1. In our study of the Minor Prophets, we have emphasized four points: God's chastisement of Israel, God's punishment upon the nations, the manifestation of Christ, and the restoration of all things.
2. God's history is of two portions -- the history of God with man in the OT and the history of God in man in the NT.
3. Regarding the history of God in man, the incarnation of Christ accomplished two things. First, the incarnation brought God into man. Second, the incarnation made God one with man. As a result of the incarnation, there was a wonderful person -- a person who is the mingling of God with man.
4. The NJ is a marvelous sign demonstrating how God is in man and is one with man.
Life experience/Application:
1. God wants to come into man and to be one with man. Man, however, does not take God's way but insists on his own way. This insistence has caused, and continues to cause, great failure.
2. God created us with the intention to gain us so that He could come into us and be one with us. However, either we do not care for God or we care for God according to our own way.
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