Genesis 2- Ezra 2- Matthew 2- Acts 2

Genesis 2

- God rested the 7th day and made it holy
- It was not raining when the Earth first began. The ground was being wet by a mist (spring)
- Woman was the only living thing NOT created from the dust.
- Adam was in charge of taking care of the garden
- Man was not meant to be alone (It was not good) This was the first thing God saw as NOT good

If God had created plants on the 3rd day, why didn’t they grow until after man was created on the 6th day?
Did God create the animals before or after man? (see verse 19)
Why would verse 24 say a man should leave his mother and father when they haven’t been invented yet?

Ezra 2

- Exiles who returned were Nehemiah and Zerubbabel (was in Jesus’ genealogy) and sons of Asaph (from Sunday’s message)
- Sons of Barzillai and Immer could not prove their genealogy (were marked as unclean) They couldn’t partake of most holy food
- 42,360 people returned to Jerusalem by orders from King Cyrus
- People gave a free will offering to the LORD to celebrate being back in Israel

Matthew 2

- Wise men visited King Herod on way to see Jesus the king of the Jews
- They knew that Christ was to be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
- They were following a star that had appeared in the sky
- Wise men fell and worship Jesus
- Wise men were warned in a dream NOT to return to Herod so they went home a different way
- Angel told Joseph to flee to Egypt which fulfilled the Scripture reference in Hosea 11:1
- Herod killed all male children in Bethlehem under 2 (this fulfilled Jeremiah 31:15)
- An angel told Joseph to take his family back after Herod died
- The next ruler was evil so Joseph took his family to Galilee instead of returning home (this too fulfilled scripture that Christ would be a Nazarene
How long were they in Egypt because Jesus as a boy had gone to the temple?

Acts 2

- Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost
- They spoke in other languages
- People were amazed and astonished at this
- Many cultures were together, not just Jews
- Others not with the Spirit thought they were drunk
- It was 9am (too early to be drunk)
- The Spirit’s coming fulfilled what Joel 2:28-32 had said (Spirit shall come and all who call on His name shall be saved)
- Christ could not be held by death (v.24) (this fulfilled Psalm 16:8-11)
- Jesus was David’s descendant who God promised would sit on the throne forever
- David did not ascend to heaven to sit with God forever, Christ did
- People were “cut to the heart” and repented (Spirit brought conviction)
- 3,000 people were saved from their sins that day
- Awe and fear can be translated as the same word. First response of those who were saved was to sell all they had

When is Pentecost?