“The Census of God” | November 27, 2022

I.            “The Census”
Luke 1:76-80
Luke 2:1-3; Ac17:7; [Ac 5:37]
Luke 3:1; Matt 2:1-16; 1Sa 16:1; 2Sa 7:16
Micah 5:2-5
 
II.             “The Journey”
Luke 2:4-5; Mat 1:1-16
Luke 1:26-33; see Matt 2:23; Lk 1:11; John 7:42; 14:1-3
Revelation 22:6-21; 1Sa 16:1; Matt 2:1; Ro 8:28; Est 4:14
Psalm 102:12-13; [see Ps 75:2; Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2; [Is 40:2]
 
 
III.          "The Virgin Birth” 
Luke 2:6-7; [Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1-6]
Proverbs 8:22-36; Jn 1:1-5
Isaiah 9:6-7; Jer 30:21-22; Zech 9:9; Hos 6:3; Gal 4:4-7
Luke 2:7; Gen 1:31; 3:15; Heb 4:14-16
Colossians 1:15-20; 2:13-14
2 Corinthians 5:21
Philippians 2:5-11; Col 1:20; Ja 4:10; 1Pe 5:6
Proverbs 8:32-36; Php 2:10-11
 
Greek Word Study:
Decree: ‘dogma’: from base of ‘dokeo’; a law (civil, ceremonial, or ecclesiastical): - decision, decree, legal demand, ordinance. Noun from ‘dokeo’ (to think) A decree, edict, ordinance e.g. of a prince (Lk 2:1; Ac 17:7)
World: ‘oikoumene’: Feminine participle presumed passive of ‘oikeo’ (to dwell, abide, occupy a house) as noun, by implication of ‘ge’ (soil, a region) (solid part of the terrene globe, including occupants); Specially, the Roman Empire: - world. Noun from ‘oikeo’ the inhabited earth, the world: Particularly as inhabited by Greeks, and later by the Greeks and Romans; hence spoken of the Roman Empire, of Palestine and the adjacent countries [under Roman rule] (Lk 2:1; 21:26)
Before/First: ‘protos’: contracted superlative of ‘pro’ (foremost) (in time, place, order, or importance): - before, best, chief man, first, foremost. Adjective foremost, hence first. Generally spoken as an adjective of place, order, time. First (Matt 20:8, 10…Lk 2:2) In an adverbial sense, first, i.e. in the first place. Used for comparative ‘proteros,’ before (Jn 1;15, 30 [Lk 2:2])
His own town: ‘heautou1 polis2’: (including all the other cases); from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the generic (dative or accusative) of ‘autos’ (him, his1) and city2: a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size): - a city (with genitive of a person): meaning one’s native city; the town of his ancestry) [Thayer’s] (Lk 2:3)
House: ‘oikos’: a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); (by implication), a family (more or less related, literal or figurative): - home, house, (-hold), sanctuary. Noun meaning house, dwelling, home. By metonymy: Family, lineage, posterity, descended from one head or ancestor, e.g. the House of David (Lk 1:27, 69; 2:4)
Lineage: ‘patria’: as if feminine of a derivative of ‘pater’ (father); paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation): - family, lineage. Noun from ‘pater’ (father). Paternal Descent, lineage. In the NT a family, particularly a family which may include several households. (Lk 2:4; Eph 3:15)
Betrothed: ‘mnesteuo’: from a derivative of ‘mnaomai’ (to bear in mind, fixture in mind) to give a souvenir (engagement present) [Bride Price], i.e. betroth: - betrothed. (one legally pledged to be married, requiring divorce)
Firstborn: ‘prototokos’: from ‘protos’ (first) and the alternate of ‘tikto’ (bear, give birth, be born, produce) Firstborn, particularly, the firstborn of a father or mother (Matt 1:25; Lk 2:7) Figuratively, the firstborn in the sense of the chief one, the one highly distinguished; so of Christ, as the beloved Son of God before creation of the world (Col 1:15-16)
Swaddling cloths: ‘sparganoo’: from ‘sparganon’ (a strip, from a derivative of the base of ‘sparasso’ meaning wrap with straps): - to swathe (an infant after Oriental Custom): - wrap in swaddling cloths (Lk 2:7)
Manger: ‘phatne’: from ‘pateomai’ (to eat); a crib (for fodder): - manger. [Fodder: coarse food for livestock; or people considered as readily available and of little value (cannon fodder)] (Lk 2:7)
Inn: ‘kataluma’: from ‘kataluo’: property, a dissolution (breaking up of a journey), i.e. (by implication) a lodging place: guest room, inn. [The use of “the” before “inn” indicates a known communal lodging structure for travelers and their animals – the guest rooms were above a courtyard for animals, with stalls built at ground level around the outside with feed troughs, so that the owner could feed his own animals from his own stall] (The Inn in Bethlehem) (Lk 2:7)