7 TH DECEMBER, 2014 Oh Come Let Us Adore Him

“AND TAKING THE TWELVE, HE [JESUS] SAID TO THEM, “SEE, WE ARE GOING UP TO JERUSALEM, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE SON OF MAN BY THE PROPHETS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED.” Luke 18:31

Christophanies PRESENT AT CREATION WITH GOD THE ANGEL OF THE LORD Jacob wrestling Moses and the Burning Bush Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the furnace …heaps more CALLING ISAIAH INTO MINISTRY

PEOPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHO PERFORM VARIOUS KINDS OF SERVICE THAT IS ANALOGOUS TO THE SERVICE THAT JESUS PERFORMS PERFECTLY. Analogous Service

Promise Fulfilment “‘In you [Abraham] all the families of the earth shall be blessed’” (Gen. 12:3); “God said, ‘No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him’” (Gen. 17:19); “‘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...’” (Num. 24:17); “‘The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples’” (Gen. 49:10). “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers..” (Matt. 1:1–2). What will be his lineage? Prophecy: > 1000 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “‘Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel’” (Isa. 7:14). In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus..” (Luke 1:26-33) Who will give birth to him? Prophecy: 700 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days [eternity]” (Mic. 5:2). And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn” (Luke 2:4–7). Where will he be born? Prophecy: 700 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts” (Mal. 3:1). “And he [Simeon] came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up into his arms…” (Luke 2:25–28). When will he be born? Prophecy: 400 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy” (Isa. 35:5–6). “Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’ And Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them’” (Matt. 11:2–5). What will he do? Prophecy: 700 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me” (Ps. 41:9). “And [Judas] came up to Jesus at once and said, ‘Greetings, Rabbi!’ And he kissed him. Jesus said to him, ‘Friend, do what you came to do’” (Matt. 26:49–50). Who will betray him? Prophecy: 1000 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “Then I said to them, ‘If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.’ And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. Then the Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter” (Zech.11:12–13). “Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?’ And they paid him thirty pieces of silver” (Matt. 26:14–15); “And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself. But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, ‘It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.’ So they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers” (Matt. 27:5–7). How much would the betrayed be paid? Prophecy: 500 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not” (Isa. 53:3). “And those who passed by derided him.. So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him.. And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way” (Matt. 27:39–44). How was he treated? Prophecy: 700 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet” (Ps. 22:16). “And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left” (Luke 23:33). How would he die? Prophecy: 1000 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “He was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people” (Isa. 53:8b). “Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And having said this he breathed his last” (Luke 23:46) He would die Prophecy: 700 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth” (Isa. 53:9). “When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb…” (Matt. 27:57–60). Where he would be buried? Prophecy: 700 years BC

Promise Fulfilment “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption” (Ps. 16:10); “Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities” (Isa. 53:10–11). “For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses” (Acts 2:25–32). What would happen after he died? Prophecy: 1000 years and 700 years BC