CONTEMPLATING MESSIAH’S BIRTHTEXT: Genesis 49:8-11; Luke 1:67-80; 2:21-38SUMMARY: Though Christ’s first coming was at first barely noticed by the world, to God’s faithful who awaited it, it was the glorious fulfillment of God’s ancient promise, spoken by Jacob in Genesis 49:10: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.”I. THE GIVING OF THE PROMISE.A. The Protection of God’s Law.B. The Blessings of God’s Peace.C. The Corrective of God’s Judgment.II. THE KEEPING OF THE PROMISE.A. The Protection of God’s Law.B. The Blessings of God’s Peace. C. The Corrective of God’s Judgment.