The Birth of Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:22″Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,”
might be fulfilled... Matthew points out fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies no less than a dozen times (2:15, 17, 23; 4:14; 8:17; 12:17; 13:14, 35; 21:4; 26:54-56; 27:9, 35). He quotes from the Old Testament more than 60 times, more frequently than any other New Testament writer, except Paul in Romans.
These words must have brought to Joseph’s mind the promises of God to provide salvation through the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-37).
The unnamed angel also told Joseph that this was in keeping with God’s eternal plan, for the Prophet Isaiah had declared 700 years before that the virgin will be with Child (Mat. 1:23; Isa. 7:14).
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