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5 Bible verses that bring meaning to this holiday season

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5 Bible verses that bring meaning to this holiday season
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Looking to put the "Christ" back in "Christmas"? Here are 5 Bible verses that will help remind you of the real reason for the season.

Isaiah 40: 3-5

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain an hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all the flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

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Isaiah 9:6

"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."

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Micah 5:2

" 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 goings forth are from old, from everlasting."

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Zechariah 6: 12-13

"Then speak to him saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch! From his place He shall branch out, and he shall build the temple of the Lord; yes He shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

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Galatians 4:4-5

"But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons."



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