1. The Second Christmas Part 1: The Promise of Jesus

2. Longing for Christmas Hebrews 2:5-16 Part 2: The Offspring of Abraham

3. Review Jesus: The Son of Eve who has crushed the Devil

4. Longing for more…

5. “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee” Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

6. The Call of Abraham Genesis 12:1-3, “I will bless you” Adam Noah Abram

7. The Call of Abraham Genesis 12:1-3, “I will bless you” Adam Noah Abram

8. The Promises to Abraham A Great Name

9. The Promises to Abraham A Great Name –A Huge Country (Gen 13:14-15)

10. The Promises to Abraham A Great Name –A Huge Country (Gen 13:14-15) –A Huge Nation (Gen 13:16)

11. The Promises to Abraham A Great Name –A Huge Country (Gen 13:14-15) –A Huge Nation (Gen 13:16) –Father many Nations (Gen 17:5-6)

12. The Promises to Abraham Everyone was LONGING to be the OFFSPRING of Abraham

13. The Greatest Promise Genesis 17:7-8 “ I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”

14. The Greatest Promise “Fear not, Abram: I am … your exceeding great reward” (Gen 15:1,KJV)

15. The One True Offspring: Jesus

16. Not only would Jesus crush Satan, but He would even bring God to us! see: –Hebrews 2:14-16 –Galatians 3:8 –Galatians 3:16

17. The One True Offspring: Jesus Not only would Jesus crush Satan, but He would even bring God to us! Abraham rejoiced to see Jesus!! (John 8:56)

18. A warning from Israel’s history Mark 8:36, “what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” Joshua 23:14b-16 Joshua 24:16,19-20 Nehemiah 9:23-32

19. A warning from Israel’s history John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”

20. Our Longing Satisfied Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. Revelation 21:1-3