Luke 2:11
The word 'Christ' comes from the Greek equivalent for the Hebrew word for 'Messiah', or 'Annointed One.' Looking back over the Old Testament, we can see many scriptures that speak of the Messiah, especially in the book of Isaiah, where the Messiah is depicted in duality as both Sovereign Lord and Suffering Servant. The Messiah, or the Christ, was to be a man unlike any other man before or since.
This depiction is not missing from the story of the birth of Christ. We see the suffering in the humble, lowly accommodations given to this newborn child. We also see the worship of the wise men that followed the star to Bethlehem. Even as early as His birth, Jesus Christ filled the description that Isaiah, indeed that the whole of the Old Testament, gave in prophesy for the Christ, who is the Savior of the World.
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