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The Virgin Birth [21-09]

God's prophets predicted many other things about the Messiah. The prophet Malachi foretold that a great prophet would come before the Messiah came. The prophet Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be born from a virgin. The prophet Micah said that he would be born in the town of Bethlehem.

先知曾预言弥赛亚的诞生。玛拉基预言会有一个大先知在弥赛亚之前出现。以赛亚预言弥赛亚将从处女而生。弥迦说他会出生在伯利恒。

Important Terms:

• God
• prophet
• Christ
• Isaiah
• prophet
• virgin
• Bethlehem

Translation Notes:

• Malachi - Malachi was the last prophet in the Old Testament.
• foretold - This could be translated as, "predicted" or, "prophesied." It means to tell something that will happen in the future. Malachi spoke God's message to the people 400 years before the Messiah came.
• prophesied – In this context, "prophesied" has the same meaning as "foretold" and "predicted" since it means the prophet told something that would happen far in the future.
• the Messiah would be born from a virgin - Another way to say this would be, "a virgin would give birth to the Messiah."
• Micah - Micah was an Old Testament prophet of God who, like Isaiah, spoke his messages from God almost 800 years before the Messiah came.