Looking to the Future

Sermon: Looking to the Future     Genesis 49-50

I. Future Blessings (49:1-28)

2 Samuel 7:16… your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.Your throne shall be established forever.’”

Philippians 3:20…our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

II. Future Hope (49:29-50:26)

Isaiah 66:18  “… the time is comingto gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19… they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, … 23 From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the LORD.

Zechariah 8:22 Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD. 23…In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

Revelation 5:9… you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation…