Part 8-Generosity In the Prophetic Word. Generosity in the Prophetic Word The story of Jesus Christ’s birth comes at a time in Israel’s history where

Part 8-Generosity In the Prophetic Word

Generosity in the Prophetic

WordThe story of Jesus Christ’s birth comes at a time in Israel’s history where God had been silent through His prophets for 400 years. As Proverbs 29:18 puts it, “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.” Many of the nation of Israel had indeed cast off restraint and had become a law to themselves. It was into this time period that we come across a godly man, Simeon, who was waiting for God to fulfill His promise to Israel that a King would come, a Savior would be born, the Messiah would be born.

Luke 2:25-35

25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law, 28 he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: 29 “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;

Luke 2:25-35

30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation 31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, 32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.” 33 And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against 35 (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Big Idea

Big Idea:

My God Keeps His

Promises so we can

trust His Word

Completely

Jesus is the Promised King

• 2 Samuel 7:16 • 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be

established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

• “Your House”=King David’s house


• Isaiah 9:6–7 • 6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.


• Isaiah 11:1 1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

• Isaiah 11:10 10 “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious.”


• Isaiah 16:5 5 In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.”


• Jeremiah 30:8–9 8 ‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘That I will break his yoke from your neck, And will burst your bonds; Foreigners shall no more enslave them. 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, And David their king, Whom I will raise up for them.


• Jeremiah 33:14–17 14 ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah: 15 ‘In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, And Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’ 17 “For thus says the LORD: ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;


• Jeremiah 33:20–2220 “Thus says the LORD: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, 21 then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’ ”


• Ezekiel 34:23–24 23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them— My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.


• Hosea 3:4–5 • 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days

without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days.


• Amos 9:11 11 “On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old;


• Zechariah 12:7–10 7 “The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah. 8 In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the LORD before them.


• Zechariah 12:7–10 9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.


• Matthew 1:1 • The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the

Son of David, the Son of Abraham:• Matthew 1:17 • 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David

are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.


• Matthew 1:20 • 20 But while he thought about these things, behold,

an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

• Luke 1:27 • 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was

Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.


• Luke 1:32–33 • 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of

the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”


• Luke 1:69, and has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David,

• Luke 2:11, For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

• Matthew 9:27, When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!”


• Matthew 20:30–31 • 30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the road,

when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” 31 Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”

• Matthew 12:23 • 23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said,

“Could this be the Son of David?”


• Matthew 21:9 • 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those

who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!”

• Matthew 21:15 • 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the

wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant


• Matthew 22:42–43 • 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ?

Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:

• Matthew 22:45 • 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his

Son?”


• Acts 2:25–36 25 For David says concerning Him: ‘I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’


• Acts 2:25–36 29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.


• Acts 2:25–36 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’ 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”


• Romans 1:3–4 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

• 2 Timothy 2:8 8 Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,

Jesus is the Promised Messiah

• Daniel 9:25–26 25 “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. 26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

Jesus is the Promised Messiah• Daniel 9:25-26-70 7s

• Jewish calendar-360 days– 7 sevens + 62 sevens=483 years483 * 360 days=173,880 days

Gregorian Calendar (365 days/year)444 BC to 33 AD=173,740 days 173,740 days+ 116 days for leap years+ 24 days (March 5-March 30)= 173,880 days


What begins the 70 sevens? a command to restore and build Jerusalem• Decree 1-538 BC Cyrus (2 Chron. 36:22-

23; Ezra 1:1-4; 5:13)• Decree 2-520 BC Darius I (Ezra 6:1, 6-12)• Decree 3-457 BC Artaxerxes Longimanus

(Ezra 7:11-26)The first two pertained to rebuilding of

temple and the 3rd to the financing of the animal sacrifices

• Decree 4-March 5, 444 BC Artaxerxes Longimanus Neh. 2:1-8—permission to rebuild the walls

Jesus is the Promised Messiah• 7 Sevens-49 years of rebuilding of the wall

of Jerusalem. The sevens are begun on March 5, 2006 with the decree to rebuild the wall in Nehemiah.

• 62 Sevens-This ended at the crucifixion, March 30, AD 33.

• “The Annointed One” will be cut off after the 62 sevens (26). The word cut off is used of criminals who are executed


• John 1:41 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).

• John 4:25–26 25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

Jesus is the Promised Salvation

• Luke 2:30, “For my eyes have seen Your salvation”• Matthew 1:20–23

20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins

Jesus is the Promised Salvation

• Matthew 1:20–23 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

Big Idea

Big Idea:

My God Keeps His

Promises so we can

trust His Word

Completely


Word• Like Simeon, we are awaiting the return

of the King, the Messiah, our Savior. Nearly 2,000 years ago Jesus rose from the grave and ascended into heaven where he is preparing a place for those who believe on Him. Like Simeon, we must trust God’s completed Word as sufficient revelation until He comes again and we will forever be with Him.


Word• “I am the Root and the Offspring of

David, the Bright and Morning Star. Surely I am coming quickly.”

• Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

• Revelation 22:16b, 20b-21

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