Daily Scriptures for Advent: A Journey starting in Genesis

A fresh look at the run up to the advent season

Day 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God

John 1:1

2. I see Him but not now; I behold Him but not near. A Star shall come out

of Jacob. A Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. Numbers 24:17

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah Genesis 49:10

3. When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your

seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build a house for My name and I will establish the throne of his kingdom

forever. 2 Samuel 12,13

And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is

called Messiah. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen

generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations,

and from the captivity in Babylon until the Messiah are fourteen generations.

Matthew 1:16,17

4. But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of

Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel,

whose going forth are from of old, from everlasting. Micah 5:2

5. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and

dreadful day of the Lord. Malachi 4:5

6. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named

Zacharias…. His wife was Elizabeth. They were both righteous before God…. But

they had no child because Elizabeth was barren and they were well advanced in

years. While he was serving as priest before God in the Temple….. Then an angel

of the Lord appeared to him and when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled and

fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him “Do not be afraid, for your prayer

is heard and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name

John…. He will go before the Lord God in the spirit and power of Elijah. Lk 1:5-

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7. Then he said “Hear now O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary

men, but will you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a

sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name

Immanuel. Isaiah 7;13,14.

8. Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee

named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the

house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel said to her “Rejoice,

highly favoured one, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women”. But

when she saw hi she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of

greeting this was. Then the angel said to her “Do not be afraid Mary, for you

have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and

bring forth a son and shall call His name Yeshua. He will be great and will be

called the Son of the Most High and the Lord Gord will give Him the throne of

His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His

kingdom there will be no end”. Luke 1:26-33

9. Now the birth of Yeshua was as follows. After His other Mary was betrothed to

Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

Then Joseph her husband being a just man and not wanting to make her a public

example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these

things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to in a dream, saying “Joseph, sons

of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is

conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son and you

shall call His name Yeshua, for He will save His people from their sins.” All this

was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the

prophet, saying “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they

shall call His name Immanuel, which is ‘God with us’”. Matthew 1:18-23

10. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age and

this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. Now Mary went into

the hill country with haste to a city of Judah, and entered the house of

Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,

the babe leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Luke

1:36, 39-41

11. Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a

son. On the eighth day when they came to circumcise him and he would have

called by the name of Zacharias his father, his mother said “he shall be called

John”. But they said to her “there is no one among your relatives who is called by

this name”. So they made signs to his father – what he would have him called,

and he wrote, saying “his name is John”.

12. His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying

“blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David.

…….As He spoke by His holy prophets….. that we should be saved from our

enemies…… to remember His holy covenant, the oath which He swore to our

father Abraham…… And you, child, will go before the face of the Lord to

prepare His ways. Luke 1:68-76

13. For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given. And the government will be

upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty

God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government

and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom.

Isaiah 9:6,7

14. A decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be

registered, so all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph went

up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David,

which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and lineage of David, to

be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that

while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered, and she

brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid

Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:1-7

15. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping

watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before

them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly

afraid. Then the angel said said to them “do not be afraid for behold, I bring

you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you

this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Yeshua the Messiah. And this will

be the sign to you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a

manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly

host praising God and saying “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,

goodwill toward men”. Luke 2:8-14

16. So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the

shepherds said to one another “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing

that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they came

with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. Luke

2:15,16

17. And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name

was called Yeshua, the name given by the angel before He was conceived. Now

when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were

completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord. And

behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was

just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was

upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see

death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. He came by the Spirit into the

Temple and when the parents brought in the child Messiah he took Him up in his

arms and blessed God and said “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart I

peace, according to Your word: for my eyes have seen Your salvation which You

have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation to the

gentiles and the glory of Your people Israel”. Luke 2:21-32

18. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,

behold wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying “where is He who has

been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have

come to worship Him”. When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all

Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes

of the people together, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.

So they said to him “in Bethlehem of Judea, for this it is written by the

prophet: ‘But you, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not the least among the

rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come a Ruler, who will shepherd My people

Israel’ “ Matthew 2:1-6

19. Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them

what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said “go and

search carefully for the young child, and when you have found Him, bring back

word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.” When they heard the king,

they departed and the star which they had seen in the East went before them,

till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star,

they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. And when they had come into the

house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother and fell down and

worshipped Him. They opened their treasures and presented gifts to Him: gold,

frankincense and myrrh. Then being divinely warned in a dream that they should

not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.

Matthew 2:7-12

20. Now when the wise men had departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph

in a dream, saying “Arise, take the young child and His mother, flee to Egypt and

stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy

Him. When he arose he took the young child and His mother by night and

departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be

fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying “Out of

Egypt I called my Son” (Hosea 11:1) Matthew 2:13-15

21. Thus says the Lord “a voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping.

Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children,

because they are no more”. Jeremiah 31:15

22. Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was

exceedingly angry, and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who

were in Bethlehem and in all its districts from two years old and under,

according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Then was

fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet. Matthew 2:16,17

23. For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his

head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin

to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5

Day 24. Now when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph

in Egypt, saying “Arise, take the young child and His mother and go to the land

of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.” Then he arose,

took the young child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when

he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod he

was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside

into the region of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that

it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets ‘He shall be called a

Nazarene’ “ Matthew 2:19-23

Amen

By guest blogger Batnabas aka Linda Morris