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What is known about the person of the Messiah?h

That He had to be man and Son of God.d

Psalm 2:2-7

Proverbs 30:4

Matthew 3:16-17

Revelation 22:16

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How did the prophets hint that He would be a man?n

They call Him offspring of the woman, offspring of Abraham, offspring and scion of David, offshoot of Jesse, and finally man.n

Galatians 3:16

Genesis 3:15

Genesis 22:18

Isaiah 11:1-2

Jeremiah 23:5

Psalm 89:3-4

2Samuel 7:12-15

Daniel 7:13-14

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What did God say to the serpent in front of Eve?e

I will put hatred between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head, and you His heel.l

Genesis 3:15

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How God fulfilled His promise?e

On the cross, where Jesus took upon Himself the sentence of death due to the sin of His disciples, thus depriving Satan of any basis to accuse and shame them again or to continue to control them through the fear to die.e

Psalm 22

Romans 8:1-2

Colossians 2:13-15

Revelation 12:10-11

Hebrews 2:14-15

1John 2:1-2

Isaiah 38:17

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What did God promise to David?d

I will raise up your offspring after you, who will come forth from your bowels, and I will establish His kingdom. He will build a house to My name, and I will confirm the throne of His kingdom for all eternity. I will be a father to Him, and He will be to me a son, whom I will judge with a rod of men and with whips of men if He does evil. But my grace will not depart from Him.m

2Samuel 7:12-15

Psalm 89:3-4

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Did not Solomon build a house for God?d

Yes, and his kingdom did not survive his death.h 

1Kings 12

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Then whose kingdom will God establish for all eternity?y

The spiritual kingdom of the Messiah. God His Father condemned Him once for the sin of His people and three days later had already resurrected Him. So much did He love Him and so little evil had Jesus done in His lifetime, namely nothing wrong.g

Psalm 69:4

Isaiah 53

Mark 1:15

Luke 2:49

2Corinthians 5:21

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What does it say in Daniel?l

I saw in a night vision like a man coming with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient of days. They brought Him before Him. He was given rule, glory and kingship. All peoples, nations and tongues will worship Him. His rule is an eternal rule that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed.d

Daniel 7:13-14

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When did the eternal kingdom of the Messiah begin?n

Forty days after His resurrection from the dead, when the Lord Jesus ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Heaven.n

Acts 1:9-11

1Peter 3:22

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What did God then say to the Messiah according to David?d

Word of the Lord to my Lord: Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool.l

Psalm 110:1

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Who owns the throne in heaven and on earth?h

God alone: God, Your throne will be eternal. The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice. You loved justice and abhorred wrong. God, therefore Your God anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your friends.s

Psalm 45:6-7

1Samuel 12:12

Isaiah 42:8

Ezekiel 20:33

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But how is a man allowed to sit on the throne of heaven?n

Because the Messiah is God Himself and not just a man. The Lord Jesus is heir of all and gives generously to His friends.s

John 10:33

Psalm 68:18

John 17:22

Hebrews 1:2

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How did the prophets hint at the Messiah having to be man and also Son of God?d

By pairs of names. They called Him at once: scion of David and the Lord-our justice, offshoot and root of Jesse, child and mighty God, God with us.s

Jeremiah 23:5-6

Isaiah 11:1-10

Isaiah 9:5

Isaiah 7:14

Revelation 22:16

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If the Messiah is God with us, why did He leave here?e

Only for our good, until He finishes forging Himself a people before the eyes of His enemies – a new mankind for a new heaven and a new earth: You ascended to the heights, took captivity captive and gifts for the people.e

Psalm 23:5

Psalm 68:18

Zechariah 13:9

John 16:7-15

Isaiah 43:1-7

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What gifts did Jesus give His disciples?s

Especially the Holy Spirit to adopt us into His family and to bequeath us eternal life.e

John 1:12

John 17:23

John 3:1-3

John 3:16

John 10:28-30

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When did He send out His Spirit upon the disciples?s

On Pentecost, fifty days after the Passover on which the Messiah sacrificed Himself.f

Luke 24:49

Acts 1:4-8

Acts 2

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What does God the Holy Spirit do in you?u

The Holy Spirit gave new birth to me and walks with me for all eternity. He cleanses me from my sins by making me listen and persevere in the faith that Jesus counts as my righteousness. He unites me to Him and His people and confirms my faith through His Word and the covenant signs: baptism and the holy supper. He guides my thoughts and helps me pray and worship to comfort, heal and transform me little by little into the image of the Messiah.h

John 14:16-17

Romans 8

John 17:21-23

1Corinthians 6:11

2Corinthians 3:18

Mark 14:24

John 6:51

Romans 6:3-4

Colossians 1:15

Isaiah 26:12

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