1. Not Christmas as Usual 2. An Unusual Time Galatians 4:4

2. “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman”

3. “the fullness of Time” means?

4. Time has a Purpose

5. “the fullness of Time” means? Time has a Purpose That Purpose has been fulfilled –1 Cor 2:2, 2 Ti 1:9, Tit 1:2 –Eph 1:9-10, Heb 9:26b

6. “the fullness of Time” means? Time has a Purpose That Purpose has been fulfilled –1 Cor 2:2, 2 Ti 1:9, Tit 1:2 –Eph 1:9-10, Heb 9:26b The Purpose is “ to unite all things in Christ, in Heaven and on Earth ”

7. “the fullness of Time” means? Time has a Purpose That Purpose has been fulfilled –1 Cor 2:2, 2 Ti 1:9, Tit 1:2 –Eph 1:9-10, Heb 9:26b The Purpose is “ to unite all things in Christ, in Heaven and on Earth ” This is now being fulfilled!

8. Interpreting the Time

9. An “unusual time” we live in: Eternity has Married Time yet Sin, distress and death still abound

10. Interpreting the Time An “unusual time” we live in: Eternity has Married Time yet Sin, distress and death still abound Jesus has all Authority Everywhere yet His Church is suffering How are we to understand this?

11. Interpreting the Time The fullness of Time is “ a dawning reality ”

12. Interpreting the Time The fullness of Time is “ a dawning reality ” see 2 Timothy 1:9-10 versus 3:12-13

13. Interpreting the Time “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”, 2 Cor 5:17 DAWN PICTURE

14. Getting with the Time

15. 1.Set your mind (Col 3:2) Don’t try to live in the “twilight zone” somewhere between Time and Eternity!

16. Getting with the Time 2.Behold! (2 Cor 5:20f) Don’t ignore Eternity! “Behold, now is the favourable time; behold, now is the day of salvation”