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“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Image: form n. — the visual appearance of something or someone.
Man was created as the physical manifestation of the almighty God!
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
This is a picture of a loving God seeking a relationship with his creation!
“Where are you?”
Even though He knew exactly where they were and what they had done....
When Abram was 99yrs old God appears to him…
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”
“That I may make my covenant between me and you”
Since Adam God’s desire has always been to have a relationship with His creation.
Me and you…
And 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.”
This is the ultimate purpose
“To be God to you”
I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
“I will be your God”
‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
God told Moses I want all of Isreal to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
Throughout the Old Testament all God wanted was a relationship with his people...
I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
The problem is, A Holy God.... could not dwell in an unclean temple…
This is the reason why God created the levitical system…
They needed a priest…
They needed a sacrificial system…
There was clean and unclean things…
They needed judges to bring them back…
They needed prophets to speak…
God was away from them… but he still desired to have a relationship with His creation!
This is why Matthew is so important
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).
From God away from us to…
“God with us”
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
The creator of the heaven and the earth…
The God who is almighty
All powerful
All knowing
All wise…
Jesus Christ the son of the living God!
Romans 1 tells us that He was 100% God and 100% man!
Is on a mission....
There is no pentecost without the cross!
In order for the Holy Spirit / The Spirit of God to dwell in us…
We must be redeemed from what had ownership over us!
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Jesus died so I can be declared Justified
I am declared righteous
I am considered clean so that He can reside in me....
From God away from us
To God with with us
To God IN US…
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
Helper: advocate (legal) n. — a person who acts as a spokesperson or representative of someone else’s policy, purpose, or cause; especially before a judge in a court of law.
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
This is the goal!