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If Israel remained faithful, God would have exalted and honored them above all other nations (Deut 26:19; 28:10; 4:6).
Because of their unfaithfulness, Gods purpose could be wrought out only through continued adversity and humiliation (DA 28).
3. priests wield much power, use position for selsh ends 4. Jews taxed heavily 5. insurrection/outbreaks frequent 6. general spiritual apathy, greed, violence, distrust
Friday, August 19, 2011
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son . . . to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons (Gal 4:4-5). The prophecy of Daniel revealed the time of His advent, but not all rightly interpreted the message (DA 31). So in heavens council the hour for the coming of Christ had been determined. When the great clock of time pointed to that hour, Jesus was born in Bethlehem (DA 32).
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Providence Prepares the Nations for the First Advent (DA 32)
1.nations united under one government (Rome) 2. one language (Greek) !OT Scriptures translated into Greek (Septuagint) 3. Jews dispersed all over the world (diaspora) potential to spread gospel
Providence had directed the movements of nations, and the tide of human impulse and inuence, until the world was ripe for the coming of the Deliverer. (DA 32)
Providence Prepares the Nations for the First Advent (DA 32)
4. heathenism losing its hold on the people 5.multitudes long for heart-satisfying religion 6.many searching for light 7. death a mystery, dreadful, uncertain, and gloomy - want answers
Israel Fails to Share Meaning of Symbolic Services 1. Philosophers/heathen endeavor to understand Jewish rites, ceremonies, and laws 2. Jews lled with bigotry 3. Maintain separation, unwilling to impart knowledge
In Which Way Had the Fullness of Time Arrived According to EGW? (DA 34-38)
1. humanity degraded in sin 2. Satan creates seemingly impassable chasm between earth & heaven 3. knowledge of God, nearly obliterated 4. Israel [leaders] now agents of Satan 5. sanctuary service & rites: curse, not a blessing 6. men becoming demonic 7. unfallen worlds await to see Gods next move 8. Satan exulting: image of God in man obliterated
Then Jesus came [1] to restore in man the image of his Maker. None but Christ can fashion anew the character that has been ruined by sin. He came [2] to expel the demons that had controlled the will. He came [3] to lift us up from the dust, to reshape the marred character after the pattern of His divine character, and to make it beautiful with His own glory (DA 37-38).