Little town of Bethlehem

During the last post I was taking a look at the original Hebrew and showing you how it can help us to better understand the word of God. What I want to do now is take you deeper into a Hebrew word that is sung during every Christmas service and taught to every child in Sunday school. It is the town that we know as the birth place of Jesus, the little town of Bethlehem. For most English speaking Christians, the word ends where it began and we move on never knowing the true significance of this name.

Bethlehem is a combination of the Hebrew words "Beit Lechem" which literally means "THE HOUSE OF BREAD." Why is this significant?

Jesus said in John 6:32-35

"Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."............"I am the bread of life, He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst"

Jesus said in Matthew 6:11

"Give us this day our daily bread"

Dueteronomy 8:3

"So He made you go hungry. Then He gave you manna(bread that God provided from heaven), a kind of food that you and your ancestors had never even heard about. The Lord was teaching you that people need more than food to live; they need every word that the Lord has spoken"

So next time you sing those words or teach them to you kids; know that the Bread of Life was born in the House of Bread!!!