ADAM: THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION
Scripture Texts: Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 46:9-10
The Covenant Highway: The Road from Eden to Bethlehem.
If you set out to build a road one of the most important details you must consider is the destination, where you are building to. The destination is going to determine where you buy land for right-a-ways, where you cut trees, what equipment you will need to deal with mountains, valleys, rivers and other obstacles.
Everything you do at the beginning of your project will be determined by the goal, the destination. The end determines the beginning.
God is the God of all history and God has a goal in all of history. History is going somewhere and it has always been going somewhere from day one. 6,000 years ago God had an end in mind to build a road from Eden to Bethlehem.
God is the state highway commissioner, the chief engineer and the head foreman. He is the planner, the overseer and the builder. When history started God already had the end in mind.
Isaiah 46:9-10 I am God and there is no other; I am God and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, “My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.”
Christ in the Covenants.
Our advent series will be a journey on the grand redemptive road from Eden to Bethlehem. We will look at four major mile markers or vista points as we look at Christ in God’s covenants with Adam, Abraham, Moses, and David and how they prepared the way for Christ and how Christ fulfills all the covenant promises of God. Everything in the OT is building toward the NT.
As we look at the continuity of God’s covenant faithfulness from creation to Christ, I hope you will marvel at God’s wisdom and strategic planning and engineering expertise. I hope you will be strengthened in your faith, hope and love toward God and encouraged in your own journey on your path of redemption, that you will see all of your history is beautifully designed by a sovereign and good God.
One word about covenants. A covenant is more than a contract or an agreement. It is a binding, permanent relationship between two parties. Covenants are characterized by solemn commitments, promises, and obligations.
God is a covenant-making and covenant-keeping God. He intentionally enters into formal, oath-bound, binding relationships with His people. Again and again we will hear Him say, “I will be your God and you will be my people.”