What gets your attention about the Christmas story? Is it the miracle of a conception without human contact? Is it the tenderness in this young woman having her whole life turned upside down with an unexpected pregnancy? Add to these the birth of the babe in a manger in Bethlehem, agreeing with the prophet Micah’s prediction from 700 years earlier, and you have a recipe for awesome Christmas contemplation. Several prophetic elements weave together proving the historical a