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What better way than tobecome like them!But how would they know you were God and notsome crazy fanatic?One way would be to send prophets far in advanceto predict all the circumstances surrounding your arrival.That way,thepeople couldn't miss you,because they would realize that only Godcould perfectly predict such a coming.Then they would know.  \nGod actually did this through the prophets of the Bible and in theperson of Jesus Christ.Nothing like it has ever been heard of,but theOld Testament prophets predicted the Savior's coming hundreds ofyears in advance.Matthew refers to eight of these prophecies:  \n1.Moses wrote 1500 years before the birth of Christ that the Messiahwould be a Son of the seed of Abraham(Genesis 15:4&Matthew 1:1).  \n2.720 years before the birth of Christ,Isaiah said the Messiah would bea royal Son of David (Isaiah 9:6,7&Matthew 1:1).  \n3.&4.Isaiah said the Messiah would be born of a virgin and be calledImmanuel,or God with us (Isaiah 7:14&Matthew 1:23).  \n5..In 750 B.C.,Micah said the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem(Micah 5:2&Matthew 2:5,6).  \n6.In about 750 B.C.,Hosea described how God's Son would be calledout of Egypt(Hosea 11:1&Matthew 2:15).  \n7.In about 600 B.C.,Jeremiah foretold that the","cbCaim2UeokVfSLV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim2UeokVfSLV","pdf",2926467,72,"English","# ～DECEMBER 1～\n## The Real Saint Nick\n# ～DECEMBER 2～\n## Perfectly Prophesied\n# ～DECEMBER 3～\n## The Holy One","[{\"question\":\"Why does the text say Santa Claus is a “big deal”?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that many people want something supernatural to believe in and an ideal to live and love by, even though Santa is fantasy. 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