Psalms 78:1-7 

1) O my people, listen to my instructions.

Open your ears to what I am saying,

2) for I will speak to you in a parable.

I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

3) stories we have heard and known,

stories our ancestors handed down to us.

4) We will not hide these truths from our children;

we will tell the next generation

about the glorious deeds of the Lord,

about his power and his mighty wonders.

5) For he issued his laws to Jacob;

he gave his instructions to Israel.

He commanded our ancestors

to teach them to their children,

6) so the next generation might know them—

even the children not yet born—

and they in turn will teach their own children.

7) So each generation should set its hope anew on God,

not forgetting his glorious miracles

and obeying his commands.

Daniel 9:20-25

Gabriel’s Message about the Anointed One

20)I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the Lord my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain. 21)As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22)He explained to me, “Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding. 23)The moment you began praying, a command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision.

24)“A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25)Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times

Acts 7 Stephen before High priest and Council

57 Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him 58 and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.[n]

59 As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

Matthew 27:24-25

 “We take responsibility for his death-we and our children”

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 

13 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died[a] so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.[b] 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died[c] will rise from their graves. 17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. 18 So encourage each other with these words.

Now you are the EXPERT!!

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns”.

Ephesians 1:4

4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.