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I think about Psalm 119, 162. It says, I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

There is spoil. There's treasure waiting for you and me every day in God's word, not just so that we know it and understand it,

but so that we know God and walk in love relationship with God.

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Micah, Chapter 5 5 verses 2 through 5.

But you, O Bethlehemaphra,

who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,

from you shall come forth for me,

one who is to be ruler in Israel,

whose coming forth is from old, from ancient days.

Therefore, he shall give them up until the time, when she who is in labor has given birth,

then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel, and he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the

Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God, and they shall dwell secure. For now he shall

be great to the ends of the earth, and he shall be their peace. So I read this whole passage because it's a prophecy of Jesus. This is one of

those amazing, stunning, like jaw-dropping places in the Bible where we see hundreds of years

before Jesus even came. Prophecy about where he would be born and who he

would be specifically born in Bethlehem, from you shall come forth, one who is to be ruler in

Israel, who's coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Like this is not just talking about anybody.

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