THE FIRST AND SECOND COMING OF JESUS
Isaiah 11:1-10
THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS
V:1 \”A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; his roots a Branch will bear fruit.\”
A. We are all rooted in our parents, grandparents and all descendants.
1. We are all connected to past generations
2. What ever happen in past generations shapes and molds us for the future
work of God.
3. Our past tells where we come from, but does not define where we are going.
B. Isaiah connects the genealogy of Jesus to Jesse the father of King David.
1. The sins of Jesus forefathers led to the Babylonian an Assyrians captive.
2. God ended His punishment of Israel with the promise of an everlasting King.
3. God\’s promise of an everlasting King is found in the covenant God made with
Abraham some 1200 years earlier.
a. Genesis 17:6-7
\” I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from
you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you
and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the
God of your descendants after you.\”
b. God made a covenant with King David that there would be an everlasting
kingdom from his generation, 300 years earlier than the time of Isaiah.
2 Samuel 7:16
\”Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will
be established forever.\’\”
4. Between the past promises of God and the trials and tribulations of our past
is the positioning of God for our future.
C. From the birth of Jesus came the Church .
1. From the Church came believers from all nations
2. We never know how many people our faith in Jesus will draw to Him.
THE EQUIPPING OF JESUS FOR THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH
V:2-3. \” The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power ,the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord —
3a. and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
A. It is the spirit of the Lord that equips us for His works.
1. Anyone who has accepted Jesus as their personal savior has the indwelling
of the Holy Spirit.
2. The Spirit of wisdom and understanding.
a. Those who have faith in Jesus have access and an understanding of
God\’s Word.
b. It is faith in the Word of God that empowers believers.
Proverbs 1:7
\”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.\”
c. Those who follow Jesus are wiser than the world. The story
of Daniel and the 3 other Hebrew boys indicate the success of
following God.
Daniel 1:20
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned
them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his
whole kingdom.
3. The spirit of counsel and power.
a. Any wise counsel we have comes from the Lord.
b. The Word of God is full of stories of men and women who
relied on God to make decisions.
Job 12:13
To God belong wisdom and power;
counsel and understanding are his.
4. The Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord
a. Jesus., even though He was God did not rely on Himself
when He walked the earth.
b. Jesus has full and complete understanding of His Word.
John 7:16-17
Jesus answered, \”My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.
If anyone chooses to do God\’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes
from God or whether I speak on my own.
c. Jesus reverence His Father. The first step toward knowledge is the
fear of the Lord.
d. It is a blessing to believers to be able to abide in God\’s Word.
JESUS THE FINAL JUDGE
V:3b.-4. \”He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.\”
A. Jesus, our Lord and Savior followed His own directions to us.
1. The Just live by faith and not by sight.
2. What we see and hear from man is often not the truth.
3. A person can be judges by His actions.
B. Jesus will Judge the heart of man.
1. The discussion shifts from Jesus character to How He deals with us.
2. Jesus will deal with us according to His righteousness.
3. His love for us demands that He chastises us when we are wrong.
4. Believers are justified and sanctified by His righteousness.
C. Those who will not accept Christ will be condemned for their sins.
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THE REIGN OF CHRIST ON EARTH
V:5 \”Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.\”
A. Jesus came the first time to die for our sins.
1. Our faith in Jesus is our way to salvation.
2. John 3:16
\”For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. \”
B. Jesus will come again to judge the world
1. The discussion now shifts to the millennium kingdom. Rev 20:4
2. Jesus will reign on earth for a thousand years.
3. All believers will be taken up to reign with Him.
4. Non believers will endure the tribulation .
5. Those who come out of the tribulation, mainly the Jews will grow into
a new nation under Christ rule.
A PERIOD OF HARMONY ON EARTH
V:6-9. The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper\’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
A. These verses describe a period of peace and tranquility.
1. This will occur doing the 1000 year reign of Christ. Rev 20:4
2. God will reverse the hostile nature of animals toward man.
3. The survival instinct of animals will be reduce to being satisfied by the
food produced in the millennium period.
4. The animals living together in Noah\’s ark was fore runner of this period.
a. Noah and his family were under the control of God.
b. There was no danger inside the ark.
c. Everything needed for survival was provided by God.
B. Doing the millennium, Jesus will be king and ruler. Rev 20:4
1. His Word will be made known to all mankind.
2. There will be no need to teach the Word, because all mankind will
have full knowledge of it.
3. All believers today have access and the ability to have full knowledge of
God\’s Word through the power of the Holy Spirit.
THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH, THE FINAL RESTING PLACE
V:10. \” In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious\”
A. This verse seem to be another time frame.
1. John 12:30-32
30 Jesus said, \”This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for
judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 But I,
when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.\”
2. The millennium kingdom ends with Satan being released for a short period
of time in a last attempt to deceive God\’s people.
a. Satan is bound and cast into the eternal hell. Rev 20:7
b. The books are open and Jesus judges all sinners and they are cast into the
eternal hell. Rev 20 11-15
c. The Book of life is open and all believers are judged and placed in
heaven to be with Christ.
3. The old heaven and earth is passed away and a new Heaven and Earth
is put in place. Rev 21:1
a. This is the resting place of Christ.
b. All believers, Jews and Gentiles will worship the Root of Jesse , Jesus
Christ forever.
THANK GOD FOR JESUS, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Park Way North
Houston, Texas 77386
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