1. The Promised Messianic “______________” (vv. 1-2).
2. The Righteous ____________ of the Royal Branch (vv. 3-5).
3. The _____________ of the Messianic Age (vv. 6-9).
1. The Source and ______________ of Holy Scripture (vv. 20-21).
2. Implications of the Spirit’s __________________ of Holy Scripture.
1. The meaning and significance of “the ______________ of ____________” (vv. 1-2).
2. Observe the _____________ removed and paradise restored (v 3)!
3. Rejoice in the _________________ of the vision of God and His illuminating _________________ (vv. 4-5)!
1. We are citizens of God’s kingdom (v. 19).
2. We are God’s household, and are growing into a holy temple in the Lord (vv. 19b-21).
3. We are a living temple of God, who dwells among us by the Spirit (v. 22).
1. Because of our status as adopted children of God, the Father has sent the Spirit into our hearts (vv. 4-6).
2. The Holy Spirit is identified as the Spirit of God’s Son (v. 6).
3. The Holy Spirit enables us to commune intimately with God as a loving heavenly Father (v. 6).
Two parallel stories, 5:1-6:12 and 6:13-7:2, both reenact the exodus pattern in miniature, judgment followed by deliverance. Neither the forms nor the symbols involved, the ark, the cart, the golden images, ever actually reach the essence of God himself. The law works the same way: it points toward the Spirit without ever becoming it.