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The Right Kind of King
Isaiah
Shoot of Jesse--- Boaz and Ruth, Obed, Jesse, David.
They were all from Bethlehem.
The Evil King Ahaz is from this kingly line, but he is the opposite of King David.
It is not just enough to have a King who is a descendant of Ahaz.... this King will spring up fresh from the root of Jesse.
Where was Jesus born?
Bethlehem… he is the shoot from the stump of Jesse
Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him
One of the things I mentioned to you in the beginning of our study was that Isaiah points to Jesus more than any other OT prophet.
It is mentioned that the Spirit will rest on Him here and in 42.1; 48.16, and in 61.1 Remember that at Jesus baptism the Spirit came and rested on Jesus 3.16
A careful reading of these verses will reveal some things that havent happened yet.
Saying this another way… the Spirit rested on Jesus as verse 2 says.
He has a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, counsel and strength, knowledge and fear of the Lord (WHICH IS A MAJOR CONTRAST TO AHAZ)
but the following verses have not yet taken place.
Verse 2 speaks of His first coming.
and the following verses speak of His 2nd coming.
This is an important distinction.
speaks of Messiah being “cut off”
When He comes again to set up His kingdom here on earth He will judge and rule impartially and the world will be such a different place
A PLACE OF PEACE BECAUSE IT IS RULED BY THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
The point is that this King will be the kind of King who will do what is right by the Lord and by the and for the people.
point to a restoration to things like they were before the Fall.
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I can trust Jesus to do what is right.
A United People Under One Banner
I love verse 10
Jesus will bring together people from all the nations.
We have had a lot of flag talk lately.
We have people very defensive about the flag of a Confederate Nation that has not existed for 150 years.
We have people fussing about disrespecting our American Flag.
The one thing I can tell you with absolute authority is that Jesus is the “Banner” that all people will pledge their allegiance to.
Second time--- I think the first time God recovered His people could be the Exodus.
Now He is seen in bringing them together from all corners of the earth.
In 1948 Israel once again became a Nation, and the Jewish people came and continue to come from all over the world.
This could surely be the start of fullfilling Isaiah’s prophecy.
One writer put it this way:
For centuries the church understood itself to be the spiritual successor to the people of Israel and saw all the promises as having a spiritual fulfillment in the life of the church.
Thus, when Jews began to return to Israel in the last part of the nineteenth century and that return became a flood after World War II, many Christians were taken by surprise.
I can trust Jesus to bring protection and provision.
Application:
First a warning: Don’t just see this as something that has to do with way out there in the future for Israel.
A two part encouragement.
A. When we have bad leaders, imperiled times, and injustice everywhere, there is still hope.
When it looks like no one fears the Lord.
Not so.
King Jesus rules now and will rule forever.
B. Wondering if God is going to keep his promises?
the first coming of Jesus strengthens our faith that the second coming will take place.
God is trustworthy.
He can handle what pertains to you today.
DO YOU KNOW HIM?
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