Have you ever wondered in the Christmas story how those wise men who followed the star to find Jesus

knew anything about his birth? I mean, how did they know about a star? How did they know to follow it?

How did they know any of that? Well, Today we're going to look at one possible answer

to a piece of that. It has to do with Jesus being foretold thousands of years before his birth.

Welcome to the morning mindset. This is our opportunity to get our mind aligned with the truth

of God's word for this day. Today we'll be looking at Numbers

chapter 24 and the gospel of Luke chapter 3. So you'll want to get your Bibles out. Now I've been

trying to give you some helpful tips for possible Christmas gifts coming from the books that I've

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All right, friends, before we dig into Numbers and Luke, we need God's help, so let's pray and ask him for it.

Lord God, we are looking to you to help us understand these prophecies and to apply them rightly to our understanding of who Jesus is

as the Messiah who came at Christmas time.

We ask it in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Okay, friends, get out your Bibles.

We're looking at the book of numbers. That's in the Old Testament way back toward the beginning. Chapter 24, verse number 17.

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