“A Tiny Gift Strangely Wrapped & Quietly Delivered”

II Corinthians 9:15 “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”

Luke 2:6 “While they were there, the time came for the Baby to be born,” Luke 2:6 “While they were there, the time came for the Baby to be born,”

Luke 2:7 “And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

1. The baby Jesus comes wrapped in ________. prophecy

Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son, and will call Him Immanuel.”

Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders.

And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 53:1 “Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

Isaiah 53:2 “He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.”

Isaiah 53:3 “He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.”

Micah 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.

His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.”

2. The baby Jesus comes wrapped in ________. history

Galatians 4:4 “But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

Galatians 4:5 “So that He might redeem those who were under the Law…”

3. The baby Jesus comes wrapped in ________. mystery

Luke 2:9 “Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terribly frightened,”

Luke 2:10 “But the angel reassured them. ‘Don’t be afraid!’ he said. ‘I bring you good news of great joy for everyone!”

Luke 2:11 “The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David!”

Luke 2:12 “And this is how you will recognize Him: You will find a Baby lying in a manger, wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!”

Luke 2:14 “‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.’”

Luke 2:15 “When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’”

Luke 2:17 “When they had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this Child.” Luke 2:17 “When they had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this Child.”