by stating in the I AM’s, ” I AM the bread of life.” His fruitfulness is in his works of the thousands of healings, casting out demons, and raising of the dead that defines him as the Messiah that was to be birthed in Bethlehem. This babe went to be this man, and he gave his life on a cruel cross outside of Jerusalem on Golgotha, the hill of the skull, the place that David buried the skull of Goliath of Gath.
John 6:35 KJV
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:51 KJV
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
This babe that was birthed in Bethlehem whom was prophesied of through the prophets is the Messiah we celebrate in this season of Lights! May those who know the Messiah be blessed, and for those who do not know him currently I ask you to discover Jesus and come to know him as Messiah and God.
Notes: All Scripture used is taken from the King James Bible Public Domain Biblegateway
James G. Owen, Author 