“Behold, _a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son_, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isa. 7:14. 4. In what event was this prophecy fulfilled? “Now _all this was done_ [the birth of Jesus of the Virgin Mary], that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Matt. 1:22, 23. 5. Where was the Messiah to be born? “But thou, _Bethlehem Ephratah_, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel.” Micah 5:2. 6. When was Jesus born? “Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea _in the days of Herod the king_.” Matt. 2:1. 7. Under what striking emblem was He prophesied of by Balaam? “There shall come _a Star_ out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel.” Num. 24:17. 8. In what scripture does Christ apply the same emblem to Himself? “I am the root and the offspring of David, and _the bright and morning star_.” Rev. 22:16. See also 2 Peter 1:19; Rev. 2:28. 9. What prophecy was fulfilled in the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem? “Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and _slew all the children that were in Bethlehem_, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled _that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet_, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.” Matt. 2:16-18. 10. How was Christ’s first advent to be heralded? “_The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness_, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isa. 40:3. 11. By whom was this fulfilled? “And this is the record of _John_, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?... he said, _I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness_, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.” John 1:19-23. 12. How was Christ to be received by His own people? “He is _despised_ and _rejected_ of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was _despised_, and _we esteemed Him not_.” Isa. 53:3. [Illustration.] Christ Before Pilate. "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth." Isa. 53:7. 13. How is the fulfilment of this prophecy recorded? “He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. _He came unto His own, and His own received Him not._” John 1:10, 11. 14. What was predicted of Christ’s preaching?