Divine Prophecy

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore The Lord himself shall give you a sign:  Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.

While the baby Jesus was as weak as any other baby, humanly speaking, He was also the center of power as far as heaven was concerned. 

When Mary said, "Be it unto me according to Thy word" -- Luke 1;28, it meant that from then on, her life would be a part of the fulfillment of divine prophecy. 

God had promised that the Saviour would be a human -- not an angel -- and a Jew -- not a Gentile. He would be from the tribe of Judah and the family of David, born of a virgin in Bethlehem, the city of David.

All of this occurred just as the Scriptures said, and Caesar unknowingly played an important part.

President Garfield called history "the unrolled scroll of prophecy". If God's Word controls our lives, then the events of history will only help us fulfill the will of God.