God had been preparing the world for the coming of Jesus over many centuries through covenants and prophets in the Old Testament. Jesus fulfilled these prophecies by being the promised Messiah who established a New Covenant through his body and blood, providing salvation for all people. This New Covenant, foretold by prophets like Isaiah, would be eternal and enable God's people to truly keep his commandments through the grace Jesus offers.

1. “God Prepared the World for
the Coming Of Jesus”

2. God’s Plan
 The Father start preparing the coming of his son Jesus—the Savior—
The Savior He promised to Adam and Eve.
 In the Old Testament, we can see how God prepare people through History, so
that way, we can share his Divine life, again.
 In The Old Testament, little by little, He start gathering people for his plan:
Since Noah, Abraham, Moses, the Prophets, and to John the Baptize in the
New Testament.

3. The Father gives us Hope
 God the Father send Jesus to teach us the way back to the
STATE of GRACE. That’s the will of God for us.
 Whole life of Jesus was a sign of doing the Will of God
 Everything Jesus did was to:
◦ To do the Will his Father
◦ and to give us Salvation.

4. God revealed to the Prophets
 Over many Centuries God prepared the
people of Israel for the fulfillment of his
promise.
 Little by little he revealed, through the
words of the prophets, the Promise One to
come.
 The prophets foretold that
 the Promise One:
◦ would be from the family of David, the greatest
king of Israel.
◦ He would born in Bethlehem,
◦ He would be called God‟s Anointed One, the
Messiah.
◦ And he would suffer

5. His plan in the Old Testament
 The love of God the Father, and his plan to save us are
made know to us in the Old Testament through
covenants.
 In the story of Noah & the Ark, the Rainbow was a
sign of God‟s covenant with Noah and all creatures
after the flood.
“ I am going to make a solemn promise to you and to
everyone who will live after you…. I promise every living
creature that the earth and those living on it will never again
be destroyed by a flood.
The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you.
It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.
When I send clouds over the earth, and a rainbow appears in
the sky, I will remember my promise to you… When I see the
rainbow in the sky, I will always remember the promise that I
have made…” (Genesis 9)
 THE RAINBOW also remains us of ALL GOD‟S COVENANTS
with his people in the Old Testament.

6. God’s plan in the Old Testament
Abraham Covenant
 God made a promise to Abraham:
“Abraham will be the Father of many Nations, and the whole
world will be blessed on him.”
 The Sacrifice of Isaac prefigures the Sacrifice of Jesus.
 When Isaac asked Abraham about the lamb for the
sacrifice;
Abraham said: “God will provide the lamb for the Sacrifice”
 Indeed God did; the lamb for the Sacrifice is God himself,
Jesus.

7. His plan in the Old Testament
Moses
 The most spectacular works of God, it was when God call
Moses to lead his people out of slavery from Egypt,
 and their entrance to the Promised Land, which He has
promised to Abraham and his children
 On the eve of the Exodus from Egypt, God ask a lamb
sacrificed at the first Passover.
 The Jews marked their doorposts with the blood of the
lamb, and this sign spared them from destruction.
 Moses brought them out of Egypt with many sings and
wonders,
 They were lead by a Pillar of cloud by day, and a Pillar of
fire at night to guide them
 God Led them into the waters of the Red Sea and into the
desert beyond
 In the mount Sinai, God wrote the 10 commandments in
tables of stone.
 He gave his laws to Moses to give to his people.

8. Bread from Heaven
 After the 10 Commandments, God continues to provide for them in the desert.
 God send bread from heaven to feed them.
 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.
And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may
test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.”
 Murmuring Israel called this bread from heaven “manna” (Exodus 16:31).
God almost always called it bread from heaven (Nehemiah 9:15, Psalm 78:24,
Psalm 105:40)
 or sometimes it was called angels’ food (Psalm 78:25).
 Now, after God has done so much for his people,
 You may believe that they finally learn to believe in Him and walk in His way,
but they did not!!
 They keep right on sinning, again, and again.
1. the children of Israel complained for anything,
2. it was hard to please them.
3. They went from singing to complaining very quickly.
4. They do not have the enough grace to keep the commandments.

9. The Covenant of God
 God the Father gather his children right to Himself, and made a
COVENANT with them.
 A COVENANT is a Sacred Promise between God and His people
 Every Covenant has 2 parts:
1) God‟s part was to watch over His people to defend and care for them as a father.
2) And People‟s part was to love God and follow his commandments.
 The people learned that it was NOT ENOUGH to learn God‟s
commandments; They also need to be able to keep them.

10. A New Covenant,
Which Can Never Be Broken
 The Prophets like Isaiah and Ezekiel,
inspired by the Holy Spirit, began to
speak of a New Covenant
1) A New Covenant that can never be
broken.
2) And A New Spirit that will fill the
hearts of God‟s people, and will made
them to follow His love
3) The Prophets also began to speak
of a Servant, who will also suffer to
Save God‟s people.

11. Israelites Longing for the Savior
 The people learned that it was NOT
ENOUGH to learn God‟s commandments;
 But they also need to be able to keep
them.
 When God’s people have learned that
they need God‟s Grace and help…
 Then, they were filled with the longing for
the SAVIOR, who God promised.

12. The Promise in Mary
 Jesus Christ fulfilled the Prophets words.
 God send an angel to a young girl from Nazareth,
name Mary
 When the Angel appeared to Mary and asked her to be
the mother of Jesus (the Savior), Mary said “Yes”
 Adam & Eve said “NO” to God‟s Plan, but
 Mary said Yes to God‟s Plan;
 The example of Mary‟s “Yes” to God, inspires us to
work with God as she did.

13. God himself became man
 Through Mary and the Power of the Holy
Spirit, God Himself became a man and dwell
among us.
 Christ is the 2nd person of the Trinity.
 Jesus has 2 Natures
1) A human nature
2) A Divine nature
 This means that Jesus in fully God and fully
man at the same time.

 He is Not ½ God and ½ man.
 He is 100% God and 100% man at the same
time.

14. Simeon saw the SAVIOR
 There was a man in the temple of Jerusalem,
name Simeon, and this man was righteous and
devout, waiting for the Savior of Israel,
 Simeon had been visited by The Holy Spirit and
told that he would not die until he had seen the
Lord's Christ.
 when the parents brought the child Jesus at
the temple, Simeon took him up in his arms and
blessed God and said,
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in
peace, according to your word; for my eyes have
seen your salvation, that you have prepared in
the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation
to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people
Israel.” (Luke 2:25)

15. Waiting for God’s Promise
 Everyone was expecting the Messiah to come soon,
 And they were eager to know whether John the
Baptist might be the Messiah or not.
 John answered saying,
 "I baptize you with water; but someone is coming
soon who is greater than I am--so much greater
that I'm not even worthy to be his slave and untie
the straps of his sandals. He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Luke 3:15-16)
 John the Baptist was sent by God to prepare the
way for Jesus,
 John the Baptist was the greatest of Prophets
 and the privileged messenger who was sent to
prepare the way of the Messiah according to the
Word of God. (Mt 11:9-11)

16. John the Baptist Prepares the Way
 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in
the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven has come near.”
 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be
baptized by John. But John tried to stop him, saying, “I
need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to
do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John agree.
 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of
the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and
alighting on him.
 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I
love; with him I am well pleased.” (Mt 3:13-17)

17. Today this scripture is fulfilled
 After his baptism, Jesus went to Nazareth, he went into the
synagogue. He stood up to read, the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was
handed to him.
 Unrolling it, he found the prophesy where it is written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to
proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat
down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in
your hearing.”
 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard
this.
 They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of
the hill, in order to throw him off the cliff. (Luke 4:14-21)

18. “The New Covenant
and
the Bread of Life”

19. Jesus the Bread of Life
 One day, a crowd got into the boats and went to Capernaum in
search of Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake,
they asked:
 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, „He gave
them bread from heaven to eat.‟”
 Then Jesus said to them:
 “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from
heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives
life to the world.”
 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
 And Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. He whoever
comes to Me shall never hunger, and he whoever believes in Me shall
never thirst…
I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of
Him who sent Me.
This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I
should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the
Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him
up at the last day.”

20. Jesus the Bread of Life
 The Jews there began to grumble about Jesus because he
said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father
and mother we know?
 How can he now say, „I came down from heaven‟?”
 Jesus answered: Very truly I tell you, the one who believes
has eternal life.”I am the bread of life.”
 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which
anyone may eat and not die: I am the living bread that
came down from heaven.
 Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the world.”

21. Jesus the Bread of Life
 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among
themselves:“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
 Jesus said to them: “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life
in you.
 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,
and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real
food and my blood is real drink.
 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me,
and I in them.
 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the
Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your
ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this
bread will live forever.”
 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no
longer followed him. (John 6:25-60)

22.  on the night when our Lord Jesus was betrayed, He took a loaf of bread,
 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said: “This is my body which
is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
 In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, :”This cup is the
new covenant in my blood. which is poured out for many, for the forgiveness
of sins.
 Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s
death until he comes.” (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

23. The New Covenant
 This is the beginning of the New Covenant of
God with his People.
 This is the Covenant that the Prophets spoke
about
 Unlike the other covenants, which people could
not keep.
 This covenant last forever, and grants us with
Grace.
 This Grace help us to become holy.

24. All God’s Covenants
 Knowing the message of the Prophets, the first Christians
saw that Jesus Christ fulfilled the Prophets words.
 Through Jesus, God reveals himself more fully as a God
who loves, liberates from oppression, redeems, elects,
establishes a relationship, and fulfills his promises

25. Jesus the Promise
and
the New Covenant