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The Topic of David Jeremiah Devotional for today 10th December 2024 is “A Fruitful Messiah”
SCRIPTURE: Ruth 4:11
And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.”
Recommended Reading: Romans 8:29
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David Jeremiah Daily Devotional for Today 10th December 2024
The prophet Micah referred to the town of Bethlehem as “Bethlehem Ephrathah” (Micah 5:2). Ephrathah was identified as “the father of Bethlehem” (1 Chronicles 4:4), and the Ephrathites were the dominant clan. Jesse, the father of King David, was an Ephrathite (1 Samuel 17:12). So the town of Bethlehem became known as “Bethlehem [of] Ephrathah.”
The name Ephrathah came from a word meaning “to bear fruit, to bring forth, to grow, to increase.” When the elders of Bethlehem confirmed that Boaz would take Ruth as his wife, they used the fruitfulness of Rachel and Leah, Jacob’s wives, as the image of fruitfulness they desired for Boaz and Ruth: “May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.” They didn’t know that the fruit of Boaz and Ruth’s union would be the Messiah to be born centuries later in Bethlehem (Matthew 1:5).
And the fruitfulness of Ephrathah continues today as Christ is “the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29).
A machine can do work; only a life can bear fruit.
Andrew Murray
Read-Thru-the-Bible: Philippians 1 – 4
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Turning Point With God is a Daily Devotional Written by David Jeremiah. He is the Pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church. A church with a vision to serve God and humanity with a strong belief that the church should be a real place, a place that is warm and relevant to the lives of real people in normal everyday situations.
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