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4th Sunday Advent (2017) Sermon Slides

4th Sunday Advent (2017) Sermon Slides

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4th Sunday Advent (2017) Sermon Slides

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  1. Two Christmas Stories? Matthew 1:18-25

  2. Introduction What was Semitic story telling in Jesus day? Fact verses fiction Usage of allegories, metaphors, symbolism

  3. Creating Jesus’ birth narrative (harmonizing the Gospels of Matthew and Luke) Start with the facts Parents: Mary (name was Miriam; Moses sister); Joseph (Jacob’s son who saved the family) Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) From line of David (2 Samuel 7)

  4. Parents: Mary (name was Miriam; Moses sister); Joseph (Jacob’s son who saved the family) • Grew up in Nazareth (Isaiah 9:1) • Mary was a virgin (Isaiah 7:14)

  5. Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) 2 "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." (Mic. 5:2 NAU)

  6. Jesus/Messiah was Jewish Genealogy, bris, dedication

  7. From line of David (2 Samuel 7) 12 "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. (2 Sam. 7:12 NAU)

  8. Grew up in Nazareth (Isaiah 9:1) But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. (Isa. 9:1 NAU)

  9. Mary was a virgin (Isaiah 7:14) 14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14 NAU)

  10. Adding the Narratives to the story A virgin becoming pregnant: Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel Elizabeth’s a pregnancy as a sign to Mary about her pregnancy and Jesus’ purpose Census forces Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem Celebration of the Messiah’s birth when the angels tell the shepherds

  11. Adding the Narratives to the story The Bris  the circumcision, the sign of the covenant, Jesus was Jewish Dedication ceremony of the first born Parallel stories about Jesus’ role/mission Simeon and Anna Magi Herod story to get the family to Nazareth

  12. For us today No matter how the story is told or not Jesus is the only Son of God

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