Sunday, November 23, 2014

A plan from the beginning...

A few prophecies from the Scriptures the Savior expounded upon -

  1. The Messiah would be born of a woman.        

Gen 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Mat 1:20  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Gal 4:4  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law

God was talking to Satan after Adam and Eve sinned. God told him that a hatred would be put between the seed of Satan and the seed of the woman, the seed of the woman would bruise Satan's head (a fatal blow) and the seed of Satan would bruise the seed of the woman's heel.  (Jesus was murdered, but three days later God raised Him from the tomb.)

Do we comprehend that from the beginning there was a plan?  There was.

  1. Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.        

Mic 5:2  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. Micah 5:2

Mat 2:1  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem

Luk 2:4-6  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)  To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

A ruler whose goings forth have been from everlasting- this is truth. Our Savior is from everlasting to everlasting.  We talked about this just last week, truly our Savior has always been and He was sent here, He chose to suffer, to die for us.  The Old Testament predicted it, because it was a plan- the plan of salvation.  It came to pass.

More tomorrow…. All by the GRACE of our God.

In His amazing LOVE.


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