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At the Perfect Time [21-15]

God revealed to the prophets many things about the Messiah, but the Messiah did not come during the time of any of those prophets. More than 400 years after the last of these prophecies was given, at exactly the right time, God would send the Messiah into the world.

神向先知们显示了很多关于弥赛亚的事情，但是弥赛亚仍没有来。在最后一个先知到来之后的400年，时候到了，神差遣弥赛亚到了世上。

A Bible story from: Genesis 3:15; 12:1-3; Deuteronomy 18:15; 2 Samuel 7; Jeremiah 31; Isaiah 59:16; Daniel 7; Malachi 4:5; Isaiah 7:14; Micah 5:2; Isaiah 9:1-7; 35:3-5; 61; 53; Psalm 22:18; 35:19; 69:4; 41:9; Zechariah 11:12-13; Isaiah 50:6; Psalm 16:10-11

Important Terms:

• God
• prophet
• Christ

Translation Notes:

• into the world - This could be translated as, "to the people of the world." The Messiah would be sent not only to the Jews, but to all people.
• A Bible story from - These references may be slightly different in some Bible translations.