[Gen 15-23] We continue to walk through the history of God's promises to Abraham and how he believed God as he looked ahead to Jesus' day.

Eschatology is just the outworking of all the foundational prophesies, promises, and purposes of God in the salvation of sinners in Jesus Christ. This promise to Abraham is identified as the gospel in Galatians 3:7-9, and even Jesus claimed that Abraham looked ahead to Kingdom of Heaven in Christ when He said to the Jews, "your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” John 8:56

[Gen 3:15] Hope is future oriented, for hope that is seen is not hope. As created beings, we are past, present and future oriented. God's sovereignly planned and announced His redemption in Genesis 3:15. At the Tower of Babel the New World Order was not stopped, just postponed; it’s coming soon-are you ready to suffer as a Christian for the testimony of Jesus?

We will go through the history of Genesis at a high level, focusing on three key sections: 1. Patriarchs-1800 yrs in 11 chapters 2. Abraham-covenants, statements, promises 3. Joseph-pattern of his life points to Christ Today, we focus on the patriarchs chapters 1-11.

Psalm 33 is call to worship, a reminder to trust and fear God over man with a prayer of hope the end: our soul waits for the Lord while rejoicing in him.

[Psalm 130:1-8] Waiting for the Lord is the essence of Hope in the Old Testament. Hope in the person and Word of the Lord, the steadfast love and plentiful redemption. God may hide His face but He won’t change His heart toward us.

[Gal 5:5-6] Faith, hope, and love bring stability, strength, and peace in your union wirth Christ through His Spirit. Notice how faith and works, so decisively separated when it comes to justification, are so closely joined in sanctification-the Christian life. James' epistle is not talking about justification by works but about the faith that justifies - genuine faith works.

[1 Thes 1:2-3] What do we have faith in? The God who Is, the eternal Son, and the Holy Spirit. Our eternal hope begins with justification by faith and the peace with God that we have through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[1 Thes 1:2-3, 5:8] Faith, love, and hope are the identifying marks of true believers. Paul is presenting these three spiritual dynamics of the Christian life as pertaining specifically to and derived from our Lord Jesus Christ--we cannot obtain these on our own.

[1 Peter 4:14] Believers are as sheep to be slaughtered in this life, but God tells us that suffering for his sake is a great blessing; being reviled for his sake indicates that the Spirit himself--the culminating feature of the New Covenant--rests on you.