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God’s PromiseGod’s PromiseApril, 2012 Edition – English

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Text and Audio Copyright © 2012 by Stephen F. Krstulovich

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We wonder how the yearning in human hearts for lasting peace,

justice, joy, and fulfillment can ever be realized in a world that is so torn apart by evil, hatred, and greed. And

yet that is exactly what God has promised to bring to all nations.

With the Lord a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping His Promise but patient with you

to come to repentance 2Peter 3:8-92

1.1. The Beginning And The Promised SeedThe Beginning And The Promised SeedTHE OLD TESTAMENTTHE OLD TESTAMENT

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)1 (Everything was created through God’s Word and for

God’s Word, and God sustains everything by His Word 4


God Spoke and Transformed the Earth1. God spoke and there was light 2. Atmospheric adjustments were made3. Land rose out of sea and plants were created4. Sun, moon and stars were made visible in the sky5. Sea creatures and birds were created 6. Animals and mankind were created7. God rested and made the 7th day holy

And it was Very Good5


)2 (But an adversary, Satan, enticed mankind into sin and

death resulted, so God Promised the Seed who would come to crush Satan and his

evil works

Human Longevity (Genesis 5, Psalm 90)Was about 1000 years until the time of Noah and then gradually dropped to about 100 years by the time of Moses

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)3 (God revealed Himself as Jehovah, who causes

things to become – the covenant keeping God 7


)4 (The world was filled with violence but Noah and his family were saved when God destroyed

the wicked by a flood

Noah's Ark (Genesis 6)Was a 3-story wooden box covered with pitch that

was 150m x 25m x 15m high with rooms inside8


)5 (Then men began to build an empire but God confused

their languages at the Tower of Babel and scattered them

across the earth 9


God called Abraham His friend and sent him from Ur to Haran

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(6) And there God promised to bless ALL NATIONS through

Abraham’s seed11


)7-10 (God told Abraham that his son

Ishmael would

become a great nation

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)11 (But it was his son Isaac that Abraham offered up to God

and was promised again that ALL NATIONS would be

blessed through his seed 13


)12-17 (God also promised both Isaac and his son Jacob that ALL NATIONS

would be blessed through their children

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Israel's 12 Sons1. Reuben 7. Gad 2. Simeon 8. Asher 3. Levi 9. Dan4. Judah 10. Naphtali5. Issachar 11. Joseph6. Zebulun 12. Benjamin

So God renamed Jacob and called him Israel, and kept His

promise through Israel’s 12 sons15


Around 1900 BC

)18 (God helped Joseph to save his family from famine in

Egypt and was specially blessed by Israel 16


(19) God’s servant Job from the land of Uz also endured terrible trials from

Satan who tried to destroy Job’s integrity but he remained faithful and

was blessed by God17


Then the children of Israel became enslaved and the

Egyptians began to destroy them by killing their babies. So how was God’s promise to bless ALL NATIONS through

them ever going to come true?

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2. God’s Promise Triumphs Through Egypt2. God’s Promise Triumphs Through Egypt

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)20-21 (God called Moses to rescue Israel from Egypt with 10 plagues

The 10 Plagues on Egypt (Exodus 7-11)1. Water turns to blood 6. Boils on the Egyptians2. Frogs everywhere 7. Killing hail on Egyptians3. Gnats everywhere 8. Locusts eat Egyptian crops4. Flies on Egyptians 9. Darkness on Egypt 3 days5. Disease on Egypt’s cattle 10. Egypt's firstborn killed

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And God drowned the Egyptian army that attacked Israel in the Red Sea

This was around 1450 BC - The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years (Exodus 12)

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)22 (Then God spoke with Moses and Israel on Mount Sinai

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)22-23 (And God gave them plans for the Tabernacle and 10

CommandmentsThe Golden Rule

Moses (Leviticus 19): Love neighbors and strangers as yourselfJesus (Matthew 7): Treat others as you want to be treated (Luke 6): Love your enemies

The 10 Commandments (Exodus 20)1. Have no other gods 6. No murder 2. Make no idols 7. No adultery 3. Don't misuse Jehovah's name 8. No theft 4. Keep the Sabbath 9. No false witness 5. Honor your parents 10. No envy

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Resurrection Holy Spirit

Passover

Bul

Future?

Atonement

DedicationCrucifixion Future?

Tishrei

Trumpets

Shevat Adar Nisan

New Testament Events

Tevet

Tomb Future?

ZivMONTH

Cold

Season Winter Spring Summer

ElulSivan Tammuz Av

Adar II

Autumn

Wet

Sowing

Wet

Kislev

Pasture

Grapes FigsBarley Wheat

Farms

Rain

Warmth

Olives

Hot

Bible Festivals and Seasons

Growth

Holy Bread

Dry

Plants

Flocks

Harvest

50 Days

John 10

Leviticus 23Leviticus 23 John 19-20

Queen EstherEsther 9

BoothsFirst Fruits

Leviticus 23 Acts 2

Pentecost

And 7 prophetic Feasts about God’s PromiseThe Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6)

Jehovah bless you and keep you. Jehovah make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. Jehovah turn His face toward

you and give you peace.

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)24-28 (But Israel did not trust and obey God so they had to wander for

40 years in the wilderness

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The Greatest Commandment (Deuteronomy 6)Hear O Israel: Jehovah our God, Jehovah is One; and you must love Jehovah your God with all your heart,

and with all your soul, and with all your strength

(29) Moses blessed and warned Israel to be faithful to God before he died

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God miraculously helped Joshua lead Israel to defeat

the giants and 31 kings in the land of Canaan 27


(30-32) After Joshua

conquered Canaan he

gave land to each of the

tribes of Israel

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(33-39) But Israel was corrupted by the idolatry in Canaan and was defeated by its enemies, so God

raised up Judges like Gideon who He miraculously helped to defend

Israel with only 300 men29


Iron was widely used around 1200 BC

And Judge Deborah and Barak who God miraculously helped with

a storm to defend Israel from an attack by hundreds of iron chariots

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) 40-41 (But then the tribes of

Israel fought one another and crushed the tribe of Benjamin

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)42-43 (And although God helped Judge Jephthah defend Israel

against a cruel and vicious attack by its enemies

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Judge Jephthah then crushed the army of

Ephraim

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44. So eventually even the superhuman strength that God gave Judge Samson could not

stop the Philistines from continuing to defeat Israel

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(45-46) And the Philistines captured even the sacred Ark

of the Tabernacle

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God blessed a faithful foreigner named Ruth with a very special son. But how was God’s promise to bless

ALL NATIONS through Israel ever going to come true when they kept turning

away from God and their enemies continued to defeat them ?

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3. God’s Promise Triumphs Through Many Enemies3. God’s Promise Triumphs Through Many Enemies

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(47-50) God allowed Judge Samuel to anoint humble Saul to

be king and unite the tribes of Israel against their enemies 38


And God helped Saul to

succeed against Israel’s

enemies 39


But Saul became very proud and haughty and began to refuse to obey God - So God took His blessing away

from Saul and looked for another person to be king

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(51) God had Judge Samuel anoint Ruth’s young grandson

David to be the next king of Israel

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And God empowered young David to defend Israel and kill

the Philistine giant Goliath42


)52-55 (Saul became jealous and tried to kill David but David did not harm Saul and spared his life twice

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(56) Then God allowed the Philistines to defeat Israel in battle

and kill Saul 44


(57-59) So the tribe of Judah and then all the tribes of Israel

recognized David as their new king45


(60) King David loved God and wanted to honor the sacred Ark of the Tabernacle, so God Promised him that an eternal King to bless

ALL NATIONS would come through David’s family

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(61) And God made King David

very powerful over Israel’s

enemies

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And God inspired King David as a prophet to write many Psalms

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(62-66) But even King David was overtaken by sin and

brought great suffering on his family and Israel 49


(67) King David made his son Solomon the next king of Israel and God loved him very much

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(68) So God blessed King Solomon with great wisdom to

rule Israel well 51

BC 978 977 976 975 974 973 972 971 970 969 968 967 966 965

38 39 40 4 5 6

Timeline

David - 2nd Dynasty SolomonNation of

Israel

And helped King Solomon build a great Temple but

warned him that he must obey God for it to remain blessed

967 BC was Solomon’s 4th year as king and was 480 years after Israel came out of Egypt-

1 Kings 6

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(69-71) And God gave King Solomon great wealth and inspired him to write Ecclesiastes and the

Song of Solomon 53


(72-73) But King Solomon was enticed into idolatry by his foreign

wives and God split Israel into 2 kingdoms - So how was God’s promise to bless ALL NATIONS

through King David’s family ever going to come true when the 10

tribes of Northern Israel now turned against them and their 2

tribe Kingdom of Judah? 54

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