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    Lesson 1 God Had a Plan ity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (Gen. 3:15; NKJV), at Bible verses which ~ We will look 2. We will survey the ‘The promises and prophecies of God: + Eve: "When sin entered the world, God was thereto gi Satan, When , (0 givehope. H Ea Ge. 128202) tha He would put enmity betwen cena Caos i 2 a : fatan and the seed of woman. Her seed would bruise his (Satan’s) en ee ould bruise his (the seed of the woman, Jesus’) heel (Gen. 3:15). "ats + The Patriarchs: ‘When Abraham was called from Ur of the Chaldees, God promised him that of the earth would be blessed through his seed (Gen. 12:3). On his deathbed foo de grandson of Abia, prophesied tat Ish would be the royal tribe, but he also prophesied of one called Shiloh. “The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor the rule's staff from between his feet until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be” (Gen. 49:10), + David: ‘As the centuries flew by, other prophetic signposts were given pointing forward tothe fulfillment of God’ plan. When David had ruled for some years, God had found him aman after His own heart (1 Sam. 13:14; Acts 13:22) to such an extent that David became the very type of the king God later planned for His people. He told David He would build his house, that He would set up David's seed as king, and would establish the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Sam. 7:11-14; Ps. 89:29). David, recognized from this time forward as the father of the Messiah (Matt. 22:41-45), foretold astounding things about God's Chosen, The words Jesus quoted on the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” are the first verse of David's twenty-second Psalm. He foretell in that same Psalm how evildoers surrounded the Chosen One and pierced Hishands and His feet (22:16), and how they parted His garments among them and cast lots upon His vesture (22:18) + Isaiah: Several generations later, when the kingdom had divided, andthe northern ‘kingdom of ise! tottered on the edge of destruction, Isaiah, a prophet in Judah, gave @ sien from God unto the house of David: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14). When the mighty Assyrian king, Tilath-Pileser Il, began to devastate the none tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali 2 Kings 15:29), Isaiah revealed wonderful news of what ‘would happen in that very region: “But there shall be no gloom to her that was inanguish nthe former times he brought into contempt the and of Zebulun and the land ‘of Naphtali tut in the latter times hath he made it glorious, by the way ofthe sea, beyond the Jordan, ean eeof the nations The people that walked in darkness have seen great light they ‘that welt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined” (sa. 2). Tr connection with tis great blessing achild would be bor, a son given. [is pat ‘would be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Pe {isa.9:6-7). According ta contemporary of Isaiah, this child would be bom in Bethlehem 2 t | of Judah; thousands whose gois “But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which art little to be numbered among the of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; ings forth are from old, from everlasting” (Mic. 5:2), Daniel and Amos: ‘The kingdom of Israel did fall. So did Judah, During the captivity, prophecies were ‘rade that God was going to set up a kingdom that would never be destroyed (Dan. 2:44). ‘Yet when Israel retumed, there was no king nor any kingdom. Using the figure of Amos ‘We could say that the tabernacle of David had collapsed, its fabric was badly tom, and its Poles had fallen. Was it all over? Had the ‘prophecies of God and His promises to the fathers failed? No, by no means! “In that day will raise up the tabemacle of David that i fallen, hes thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build itas in the days of old” (Amos 9:11). This day would not come before several centuries had passed, but God had not forgotten. + Malachi Malachi was the last Old Testament prophet. His message can be summarized in three ‘words addressed to old physical Israel. These words are the epitaph on the tombstone of Old Testament Israel: “You have failed!” Israel did not use her reprieve after captivity to draw nigh unto God. Nevertheless, Malachi told of the coming of the Lord's ‘who would prepare the way of the Lord, and for the coming of the Lord Himself (Mal. 311-3), + Years of Silence: Following Malachi came the years of famine foretold by Amos (Amos 8:11), a famine not of bread or of water but of hearing the word of the Lord. For four centuries, time passes in divine silence, but God’s mighty purpose was not thwarted nor His plan tumed aside. The world knew it not, but the most glorious age of man’s history was about to dawn, The coming of God's Sor ‘When the “fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born ofa woman, bon under ‘the law, that He might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” (Gal. 4:45). ‘One of the things worthy of careful study is how many references to Old Testament promises and prophecies there are inthe angel's words ashe speaks to Zacharias, May, and Joseph and how many references to prophecy Mary, Zacharias, and Simeon make in their words. God guided them all in their comments to show the connection between the birth of His ‘Son and His plan devised from eternity. + Appearance of Gabriel to Zacharias. “ ‘Over 400 years after Malachi, a priest by the name of Zacharias received the portunity, by lot, to burn incense in the temple of God at Jerusalem. While he stood before the altar of incense, an angel of the Lord appeared on the right side of the alta. 3 Zacharias was afraid, but the angel sad, “Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplicati heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shat call his name Joby” (Luke 1:13). The angel said thatthe child would be filled withthe Holy Spirit even fo his mother’s womb, that he would be great in the eyes of God, and that he Would go fo in the spirit and power of Elijah to tum the hearts of the fathers tothe children and oma. ready for the Lord a people prepared for Him (Luke 1:15-17). Notice how the ange rie, this child to the prophecies made of Him (Mal. 4:5-6). Zacharias said, “How shall I know ths, for am an old man, and my wife advanced in her days?” Gabriel replied, “1 am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings. Behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things come to pass, because thou believedst not my words” (Luke 1:19-20). As the angel said, isabeth soon conceived. The harbinger of Christ was on his way. Appearance of Gabriel to Mary. ‘Six months later, God sent Gabriel with another message. ‘This time he came to a city of Galilee named Nazareth and to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ‘Mary was frightened by the appearing of the angel but the angel said, “Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the ‘Son of the Most High and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne -of His father David: and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there shall be no end” (Luke 1:30-33). ‘Mary asked, “How shalll this be, seeing I know not a man?” ‘The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall over shadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35). Gabriel also told Mary of the condition of Elisabeth, her kinswoman. So Mary arose and went to Judea to see Elisabeth. ‘When Mary arrived at the house of Zacharias and Elisabeth, Elisabeth greeted her. At that point, the babe in Elisabeth's womb leaped, and she was filled with the Holy ‘Spirit and said, “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, and whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?” (Luke 1:42-43). Though Elisabeth had never had a child, and though she now expected her own son, she realized that Mary was to be the mother of an even greater child. She would be the mother of the Christ Himself. Birth of John the Baptist. son Mit abode with Flsabeth and Zacharias until twas nearly time for the bir of thet fe aes : ‘child was circumcised, friends and relatives asked what his name should be. ‘isabeth replied, “He shall be called John.” Such a name made no sense to those gathered together. They objected that no one in the family was named John. They deci Zacharias who was still unable to speak, He signaled for a tablet and wrote: “His name is John.” Immediately his tongue was loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. Zacharias then spoke by the Holy Spirit and said that God was now bringing redemption to His people, that He had raised up a hom of salvation in the house of David, that God would now show ‘mercy unto His people and would fulfill His oath to Abraham in order that “we being

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