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JANUARY 3
22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God And whole, like those who go down
commanded him, so he did. to the Pit;
13 We shall find all kinds of
Psalm 2:7–12 precious possessions,
7 “I will declare the decree: We shall fill our houses with spoil;
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The LORD has said to Me, Cast in your lot among us,
‘You are My Son, 15 Let us all have one purse”—
Today I have begotten You. My son, do not walk in the
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You way with them,
The nations for Your inheritance, Keep your foot from their path;
16 For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
Surely, in vain the net is spread
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In the sight of any bird;
2:7 You are My Son. Second Samuel 7:8–16 is 18
the only Old Testament reference to the But they lie in wait for their own blood,
Father/Son relationship in the Trinity, a rela- They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is
tionship seen throughout the New Testament.
Today I have begotten You. This expresses greedy for gain;
the privileges of relationship,with its prophet- It takes away the life of its owners.
ic application to the Son, the Messiah. This Matthew 3:1–17
verse is quoted in the New Testament in refer-
ence to the birth of Jesus (Heb. 1:5,6) and to In those days John the Baptist came
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His resurrection (Acts 13:33,34) as the ultimate 3 preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and
fulfillments of the verse. saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by
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2:12 Kiss the Son. This symbolic act indicates the prophet Isaiah, saying:
allegiance and submission (see 1 Sam. 10:1).
This word for “Son”is not the Hebrew word for “The voice of one crying in the
“son” that is used in v. 7. Rather, it is the wilderness:
Aramaic counterpart for the word (see Dan. ‘Prepare the way of the LORD;
7:13), which addresses the command to Make His paths straight.’ ”
“nations”(v.1).perish in the way. These words 4 Now John himself was clothed in camel’s
pick up the major burden of Psalm 1. hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and
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his food was locusts and wild honey. Then
Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around
And the ends of the earth for the Jordan went out to him and were baptized
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Your possession. by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees
You shall dash them to pieces like a and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said
potter’s vessel.’ ” to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to
flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear
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Be instructed, you judges of the earth. fruits worthy of repentance, and do not think
11 Serve the LORD with fear, to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our
And rejoice with trembling. father.’ For I say to you that God is able to
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, raise up children to Abraham from these
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And you perish in the way, stones. And even now the ax is laid to the
root of the trees. Therefore every tree which
When His wrath is kindled but a little. does not bear good fruit is cut down and
Blessed are all those who put their thrown into the fire. I indeed baptize you
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trust in Him.
with water unto repentance, but He who is
coming after me is mightier than I, whose san-
Proverbs 1:10–19
dals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize
My son, if sinners entice you, you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnow-
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Do not consent. ing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly
If they say, “Come with us, clean out His threshing floor, and gather His
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Let us lie in wait to shed blood; wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent chaff with unquenchable fire.”
without cause; 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John
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