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Jesus participates in creation and continues ruling as God
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• Adam and Eve disobey God and sin is brought into creation which results in creation being cursed.
• God lays out the terms of the curse, but also declares what is called the First Gospel. He declares that a woman would bear a child and that Satan would “strike his heel”, but that eventually that offspring would “crush his head”, or defeat satan. (Genesis 3:14-19)
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Jesus' coming is foretold throughout the Old Testament
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God unfolded the foretelling and foreshadowing of the coming of this offspring, who was referred to as the Messiah or Immanuel which means “God with us”.
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A decree is put out that a census was to be taken and that everyone was to return to the hometown of their ancestors to register. Joseph was a descendant of David whose hometown was Bethlehem. This was in accordance of God’s plan that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. (Luke 2:1-7, Micah 5:2)
An angel appeared to some shepherds near Bethlehem and let them know that the Messiah had been born and that they could find Him in a manger wrapped in cloth. The shepherds went and saw Jesus and then went and proclaimed who he was to the city. (Luke 2:8-20)
Some Magi from the East saw the star that led them to Jerusalem where they asked King Herod where the newborn king of the Jews was. Because he wanted to kill Jesus, Herod sent the magi to find him and report back to him where he was. The star guided them to Bethlehem where they found and worshipped Jesus. (Matthew 2:1-11)
The Lord warned the Magi in a dream about Herod’s intentions and they did not report back to him. As a result, Herod had all the male children 2 years and younger in Bethlehem killed. After being warned by an angel, Mary and Joseph go stay in Egypt for a while to stay safe, then when Herod dies the eventually settle in Nazareth. (Matthew 2:13-23) �� )RU�XQWR�XV�D�FKLOG�LV�ERUQ��
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Humility
JESUS’ CHARACTER
Jesus stepped down off his throne in Heaven to take on a physical body and walk in a world which He had created and we had ruined with sin. Not only did he become flesh, but he took the position as a servant. (Philippians 2:6-7)