The Promise Fulfilled
A. THE FIRST 3 CHAPTERS OF GENESIS - "THE BEGINNING."
1. Of sin and its consequences.
2. Of redemption.
B. 3 DISPENSATIONS.
1. Patriarchal, Mosaic, Christian.
2. Follow the promise made to Eve thru each Age to Jesus!
A. THE MEANING OF Gen. 3:15.
B. WICKEDNESS GROWS UNTIL THE FLOOD...NOAH.
C. FURTHER DECLINE, IDOLATRY, ABRAHAM( Gen. 12:1-3 ).
A. A 2-FOLD PROMISE:
1. Of his seed a great nation would come( Gen. 12:1-3a ).
2. All nations to be blessed( 12:3b ).
B. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BIBLE IS INVOLVED IN EITHER THE
UNFOLDING OF THESE 2 PROMISES, OR THEIR FULFILLMENT.
C. THE FIRST PROMISE - THE COVENANT.
1. Land( Gen. 15:18; Josh. 21:43-45 ).
2. Circumcision( Gen. 17:1-14 ).
3. Isaac - In Isaac the seed would be called( Gen. 21:12 ).
A. JUDAH( Gen. 49:10 ) DAVID( 2 Sam. 7:12-13; Isa. 11:1,2 ).
FULFILLED( Mat. 1:1-17 ).
B. A VIRGIN WILL CONCEIVE( Isa. 7:14 ). Fulfilled( Mat. 1:18-25 )
C. BORN IN BETHLEHEM( Micah 5:2 ). Fulfilled( Mat. 2:1 ).
D. PRECEDED BY A GREAT PROPHET( Mal. 3:1 - Mat. 3:1-2; 11:7ff. ).
E. HE WOULD BE A PROPHET, TOO( Deut. 18:15-19 - Acts 3:22-23 ).
F. PRIEST & KING( Zech.6:12-13 - Acts 2:36; Heb. 4:14 ).
G. SACRIFICED FOR OUR SINS( Isa.53:5-6 - 1 Pet.12:18-20; 2:21-24 )
A. HIS VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH( Acts 2:22-24; 1 Cor. 15:54-57 )
B. ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN JESUS( Eph. 1:3 ). NO OTHER VICTORY!
A. EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN CHRIST - VICTORY IN JESUS!
B. HOW DOES ONE "GET INTO" CHRIST?