Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus

What’s So Special About Bethlehem?

A Prophecy In an advent series, our pastor taught us interesting points about the birthplace of Jesus beginning with a prophecy made 750 years before His birth (around 750 BC.) The prophet Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, wrote: But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet …