“We Have Waited for Him, and He Will Save Us”

Day 1 · Prophecies of a Coming Child

1. Isaiah 7:14 prophesies a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, calling his name what?
2. Isaiah 9:6 gives several titles for this promised child. Which of these is one of them?
3. What does Isaiah 9:6 say will rest upon his shoulder?
4. Isaiah 9:7 says of the increase of his government and peace there shall be what?
5. Whose throne does Isaiah 9:7 say this child will establish forever, with judgment and justice?

Day 2 · Out of Bethlehem

1. Micah 5:2 prophesies that out of Bethlehem Ephratah would come one to be what over Israel?
2. Isaiah 11:1 prophesies a rod would come forth out of the stem of whom?
3. Isaiah 11:2 says the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, including the spirit of what?
4. What peaceful image does Isaiah 11:6 use to describe conditions under this ruler's reign?
5. Micah 5:2 also says this ruler's goings forth have been from of old, from where?

Day 3 · Be It unto Me

1. Which angel was sent to Mary in Nazareth to announce she would bear the Son of God?
2. What did Gabriel say Mary's son should be named, calling him the Son of the Highest?
3. When Mary asked how this could be, since she knew not a man, what answer did the angel give?
4. What example did Gabriel give Mary of God's power, regarding her cousin Elisabeth?
5. How did Mary respond to the angel's message?

Day 4 · No Room in the Inn

1. What decree from Caesar Augustus brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem?
2. Why did Joseph specifically travel to Bethlehem, the city of David?
3. Why was Jesus laid in a manger after his birth?
4. What does Luke 2:7 say Mary did with the baby right after his birth?
5. What title does Luke 2:7 give, describing Jesus's place in Mary's family?

Day 5 · Glory to God in the Highest

1. Who were the first to receive the angel's announcement of Christ's birth?
2. The angel told the shepherds they would find a sign — a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying where?
3. What did the multitude of the heavenly host say, praising God?
4. After seeing the child, what did the shepherds do?
5. What did Mary do with all these things the shepherds reported?

Day 6 · Sharing the Good News

1. After the shepherds saw the newborn Christ child, they “made known abroad” what the angels had told them. What example does this set for us at Christmastime?
2. After seeing the newborn Christ, the shepherds “made known abroad the saying” about the child. What does their example teach?
3. Ancient prophets foretold that a virgin would bear a son called “Immanuel,” meaning “God with us,” and that He'd be born in Bethlehem. What does fulfilled Nativity prophecy show?

Day 7 · “Good Tidings of Great Joy”

1. President Dallin H. Oaks taught that hundreds of millions celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ each Christmas because His was and is what?
2. President Oaks testified that the mortal life of Jesus of Nazareth was what?
3. President Oaks taught that the ultimate 'good tidings of great joy' of Christmas is that through Christ, what is possible?