With what does God's new work after the four thousand years begin?
God's new work after the four thousand years begins with the fulfillment of the promise He made in Genesis chapter three, verse fifteen. At the exact time in God's schedule, the Messiah was born in Bethlehem, marking the transition from Israel's varied responsibilities to this new work.
Les teaches that after four thousand years of varying types of responsibility, God suddenly does something totally different. It begins with the fulfillment of a promise He made back in Genesis chapter three, verse fifteen. In verse four, Paul points to the fullness of the time, meaning that according to God's schedule, at the exact right day and hour and year, the Messiah was born in Bethlehem. Les explains that this is the Christmas story, referring to Christ's birth in Bethlehem. Paul does not have to rehearse all the details of Joseph and Mary because that was already implied and prophesied, but he brings us right to the crucial point of Christ's birth. It happened because it was in God's timetable.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,