Unyime Akpan - December 22nd, 2024

Northbrook Bible Chapel

Unyime Akpan - December 22nd 2024 - Jesus Is Born in Bethlehem Why? Luke 2:11,15-20 - Angel Gabriel Introduces Jesus Greatness (Greatest Person, Greatest Work) Title to the Throne of David (Messiah) Who Were the Moabites and What Was Their Relationship to Jews (Israelite)? -Deuteronomy 23:3-4 Why Jesus Was Born In Bethlehem - God was pointing to His plan through lives of some Bethlehem citizens What Does the Name Bethlehem Mean? - House of Bread Bread Is an Essential Food in many cultures Jesus Solved Physical Hunger Problem by Multiplying Bread Multiplied 5 Loaves of Bread and Fed Jews -Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Multiplied 7 Loaves of Bread and Fed Gentiles - Matthew, Mark What happened after Jesus fed the people bread? John 6:25-34, 47-48 God Sent Manna to Sustain Israel in the Wilderness God Sent Jesus to Give Eternal Life to the Whole World (Jews and Gentiles) It Cost God Nothing to Give Manna to Israel But Costs Jesus His Life on the Cross to Give the Bread of Life to a World of Sinners Jesus Earthly Life as the Son of God began at Bethlehem, the House of Bread Eternal Life Begins When a Person Believes in Jesus, the Bread of God Jesus, the True Bread of God from Heaven, was born in the House of Bread to give Eternal Life Why Jesus Was Born In Bethlehem - Jesus, the True Bread of God from Heaven, Came to Give Eternal life Where is the first encounter of Bethlehem in the Bible? Genesis 35:19 What happened at the first encounter? Rachael, Jacob’s favorite wife gave birth to a son as she was dying Ben-Oni means Son of my Sorrow Benjamin means Son of My Right Hand Hebrews 1:1-3 Jesus Christ is Ben-Oni ‘a Man of Sorrows’ Isaiah 53:3 Jesus Christ is Benjamin ‘the Son of God’s Right hand’ Hebrews 1:3 Mark 14:61-65 Hebrews 4:14-16 Why Jesus Was Born In Bethlehem? Bethlehem, House of Bread, foreshadows (points to) Jesus’ Mission Jesus, the Bread of God Came from Heaven to Give Eternal Life OT -First Encounter of Bethlehem in the Bible Foreshadowed (pointed to) Jesus’ Ministry Jesus is Ben-Oni, Son of Sorrows, and Benjamin, Son of God’s right hand What book(s) of the Bible have most of its events occur in Bethlehem? -Ruth Chapter 1- Naomi(A Jew) and Ruth(A Moabite) Return to BETHLEHEM Chapter 2 - In BETHLEHEM, Ruth (Moabite/Gentile) Meets Boaz (Wealthy Jew) Chapter 3- In BETHLEHEM, Ruth ask Boaz to Redeem Her Chapter 4 - In BETHLEHEM, Boaz Marries Ruth, Redeems Ruth(A Moabite) and Naomi (A Jew) This, to me, is the greatest love story in the Old Testament Redemption means to set free by paying a price Jesus loves us and paid the price to redeem us from our spiritual poverty “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” Ephesians 5:23 Christ redeemed both Jews and Gentiles by dying on the cross for our sins Salvation is a love relationship between the believer and the Savior Galatians 4:4-7 - Redemption means to set free by paying a price Why Jesus Was Born In Bethlehem? Bethlehem, House of Bread, foreshadows (points to) Jesus’ Mission Jesus the Bread of God Came from Heaven to Give Eternal life OT -First encounter of Bethlehem in the Bible foreshadowed (pointed to) Jesus’ Ministry Jesus is Ben-Oni, Son of Sorrows, and Benjamin, Son of God’s right hand OT –In Bethlehem, the greatest Love story, Ruth & Boaz, foreshadowed (pointed to) Jesus’ Love Jesus, God’s greatest Love, came to Bethlehem to set us free from our sins. Ephesians 2:11-22 Luke 2:4; Luke 2:11. John 7:42 What happened to David in Bethlehem? Born and raised in Bethlehem Jesse’s youngest son Shepherd -Looked after His father’s sheep Anointed Israel’s king by Samuel God’s Spirit was upon him from that day forward Despised by his brothers Went from Bethlehem and Conquered Goliath, his most famous victory Reigned and ruled as Israel’s greatest king