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Christ is born in Bethlehem. An angel of the Lord announces the birth to a group of shepherds, who travel to Bethlehem to see the Christ. Jesus is circumcised and named on the eighth day. The family travels to Jerusalem for the purification of Mary and the presentation of Jesus. Simeon and Anna encounter their Savior. Joseph and Mary bring twelve-year-old Jesus to the temple for the Passover observance.

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BibleGateway: Luke 2 ESV Text: Luke 2 Luke 2 (Listen) The Birth of Jesus Christ 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the… 

As a result of the unfaithfulness of the people, Assyria will invade Judah. The people of God are not to rely on worldly wisdom or might or to consult false prophets or mediums. The Lord speaks to His people always and only through His Word.

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BibleGateway: Isaiah 8 ESV Text: Isaiah 8 Isaiah 8 (Listen) The Coming Assyrian Invasion 8:1 Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters,1 ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’2 2 And… 

Israel and Syria conspire to attack Judah. The Lord sends Isaiah to Ahaz, King of Judah, to comfort him with the assurance that the attack will not succeed. Through Isaiah the Lord promises that a virgin will bear a son and name Him Immanuel. Fully God and fully man, Jesus truly is “God with us.”

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BibleGateway: Isaiah 7 ESV Text: Isaiah 7 Isaiah 7 (Listen) Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz 7:1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria… 

King David desires to build a house for the Lord. The Lord promises that He will build a house for David. The Lord will fulfill His promise partially through Solomon and the temple of Jerusalem. The Lord will fulfill His promise completely through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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BibleGateway: 2 Samuel 7 ESV Text: 2 Samuel 7 2 Samuel 7 (Listen) The Lord’s Covenant with David 7:1 Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all… 

John sees two visions of beasts. The first beast comes out of the sea and has ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns. Satan gives this beast authority on earth. The unbelievers of the world worship the beast. The second beast comes out of the earth and has two horns. It performs miracles and compels people to create and to worship an image of the first beast.

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BibleGateway: Revelation 13 ESV Text: Revelation 13 Revelation 13 (Listen) The First Beast 13:1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns… 

John sees a vision of a woman giving birth and a dragon waiting to devour the child. The Christian church is the mother of all believers. Satan would devour us, but the Lord takes us to Himself and continues to protect His church. War breaks out between Michael and the dragon, Satan. Satan and his angels are thrown to earth, where Satan wages war against believers in Christ.

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BibleGateway: Revelation 12 ESV Text: Revelation 12 Revelation 12 (Listen) The Woman and the Dragon 12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and…