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21. God Promises the Messiah

What the Story Says

  1. Who would crush the snake’s head?

    The Messiah, a descendant of Eve, would crush the snake’s head (#21-01).

  2. Who were the people whom the Messiah would save?

    The Messiah would save people out of every people group in the world (#21-02).

  3. How would the New Covenant be different than the old covenant?

    In the New Covenant, people would know God personally. They would love him and want to obey his laws. His law would be written on their hearts (#21-05).

  4. What perfect sacrifice would the Messiah offer to God?

    The Messiah would offer himself as a perfect sacrifice to God (#21-07).

  5. What did the prophets say about the birth of the Messiah?

    The prophets said the Messiah would be born of a virgin in the town of Bethlehem (#21-09).

  6. According to the prophet Isaiah, how would people receive the Messiah?

    The prophet Isaiah said people would hate the Messiah and refuse to accept him. His friend would turn against him, and the people would kill him (#21-11).

  7. According to the prophets, why would the Messiah die?

    The Messiah would die because God would punish him for other people’s sins. He would die so they could have peace with God (#21-13).

  8. What would God do for the Messiah after he died?

    The prophets said God would raise the Messiah from the dead (#21-14).

  9. After the prophets finished speaking about the Messiah, how much time passed before God send him into the world?

    God sent the Messiah into the world 400 years after the prophets last spoke about him (#21-15).

What the Story Means to Us

  1. Why do you think God spoke about the Messiah to Adam and Eve, even though God would not send the Messiah for a very long time?

    When he first created the world, God already planned to send the Messiah to save us from our sins. Therefore, he began to tell people about the Messiah from the very beginning.

  2. Abraham’s descendants were the Jews, who are God’s chosen people. Why is it significant that God told Abraham that he would bless all the people groups of the world through him?

    God never planned to save only the Jews. Rather, from the very beginning, his plan was to save people from every people group in the world. However, God told Abraham that God would bless all these people through a Jewish descendant of Abraham. This descendant would be the Messiah.

  3. The New Covenant will be written on people’s hearts. Why is this important?

    The old covenant was written on tables of stone and paper. Even the Jews who received it often forgot about it and did not obey it. But God will write the New Covenant within people so they cannot forget it. Because God will change their hearts, people will obey the New Covenant. They will willingly worship and serve God.

  4. Why should we be encouraged that the Messiah never has to make another sacrifice for sin?

    The Messiah offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. God accepted his sacrifice in place of punishing us. Since his sacrifice was perfect, he never has to offer it again. That means God will never punish believers for their sins, since the sacrifice of the Messiah will always be enough to please God.

  5. The Messiah never sinned. Why did God allow people to kill him?

    God wanted the Messiah to die because that was the only way God could forgive people’s sins. God is holy and cannot ignore when people sin. But God punished the Messiah in the place of other people so God would not have to punish them.

Summary

When God first created the world, he had already decided to send the Messiah to die for people’s sins. Throughout history, God has revealed to us what the Messiah would do. He promised Adam and Eve that the Messiah would destroy Satan. He told Abraham that the Messiah would bless all the people groups in the world. He told the prophets that the Messiah would be a perfect prophet, priest, and king. He would be born of a virgin and never sin. But people would hate him and kill him anyway. God would allow this to happen so that the Messiah could die and be punished in the place of other people.