Advent bible study for small groups1/18/2024 Seven hundred years! One of the beauties of God’s Word is that every prophecy and every promise He makes is sure and true. Immanuel (or Emmanuel) means God with us. Seven hundred years before Christ was born, the prophet Isaiah wrote this prediction as directed by the Holy Spirit. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible tells us something about this oft overlooked prophetic passage, “This imagery, in the hieroglyphic language of the East, denotes some imminent ruler - primarily David but secondarily and pre-eminently, the Messiah (see Genesis 49:10).” “I see him, but not now I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.” He is the seed of the woman par excellence who suffered the worst bruising of all so that He might crush the Devil” (see Colossians 2:13–15). Sproul called “cosmic significance,” for, “We have seen that this One is King Jesus, who as the Son of David defeated Satan on the cross for our sake. Genesis 3:15 is called the Protoevangelium - the “First Gospel.” This is the pronouncement that has what Dr. This passage is the first to foretell Jesus’ coming. God wasted no time setting our hearts toward our Savior, the One who will crush His (and our) enemy, Satan. “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” We’ll look at five passages which specifically predict Jesus’ birth. Each prophecy and type is important in God’s redemptive narrative - the Bible. e.g., Romans 5:14 where the One to come is Jesus Christ). (A type is an object or person that represents something or someone else. Long before He came to earth in the flesh, His coming was foretold by the Old Testament prophets, and Jesus is prophesied and/or typified in every book of the Bible. Jesus Christ is the long-awaited Messiah - the Redeemer who saves all who surrender to Him in repentance and faith.
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