Online Bible Study

Across the centuries of the Old Testament, God made promises to restore humanity through the Messiah from Israel. But the Old Testament ends with lots of God’s promises unfulfilled. In Matthew 1:18-25, we see Jesus as the continuation and fulfillment of God’s rescue mission to the world. Conceived through the Holy Spirit and born to a virgin, Jesus is unlike any other human being. He is fully God and fully man, and He came to save people from their sin. The events surrounding His birth fulfill Old Testament prophecy and show us that Jesus is, in fact, the promised Christ, Immanuel, God with us. And just as He used Joseph, God desires to use our faith-driven obedience to fulfill His promises of salvation and restoration.