Hope of the World

Introduction

Movie Plot Holes

Hide him with family Luke and Star Wars

R2D2 and Obi-wan

Crane Kick in Karate Kid

Buzz Doesn’t Think He’s a Toy, yet Freezes

Movies, TV, Books, video games, whatever media you look at Plot Holes are just everywhere a single author can hardly keep their plot together throughout a single piece of media and you bring in a team and of course inconsistencies are going to pop up. People get paid to spot those things, and it still goes gets by for one reason or another.

I’m not trying to bring hate on these movies; in fact I often will re-watch these films and enjoy them every time. In real life, you’ve probably played the game telephone, where you start on one end of the room and pass a phrase around the room in a whisper and the last person tells everyone what they heard and it is often very different from what the first person said. People have a hard time keeping things straight.

An Ordinary Event Luke 2:1-5

Luke 2:1-7 “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”

A normal guy and a normal lady.

Following a government command.

An untimely birth?

An Extraordinary Plan

2. Luke 1:30-33 “Then the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end.””

3. 2 Samuel 7:10-16 “I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. “ ‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord himself will make a house for you. When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals. But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’ ””

4. Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.”

5. Micah 5:2 “Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.”

6. Genesis 49:10 “The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.”

a. Untimely or the Perfect Time

b. Prophecies Fulfilled

7. Luke 2:8-15 “In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today in the city of David a Savior was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped tightly in cloth and lying in a manger.” Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favors! When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.””

a. The Angels Knew

b. Most Weren’t Expecting It

c. Random?

Promise Keeper

8. Matthew 6:26 “Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?”

9. Romans 8:28 “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”

10. John 3:16 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”

a. God Has Made Several Promises

b. God Keeps His Promises

c. Hope of the World