Transcript Old Testament Survey Night #1

Living Waters
Wednesday Teaching
C. Holoman-9
Christmas-3
November 12, 2008
Quick Review
#1 Dating the birth of Jesus.
#2 Zechariah-John. Luke 1:5-23
#3 Genealogy. Mat 1:1-17
Note: The NT is understood on the basis of the OT.
#1 Dating the birth of Jesus.
Elizabeth conceived near summer solstice.
Mary conceived near winter solstice at
approximately the Feast of Dedication.
John the Baptist was born near Passover.
Jesus near born near Atonement-Booths.
The wise men visit Jesus at Bethlehem near
Feast of Dedication 15 months after His birth.
King Herod kills all the Bethlehem children
under 2 years old Matthew 2:16.
#2 Zechariah-John. Luke 1:5-23
The obscure Temple ritual.
John and Elijah.
John’s prophetic classic ministry
of repentance to prepare the way.
The apocalyptic Malachi 4:4-6.
November 12, 2008
#3 Genealogy. Mat 1:1-17
ref sermon 12/10/00
Begats
KJV Matthew 1:2 Abraham Isaac;
and Isaac begat Jacob; and
Jacob begat Judas and his
brethren;
Matthew 1:1 The book of
the genealogy of Jesus
Christ, the son of David,
the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac..
genealogy = genesis
to come into existence.
begat = generate, parent
of, how it began.
(Genesis in Matthew)
12:2 And I will make of you
(Abraham) a great nation, and
I will bless you, and make
your name great, so that you
will be a blessing. 3 I will
bless those who bless you,
and him who curses you I will
curse; and by you (priesthood)
all the families of the earth
shall bless themselves."
Priesthood
Malachi 2:5 My covenant with him was a
covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to
him, that he might fear; and he feared me, he
stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was
in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips.
He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and
he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a
priest should guard knowledge, and men should
seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the
messenger of the LORD of hosts.
So the begats begin
with a man, Abraham,
whose significance
rests with a priestly
covenant and his
faithfulness to that
covenant.
Romans 4:16 .. that the promise
may rest on grace and be
guaranteed to all his
descendants .. to those who
share the faith of Abraham, for he
is the father of us all, 17 as it is
written, "I have made you the
father of many nations"
Galatians 3:14 that in Christ
Jesus the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles,
that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through
faith.
Even the Baptism in the Holy
Spirit is included in the blessing
of Abraham
2 Abraham was the father
of Isaac, and Isaac the
father of Jacob (Israel),
and Jacob the father of
Judah and his brothers,
3 and Judah the father of
Perez and Zerah by Tamar
(a Canaanite gentile)
Story in Genesis 38
Genesis 49:10 The scepter
shall not depart from
Judah, nor the ruler's staff
from between his feet,
until he comes to whom it
belongs; and to him shall
be the obedience of the
peoples.
Messiah=Lion of Judah
4 and Ram the father of
Amminadab, and
Amminadab the father of
Nahshon, and Nahshon the
father of Salmon, 5 and
Salmon the father of Boaz
by Rahab
(a Canaanite gentile harlot)
Story in Joshua 2.
and Boaz the father of
Obed by Ruth,
(a Moabite gentile)
Story in book of Ruth
and Obed the father of
Jesse, 6 and Jesse the
father of David the king.
And David was the father
of Solomon by the wife of
Uriah,
(Bathsheba)
Story in 2 Samuel 11-12
The kings of Judah
(good and bad)
David was the father of
Solomon the father of
Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa,
Jehoshaphat, Joram, Uzziah,
Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah,
Manasseh, Amos, Josiah,
Jechoniah, at the time of the
deportation to Babylon.
And after the deportation
to Babylon: Shealtiel,
Zerubbabel, Abiud,
Eliakim, Azor, Zadok,
Achim, Eliud, Eleazar,
Matthan, and Jacob the
father of Joseph the
husband of Mary,
of whom Jesus was born,
who is called Christ.
Galatians 3:7 So you see
that it is men of faith who
are the sons of Abraham.
Christians, by being sons
of Abraham, enter into the
very structure of this
genelogy/begats/toledots
It is our heritage identity.
‘Folks Like Us’
Great expectations of
Abraham.
Apparent fulfillment of
David.
All seemingly lost in the
deportation.
True goal is in Jesus.
Generations of ‘folks
like us’ who live within
the promises and
covenants and fail to
live up to and within
their privileges.
Remember Matthew 1: 2-16
next time someone asks you,
‘can God work with a person
like me, or with a nation that
elects presidents like we
have?
‘Folks like us.’
Where we come from matters!
We are products of two
histories, one natural and one
supernatural.
In re-birth, we are grafted into
another heritage, another
history.
Romans 11:17 .. You (gentiles), a wild olive shoot,
were grafted in their (Hebrews) place to share the
richness of the olive tree (heritage of Abraham),
18 do not boast over the branches. If you do
boast, remember it is not you that support the
root, but the root that supports you. 19
You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I
might be grafted in." 20 That is true. They were
broken off because of their unbelief, but you
stand fast only through faith. So do not become
proud, but stand in awe.
What you start lives on in
others. What God starts in His
family lives on in the
membership of that family who
faiths the covenants and
promises, even when
generations are skipped
through unbelief
(unfaithfulness).
God has pre-ordained
purpose.
Isaiah 42:6 "I am the LORD, I have
called you in righteousness, I have
taken you by the hand and kept you;
I have given you as. a covenant to
the people, a light to the nations, 7 to
open the eyes that are blind, to bring
out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in
darkness
Message on a telephone
answering machine.
“This is not an answering
machine, it is a
questioning machine.
Who are you and
what do you want?”
Most people go through
their entire life without
answering either
question.”
Genealogy and Identity
Just who are you?
What are you apart of?
Who are your people?
Who are they really?
From who are you born?
What are you here for?
What is your destiny
identity?
Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children
whom the LORD has given
me are signs
(direction signals)
and portents (wonders)
in Israel from the LORD of
hosts, who dwells on
Mount Zion.
(a covenant of light)
“The Bible too is like a
questioning machine.
Who are you and
what do you want?
Most people go through
their entire life without
answering either
question.”
But the Bible is also like an
answering machine,
answering its questions.
2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the
promises of God find their Yes in
Him (Jesus). That is why we utter
the Amen through Him, to the
glory of God.
Makes no sense if we do not
know the promises.
There is only one way to join
this family, and that is to
marry (be grafted) in as a
bride.
In this sense to marry is to
change families,
to enter-graft into another
heritage and identity.
Marrying is different from
dating, and different from
believing (acknowledging a
reality), it is joining to belong
to one another where life is
mutually shared and He,
not you, is Lord.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man
leaves his father and his mother
and cleaves to his wife, and they
become one flesh.
John 3:16 For God so loved the
world that he gave his only Son,
that whoever (folks like us)
believes (marries-grafts) in Him
should not perish but have
eternal life.
It is exceedingly important that
we minister, hold and live the
Hebrew concept of faith-marriage
as opposed to the Greek concept
of belief-consent.
Ephesians 2:12 remember that you
(gentiles) were at that time
separated from Christ, alienated
from the commonwealth of Israel,
and strangers to the covenants of
promise, having no hope and without
God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who
once were far off have been brought
near in the blood (life) of Christ.
Merry Christmas
“The Bible is not just an answering
machine, it is a questioning machine.
Who are you and
what do you want?
The Bible is also like an answering
machine, answering its own
questions.
Either way
it required our hearkening!
After a moment of silence, the
machine continues…
Please leave your response
after the tone…
Planned End
Nov 12, 2008