The Messiah would be eternal.
OT Prophecy NT Fulfillment
Micah 5:2c
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 		Revelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Tanakh – Neviim – Micah 5:1c
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days.
Hebrew OT – Micah 5:1c
[5:1] וְאַתָּה בֵּית־לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה
צָעִיר לִהְיוֹת בְּאַלְפֵי יְהוּדָה
מִמְּךָ לִי יֵצֵא לִהְיוֹת מוֹשֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
וּמוֹצָאֹתָיו מִקֶּדֶם מִימֵי עוֹלָם
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