Galatians 4:4 But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might r...

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The Message - But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law. Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, “Papa! Father!” Doesn’t that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you’re also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance.
新标点和合本 - 及至时候满足，　神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 等到时候成熟，上帝就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法之下，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 等到时候成熟，　神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法之下，
当代译本 - 然而，时候一到，上帝就差遣自己的儿子借着一位女子降生，并受律法的约束，
圣经新译本 - 但到了时机成熟，　神就差遣他的儿子，由女人所生，而且生在律法之下，
中文标准译本 - 但是等到时候一满足，神就派遣他的儿子，由女人所生，生在律法之下，
现代标点和合本 - 及至时候满足，神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，
和合本（拼音版） - 及至时候满足，上帝就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，
New International Version - But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
New International Reader's Version - But then the chosen time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.
English Standard Version - But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
New Living Translation - But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
Christian Standard Bible - When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
New American Standard Bible - But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
New King James Version - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Amplified Bible - But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law,
American Standard Version - but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
King James Version - But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
New English Translation - But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
World English Bible - But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
新標點和合本 - 及至時候滿足，神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法以下，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 等到時候成熟，上帝就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法之下，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 等到時候成熟，　神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法之下，
當代譯本 - 然而，時候一到，上帝就差遣自己的兒子藉著一位女子降生，並受律法的約束，
聖經新譯本 - 但到了時機成熟，　神就差遣他的兒子，由女人所生，而且生在律法之下，
呂振中譯本 - 趕期滿的時候一來到，上帝就差遣出他的兒子、由婦人而生，生於律法之下，
中文標準譯本 - 但是等到時候一滿足，神就派遣他的兒子，由女人所生，生在律法之下，
現代標點和合本 - 及至時候滿足，神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法以下，
文理和合譯本 - 屆期、上帝遣其子、由女而生、在於律下、
文理委辦譯本 - 屆期、上帝遣子、由女而生、服於法下、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 期日既滿、天主遣其子由女而生、服於律法下、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 時既成熟、天主乃遣其聖子、使之出於婦人之腹、而生於律法之下、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero, cuando se cumplió el plazo, Dios envió a su Hijo, nacido de una mujer, nacido bajo la ley,
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 때가 되어 하나님은 자기 아들을 보내 여자에게서 태어나게 하시고 율법의 지배를 받게 하셨습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Бог послал Своего Сына, рожденного от женщины, подвластного Закону,
Восточный перевод - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Всевышний послал Своего (вечного) Сына, рождённого от женщины, подвластного Закону,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Всевышний послал Своего (вечного) Сына, рождённого от женщины, подвластного Закону,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Всевышний послал Своего (вечного) Сына, рождённого от женщины, подвластного Закону,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais, lorsque le moment fixé par Dieu est arrivé, il a envoyé son Fils, né d’une femme et placé par sa naissance sous le régime de la Loi,
リビングバイブル - しかし、定めの時が来ると、神様は自分のひとり子を、一人の女から生まれさせ、ユダヤ人として律法の下にお遣わしになりました。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, quando chegou a plenitude do tempo, Deus enviou seu Filho, nascido de mulher, nascido debaixo da Lei,
Hoffnung für alle - Als aber die von Gott festgesetzte Zeit kam, sandte er seinen Sohn zu uns. Christus wurde wie wir als Mensch geboren und den Forderungen des Gesetzes unterstellt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng đúng kỳ hạn, Đức Chúa Trời sai Con Ngài xuống trần gian, do một người nữ sinh ra trong một xã hội bị luật pháp trói buộc
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่เมื่อถึงกำหนด พระเจ้าได้ทรงส่งพระบุตรของพระองค์มาประสูติจากครรภ์ของผู้หญิง ถือกำเนิดภายใต้บทบัญญัติ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่เมื่อครบกำหนดเวลาแล้ว พระเจ้าได้ส่งพระบุตรของพระองค์มา เกิดจากผู้หญิง และเกิดภายใต้กฎบัญญัติ

Cross Reference

Matthew 3:15 - But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming together right now in this baptism.” So John did it.
Luke 2:21 - When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.
Luke 2:22 - Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God as commanded in God’s Law: “Every male who opens the womb shall be a holy offering to God,” and also to sacrifice the “pair of doves or two young pigeons” prescribed in God’s Law.
Luke 2:25 - In Jerusalem at the time, there was a man, Simeon by name, a good man, a man who lived in the prayerful expectancy of help for Israel. And the Holy Spirit was on him. The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would see the Messiah of God before he died. Led by the Spirit, he entered the Temple. As the parents of the child Jesus brought him in to carry out the rituals of the Law, Simeon took him into his arms and blessed God: God, you can now release your servant; release me in peace as you promised. With my own eyes I’ve seen your salvation; it’s now out in the open for everyone to see: A God-revealing light to the non-Jewish nations, and of glory for your people Israel.
John 8:42 - “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”
Matthew 5:17 - “Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working.
Acts 1:7 - He told them, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business. What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”
Malachi 3:1 - “Look! I’m sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you’ve been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you’ve been waiting for. Look! He’s on his way!” A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Hebrews 2:14 - Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.
Isaiah 48:16 - And now, the Master, God, sends me and his Spirit with this Message from God your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: “I am God, your God, who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go. If you had listened all along to what I told you, your life would have flowed full like a river, blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. Children and grandchildren are like sand, your progeny like grains of sand. There would be no end of them, no danger of losing touch with me.”
Romans 8:3 - God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn’t deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that. The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn’t deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.
Zechariah 6:12 - “‘A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Be alert. We have a man here whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of God. Yes, he’s the one. He’ll build the Temple of God. Then he’ll assume the role of royalty, take his place on the throne and rule—a priest sitting on the throne!—showing that king and priest can coexist in harmony.’
Zechariah 2:8 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the One of Glory who sent me on my mission, commenting on the godless nations who stripped you and left you homeless, said, “Anyone who hits you, hits me—bloodies my nose, blackens my eye. Yes, and at the right time I’ll give the signal and they’ll be stripped and thrown out by their own servants.” Then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission. * * *
Zechariah 2:10 - “Shout and celebrate, Daughter of Zion! I’m on my way. I’m moving into your neighborhood!” God’s Decree. * * *
Zechariah 2:11 - Many godless nations will be linked up with God at that time. (“They will become my family! I’ll live in their homes!”) And then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission. God will reclaim his Judah inheritance in the Holy Land. He’ll again make clear that Jerusalem is his choice. * * *
Micah 5:2 - But you, Bethlehem, David’s country, the runt of the litter— From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He’ll be no upstart, no pretender. His family tree is ancient and distinguished. Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes until the birth pangs are over and the child is born, And the scattered brothers come back home to the family of Israel. He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God’s strength, centered in the majesty of God-Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect— Peacemaker of the world!
Daniel 9:24 - “‘Seventy sevens are set for your people and for your holy city to throttle rebellion, stop sin, wipe out crime, set things right forever, confirm what the prophet saw, and anoint The Holy of Holies.
Daniel 9:25 - “‘Here is what you must understand: From the time the word goes out to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Anointed Leader, there will be seven sevens. The rebuilding will take sixty-two sevens, including building streets and digging a moat. Those will be rough times. After the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him. The city and Sanctuary will be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will come in a rush, like a flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day.
Luke 1:35 - The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.
John 3:16 - “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

The Message - But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law. Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, “Papa! Father!” Doesn’t that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you’re also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance.
新标点和合本 - 及至时候满足，　神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 等到时候成熟，上帝就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法之下，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 等到时候成熟，　神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法之下，
当代译本 - 然而，时候一到，上帝就差遣自己的儿子借着一位女子降生，并受律法的约束，
圣经新译本 - 但到了时机成熟，　神就差遣他的儿子，由女人所生，而且生在律法之下，
中文标准译本 - 但是等到时候一满足，神就派遣他的儿子，由女人所生，生在律法之下，
现代标点和合本 - 及至时候满足，神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，
和合本（拼音版） - 及至时候满足，上帝就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，
New International Version - But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
New International Reader's Version - But then the chosen time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.
English Standard Version - But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
New Living Translation - But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
Christian Standard Bible - When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
New American Standard Bible - But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
New King James Version - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Amplified Bible - But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law,
American Standard Version - but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
King James Version - But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
New English Translation - But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
World English Bible - But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
新標點和合本 - 及至時候滿足，神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法以下，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 等到時候成熟，上帝就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法之下，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 等到時候成熟，　神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法之下，
當代譯本 - 然而，時候一到，上帝就差遣自己的兒子藉著一位女子降生，並受律法的約束，
聖經新譯本 - 但到了時機成熟，　神就差遣他的兒子，由女人所生，而且生在律法之下，
呂振中譯本 - 趕期滿的時候一來到，上帝就差遣出他的兒子、由婦人而生，生於律法之下，
中文標準譯本 - 但是等到時候一滿足，神就派遣他的兒子，由女人所生，生在律法之下，
現代標點和合本 - 及至時候滿足，神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法以下，
文理和合譯本 - 屆期、上帝遣其子、由女而生、在於律下、
文理委辦譯本 - 屆期、上帝遣子、由女而生、服於法下、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 期日既滿、天主遣其子由女而生、服於律法下、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 時既成熟、天主乃遣其聖子、使之出於婦人之腹、而生於律法之下、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero, cuando se cumplió el plazo, Dios envió a su Hijo, nacido de una mujer, nacido bajo la ley,
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 때가 되어 하나님은 자기 아들을 보내 여자에게서 태어나게 하시고 율법의 지배를 받게 하셨습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Бог послал Своего Сына, рожденного от женщины, подвластного Закону,
Восточный перевод - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Всевышний послал Своего (вечного) Сына, рождённого от женщины, подвластного Закону,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Всевышний послал Своего (вечного) Сына, рождённого от женщины, подвластного Закону,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но когда пришло назначенное время, Всевышний послал Своего (вечного) Сына, рождённого от женщины, подвластного Закону,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais, lorsque le moment fixé par Dieu est arrivé, il a envoyé son Fils, né d’une femme et placé par sa naissance sous le régime de la Loi,
リビングバイブル - しかし、定めの時が来ると、神様は自分のひとり子を、一人の女から生まれさせ、ユダヤ人として律法の下にお遣わしになりました。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas, quando chegou a plenitude do tempo, Deus enviou seu Filho, nascido de mulher, nascido debaixo da Lei,
Hoffnung für alle - Als aber die von Gott festgesetzte Zeit kam, sandte er seinen Sohn zu uns. Christus wurde wie wir als Mensch geboren und den Forderungen des Gesetzes unterstellt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng đúng kỳ hạn, Đức Chúa Trời sai Con Ngài xuống trần gian, do một người nữ sinh ra trong một xã hội bị luật pháp trói buộc
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่เมื่อถึงกำหนด พระเจ้าได้ทรงส่งพระบุตรของพระองค์มาประสูติจากครรภ์ของผู้หญิง ถือกำเนิดภายใต้บทบัญญัติ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่เมื่อครบกำหนดเวลาแล้ว พระเจ้าได้ส่งพระบุตรของพระองค์มา เกิดจากผู้หญิง และเกิดภายใต้กฎบัญญัติ

Matthew 3:15 - But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming together right now in this baptism.” So John did it.
Luke 2:21 - When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.
Luke 2:22 - Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God as commanded in God’s Law: “Every male who opens the womb shall be a holy offering to God,” and also to sacrifice the “pair of doves or two young pigeons” prescribed in God’s Law.
Luke 2:25 - In Jerusalem at the time, there was a man, Simeon by name, a good man, a man who lived in the prayerful expectancy of help for Israel. And the Holy Spirit was on him. The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would see the Messiah of God before he died. Led by the Spirit, he entered the Temple. As the parents of the child Jesus brought him in to carry out the rituals of the Law, Simeon took him into his arms and blessed God: God, you can now release your servant; release me in peace as you promised. With my own eyes I’ve seen your salvation; it’s now out in the open for everyone to see: A God-revealing light to the non-Jewish nations, and of glory for your people Israel.
John 8:42 - “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”
Matthew 5:17 - “Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working.
Acts 1:7 - He told them, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business. What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”
Malachi 3:1 - “Look! I’m sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you’ve been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you’ve been waiting for. Look! He’s on his way!” A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Hebrews 2:14 - Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.
Isaiah 48:16 - And now, the Master, God, sends me and his Spirit with this Message from God your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: “I am God, your God, who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go. If you had listened all along to what I told you, your life would have flowed full like a river, blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. Children and grandchildren are like sand, your progeny like grains of sand. There would be no end of them, no danger of losing touch with me.”
Romans 8:3 - God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn’t deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that. The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn’t deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.
Zechariah 6:12 - “‘A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Be alert. We have a man here whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of God. Yes, he’s the one. He’ll build the Temple of God. Then he’ll assume the role of royalty, take his place on the throne and rule—a priest sitting on the throne!—showing that king and priest can coexist in harmony.’
Zechariah 2:8 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the One of Glory who sent me on my mission, commenting on the godless nations who stripped you and left you homeless, said, “Anyone who hits you, hits me—bloodies my nose, blackens my eye. Yes, and at the right time I’ll give the signal and they’ll be stripped and thrown out by their own servants.” Then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission. * * *
Zechariah 2:10 - “Shout and celebrate, Daughter of Zion! I’m on my way. I’m moving into your neighborhood!” God’s Decree. * * *
Zechariah 2:11 - Many godless nations will be linked up with God at that time. (“They will become my family! I’ll live in their homes!”) And then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission. God will reclaim his Judah inheritance in the Holy Land. He’ll again make clear that Jerusalem is his choice. * * *
Micah 5:2 - But you, Bethlehem, David’s country, the runt of the litter— From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He’ll be no upstart, no pretender. His family tree is ancient and distinguished. Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes until the birth pangs are over and the child is born, And the scattered brothers come back home to the family of Israel. He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God’s strength, centered in the majesty of God-Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect— Peacemaker of the world!
Daniel 9:24 - “‘Seventy sevens are set for your people and for your holy city to throttle rebellion, stop sin, wipe out crime, set things right forever, confirm what the prophet saw, and anoint The Holy of Holies.
Daniel 9:25 - “‘Here is what you must understand: From the time the word goes out to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Anointed Leader, there will be seven sevens. The rebuilding will take sixty-two sevens, including building streets and digging a moat. Those will be rough times. After the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him. The city and Sanctuary will be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will come in a rush, like a flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day.
Luke 1:35 - The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.
John 3:16 - “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.