Fullness of Time
Galatians 4:2-4
Introduction
The plan of God was in place before creation
Why did He wait for so long – over 4,000 years?
Fullness of time = when days were fulfilled, when the time was up, when the time was right
Height of the 4th Kingdom
Study Daniel 2:37-43 – dream / Daniel 7 4 beasts
Gold – Babylon
Silver – Mead / Persian
Brass – Greek
Iron – Roman
Daniel 2:44 – in the days of these kings (Roman)
Rome brought
Pax Romana – 120 years of peach
Ease of travel – highways with mile markers
Postal system
Greeks supplied a common language
Persians added the synagogue – Scripture available to common man-made
Born in the 65 week
Daniel 9:24-27
Esp. 9:20-24
A day = a year
A week = 7 years
70 weeks = 490 years – from command to restore Jerusalem
7 weeks – 49 years (457 – 408 BC)
62 weeks (434 years – ends at 26 AD – Jesus' baptism)
middle of a week – 3 ½ years – ends at 30 AD – death of Jesus)
Small city of Bethlehem
Micah 5:2
Problem – Mary does not live in Bethlehem, she was in Nazareth
Ausustus Caesar ordered a census / tax – from city of origin