Jerusalem: A Savior Worth Waiting For

Luke 1:5-25, 67-68, 76-79

1) Holy place

History of Jerusalem
• Built on Mt. Moriah
• Abraham’s sacrifice. Genesis 22:1-2
• David’s threshing floor for sacrifice. 2 Samuel 24:18-25
• Solomon’s

(first temple). 2 Chronicles 3:1
• Jesus’s perfect

Reveal Answer

for our sin (second temple)
• First priesthood of Melchizedek. Genesis 14:18-20

Jesus is the high priest and temple that God had planned for all along

Faith in Jesus transforms us into his new

and his

Reveal Answer

Reveal Answer

. 1 Peter 2:5

God wants to

with you and to use you

2) Holy longing

What is impossible for

is possible for God

Gabriel is one of two angels named in Scripture and announces

of God’s promises

for God’s fulfillment

3) Holy purpose

When believers today submit to God’s

, we may go on in Christ’s service

Zechariah’s Song of Praise (Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:5-6)

Zechariah and Elizabeth and John fulfilled their purpose in fervent prayer and service (Matthew 11:11; Luke 7:28)

in word and action as we await His return

Acts 1:8-12

Through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Jesus makes the church his new

, the dwelling place through which the world encounters the living God