The Preparation
of
My Redemption

 

“Fullness of Time Had Come”

•     A promise had been made..

 

•     The preparation was complete..

2 Timothy 1:9

   9 “who has saved us and called us to a holy life—

         not because of anything we have done but

         because of his own purpose and grace. This

         grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the

         beginning of time,”

1 Peter 1:18-20

 18  “For you know that it was not with perishable things

       such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from

       the empty way of life handed down to you from your

       forefathers,

 19   but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without

       blemish or defect.

20  He was chosen before the creation of the world, but

       was revealed in these last times for your sake.”

 

 “The fullness of time refers to the completion of the period of preparation in God’s sovereign timetable of redemption. When the law had fully accomplished its purpose of showing man his utter sinfulness and inability to live up to God’s perfect standard of righteousness, God ushered in a new era of redemption. When He sent forth His Son, He provided the righteousness for man that man could not provide for himself.” 

 

(from The New Testament Commentary)

 

The Promise of a King

“The government will be upon

His shoulders”

Isaiah 9:6-7

      6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the 

           government will be on his shoulders. And he will be

           called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting

           Father, Prince of Peace.

    7  Of the increase of his government and peace there will be

        no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his

        kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and

        righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of

        the LORD Almighty  will accomplish this.”

The Elements of God’s Preparation

•     The Law of Moses – a tutor

•     The 1st Century World

•   The Time was Right Religiously

•   The Time was Right Culturally

•   The Time was Right Politically

 

•     The Preaching of Repentance

 

Malachi 4:4-6

    4 "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the 

        decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.

   5 "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that 

        great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.

  6  He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,

      and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else

      I will come and strike the land with a curse."

LUKE  1: 16-17

  16  “Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the

         Lord their God.

 17   And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and

       power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to

       their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of

       the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for

       the Lord."

A Glorious Incarnation

“He sent Forth His Son”

A Glorious Incarnation

“Born of a Woman”

A Glorious Incarnation

“Born under the law”

 

 “ Like every other man, Jesus was born under the Law. Like every other Jew, He was under obligation to obey and be judged by conformity to God’s written Law in the Old Testament; but unlike any other Jew, He satisfied the requirements of that law by living in perfect obedience to it. And because He lived in perfect obedience, He was able to redeem all other men who were under the Law but not obedient to it, provided they had saving faith in Him.”

                                - The New Testament Commentary

A Glorious Incarnation

“A body You have prepared

for Me”

Mark 10:45

45  “For even the Son of Man did not come to be

        served, but to serve, and to give his life as a

        ransom for many."

Hebrews 10:4-7

4   “…because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and

       goats to take away sins.

5   Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:

     "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body

       you prepared for me;

6    with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not

      pleased.

7  Then I said, `Here I am--it is written about me in the

     scroll--I have come to do your will, O God.' "

A Glorious Incarnation

“On this rock I will build My

church”

Matthew 16:17-19

 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,

     for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my

     Father in heaven.

18  And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will 

     build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome

     it.

19  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever

     you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever

     you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

A Manifest Declaration

“This thing was not done in

a corner”

A Manifest Declaration

“He that believes and is baptized

shall be saved”

Acts 2:36-38

36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this

       Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and  Christ."

37  When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and

       said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we

       do?"

38  Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of  you, in

      the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And

      you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.