1 00:00:02,300 --> 00:00:04,700 Please remain standing for the reading of the word. 2 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:08,300 We have three passages this morning. 3 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:12,900 We are clustering. Our Advent sermons around, the 4 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:16,800 Prophecies of Isaiah, having to do with the coming of Christ. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,200 And not only are we using the theme of O? 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:24,500 Come O come, but we're also including several titles and 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,200 designations for Christ in there by learning a little more of the 8 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:33,600 full orbed truth about Who Christ is and what he is doing. 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:38,300 Not didn't say, just has done but is doing and will do so 10 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:39,600 these are the Clusters scriptures. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,000 The first one is from the 9th chapter of Isaiah, very familiar 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,400 passage and we'll read that. And then we'll move over a few 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,500 chapters in Isaiah and read a an episode a little bit of an 14 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:55,800 episode that took place during the days of King Hezekiah of to 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,900 whom and For Whom the prophet Isaiah ministered. 16 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:05,400 And It's based upon a passage back in Second Kings. 18, Second 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,600 Kings, 18, 19 and 20 are the story of the reign of King 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,800 Hezekiah and during that rain occurred the greatest crisis in 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,800 the history of Judah. And that was the northern Syrian 20 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,800 Invasion from which the Lord spared them and save them and 21 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,500 preserve the nation of Judah for another hundred and some odd 22 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:28,500 years before it finally fell into captivity with the 23 00:01:28,508 --> 00:01:31,100 Babylonians. And then the Third And final is 24 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:35,000 just a quotation out of the Book of Revelation will see how this 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,900 all ties together. If I do my job. 26 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:43,700 But here now the word of the Lord for, to us a child, is born 27 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:46,000 to us. A son is given, and the 28 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,100 government shall be upon his shoulder. 29 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,000 And his name Shall be Called wonderful, counselor, Mighty 30 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,100 God. Everlasting father, Prince of 31 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:58,800 Peace of the increase of his government and peace. 32 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:02,900 There will be no end. And on the throne of David and 33 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:07,200 over his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with Justice. 34 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,800 And with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore the 35 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,100 Zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. 36 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:22,100 Then Isaiah chapter 22, a few verses in the in the end of that 37 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:28,000 chapter in that day I will call my servant eliakim the son of 38 00:02:28,008 --> 00:02:32,000 hilkiah and we'll clothed him with your robe and will bind 39 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 your sash on him and will commit your authority to his hand. 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to 41 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,100 the house of Judah, and I will place on his shoulder. 42 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:47,000 The key of the House of David, he shall open and None Shall 43 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:49,700 I'll shut, he shall shut, and None Shall open. 44 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,600 And I will fasten him like a pig in a secure place and he will 45 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,300 become a throne of honor to his father's house. 46 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,700 And they will hang on him, the whole honor of his father's 47 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:04,300 house The Offspring and issue, every small vessel from the cups 48 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:08,300 to the flagons in that day. Declares the Lord of hosts that 49 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:11,900 the peg that was fastened in a secure place, will give way, and 50 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:15,000 it will be cut down and fall. The load that was on. 51 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,600 It will be cut off for the Lord. Lord has spoken. 52 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,200 And then finally all the way over to The Apocalypse of Saint, 53 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:28,300 John chapter 3 verse 7 and to the angel of the Church of 54 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:31,500 Philadelphia. Write the words of the Holy One, 55 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:36,800 the true one who has the Key of David who opens, and no one will 56 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,400 shut who shuts and no one opens the word of the Lord. 57 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:45,300 Amen. You may be seated. 58 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,000 What is this all about? This is about the kingdom. 59 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,800 We living in a democracy, don't really think a whole lot about 60 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,800 Kingdom, most of the countries and the civilizations of 61 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:09,000 humanity, human history have known a lot about a king because 62 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,900 most have been ruled by monarchy or something very close to it. 63 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,300 We have in this country eliminated the office of King 64 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,400 and so we don't really sometimes understand a few things about 65 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,700 that. Office one is it's an office by 66 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,000 appointment. It comes by Divine appointment 67 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:35,600 or it becomes by right that descends for my family. 68 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,600 It can come in ways of hard Revolution. 69 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,300 It can come in ways of quiet, desperation. 70 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:48,200 And but a kingdom comes, and the kingdom that will rule all the 71 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,900 kingdoms. And he didn't even as beginning 72 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:54,300 that Conquest today as the kingdom of God. 73 00:04:54,300 --> 00:04:59,600 According to The Parables of Christ is extracting, from all 74 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:05,600 the ethnic groups, and all the other kingdoms citizens out of 75 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,500 the kingdoms of the ancient Middle East. 76 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:15,100 They're come citizens, they're called Believers in a new king 77 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,100 there. Those who have come to Faith and 78 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:22,100 sworn their allegiance and bow down before and now follow and 79 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:28,200 Obey and serve a new king. That is King, Jesus and that's 80 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,400 really what the coming of Christ was all about. 81 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,800 It was the inauguration on Earth of the coming of a king. 82 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,600 In fact, we see it there in Isaiah where it says unto us a 83 00:05:38,608 --> 00:05:41,600 child is born. The birth of a child speaks of 84 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,700 Christ's Humanity. He was born of the Virgin Mary. 85 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:47,500 He was born Into The Human Condition. 86 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:53,400 He was 100% Homosapien human, man. 87 00:05:54,700 --> 00:06:01,000 But also, it says that a son is given that's royalty. 88 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,900 That's a title. The scriptures say thou art my 89 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:07,500 son. Today, I have begotten thee. 90 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,800 It is an anointing. That is an Incarnation. 91 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:16,000 That is an enthronement that comes from on high and it speaks 92 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,400 of the deity of Christ. Christ is not only completely 93 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,300 human, just like, we are, but he is fully Divine in every way. 94 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,600 With God, Almighty, the father. And therefore, he comes as a 95 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,800 unique person who's perfect to be the mediator between Divine, 96 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:39,600 that which is transcendent and godly and the human that, which 97 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,900 is temporal and Earthly. And so, that's what we have 98 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:46,100 there. We have a man in the middle 99 00:06:46,700 --> 00:06:52,800 between all that is God and all that is human, and he comes to 100 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,800 do a task. But the word that we focus on 101 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:03,300 today is this idea of the Key of David last week we saw kind of a 102 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:08,100 strange concept called the stump and the root of Jesse, remember 103 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:09,800 that? And we talked about what all 104 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,800 that teaches us. Well, this phrase here, the the 105 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:22,100 Key of David teaches us something, and the key in 106 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,600 anywhere, you look at is that which Unlocks is that, which is 107 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,300 brings about opens up. But it also that, which shuts 108 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:36,200 and around this one person. This son who is coronated King 109 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:43,400 and who is of our very flesh. Rest all of the authority to 110 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:48,100 open and close to shut in and to shut out to release and to 111 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:52,600 capture, it's a sovereignty, it's a Divine Authority that he 112 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,900 has. In fact, the scriptures speak in 113 00:07:56,900 --> 00:08:00,400 the, in the language of a couple of ideas. 114 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,100 The word often is used for the word power. 115 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:08,700 It's sometimes called the power of the keys and the Bible speaks 116 00:08:08,700 --> 00:08:12,200 of the keys to the kingdom. It speaks of the keys to death 117 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:16,000 in hell, it speaks of the keys to the bottomless pit. 118 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,800 So if you run this reference through scripture, you see that 119 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:23,600 what we're looking at is absolute final assignment 120 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:29,700 Authority, verdict. It is a, it is a very Regal 121 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:33,900 term, they hold the keys, the king holds the keys. 122 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:36,400 So we see in this passage some interesting things. 123 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,400 This this first idea is the idea of authority around The idea of 124 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:47,000 a of a royal key. It is expressed in our in the 125 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Greek language by word exousia and it means right Authority. 126 00:08:54,600 --> 00:09:00,200 Warrant, it means it can be to be authorized but not only is it 127 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,100 a right? A power is a right but it is 128 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:07,400 also used in the sense of being a power. 129 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:10,900 And this word you're familiar with when it says Is I'm not 130 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:13,400 ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto 131 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,000 salvation, where does dunamis? And it means and active power. 132 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:22,100 A power to actually accomplish. It is the dunamis of capacity, 133 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:29,600 ability strength, So the King has not only the right to do 134 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,900 with your soul. What he wants to do and Jesus 135 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:38,900 tells us to fear Him who has the power of life and death over us. 136 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:41,900 That's a hard notion for some people to swallow. 137 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,400 In fact, in our sinful Rebellion, we just don't like it 138 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,500 at all. But the fact is, there is a 139 00:09:46,508 --> 00:09:49,000 sovereign in the universe that has absolute power over your 140 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:53,200 life. He has a right and Authority as 141 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,900 your creator to do what he wants to do with his life, with your 142 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:59,800 life. So we must think in those terms 143 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,700 and begin to get our minds yielded and adjusted to this 144 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:07,700 notion of absolute Authority. Just like the Philippian. 145 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:12,900 Jailer had a whole belt full of keys, the King of Kings holds 146 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,600 the keys, he holds the keys to it. 147 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,900 All is his absolute Sovereign and has a right to be that but 148 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:22,800 not only does he have a right? Is he authorized to do it? 149 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:27,100 Does he have a warrant to have a absolute control over your life 150 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:30,300 and over Nations and in the whole creation? 151 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,500 But he also has the ability to do something about it. 152 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,300 He not only has the right and the authorization but he has the 153 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:43,700 wherewithal. He has the the authority to rule 154 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:47,200 and to take dominion. And these two Greek words that I 155 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,800 just mentioned exousia and dunamis or have match Teaching 156 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,700 Latin words, of course. So much of theology in the 157 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:57,300 western church moved into Latin. So you have to pay attention to 158 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:00,100 that. The word that is analogous in 159 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:05,800 Latin to exclusive has the word POTUS and it means the authority 160 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,100 to the rule or here's an interesting word dominion. 161 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:15,400 To dominate and the word for dunamis is matched by the word 162 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,800 potentia which means Authority, Rule, and Dominion as well. 163 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,400 So you just can't escape it with translation, the Latin and the 164 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,500 Greek, the whole Heritage of this teaching about the kingdom 165 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:30,200 of God comes to us at a pretty straightforward manner, right 166 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,500 out of the Bible. In fact, if you would understand 167 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:36,800 the Bible at all, you've got to understand something about the 168 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,000 kingdom of God, God's righteous rule over. 169 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Over all creation God's righteous rule over the church 170 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,700 God's righteous rule over his people God's righteous rule 171 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:51,200 over. You personally, in fact, if you 172 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,000 don't understand that, you'll find yourself, living a life, 173 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,300 displeasing to the Lord and a life of sin. 174 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:58,300 If you don't understand that, you won't understand all the 175 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:01,300 millennial positions, you won't understand the doctrine of 176 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:04,300 salvation. There's just a whole lot about 177 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,800 the whole notion of Christianity that is wrapped up in 178 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,900 understanding the Except of the kingdom of God. 179 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,500 The entrance into the kingdom of God. 180 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:19,800 I'll mention parenthetically is by repentance and Faith, 181 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:24,100 repentance of your sins and your previous walk and Direction. 182 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,000 Attitude, worldview out looking Behavior. 183 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:34,600 Repent, And faith, belief, simple Shear Muir trust, 184 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,700 dependence and coming to Christ for forgiveness and salvation, 185 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:42,100 and that's the way the kingdom is injured. 186 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:45,600 It is entered by repentance and faith. 187 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:51,500 God, commands, all men, and women, God commands, all to 188 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:55,700 repent. He tells us to be careful that 189 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:59,900 we escape the wrath that is to come against. 190 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:07,100 All rebellious subjects in God's order and I want well, I'll just 191 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:09,200 stop it there. I won't get sidetracked too much 192 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,500 on Notions of the Kingdom because we got a lot of head of 193 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,400 us here and we got to just a few minutes to do it. 194 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:15,900 One is, we need to take a good look at this story. 195 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,400 This little story that's thrown in here is kind of interesting 196 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,900 sees in that day. I will call my servant like him, 197 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,600 the son of hilkiah and so forth. What's going on there? 198 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:26,000 Well, let me tell you briefly that he's, this is in the days. 199 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,000 This is about 720 BC or 7 + centuries before Or Christ was 200 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 born. That's how far back the 201 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,800 prophecies go. Actually, they go back twice 202 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,000 that far and even further than that. 203 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,200 And when you consider the Prophecies of the Book of 204 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:45,600 Genesis, but those prophecies had to do with the coming of the 205 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:52,300 king, the Messiah, the true. Son of David who would sit upon 206 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:55,300 David's Throne when God established David's, Throne way 207 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:57,200 back. He told Nathan the prophet way 208 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,300 back in. Second Samuel 7 you read about 209 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:01,300 it. Where God just simply says, I'm 210 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:03,700 going to stablish this little cup all the kingdoms of the 211 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:05,700 world. I'm going to stablish this one 212 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:11,800 little mid-eastern potentate as the Eternal throne, and he put 213 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,900 that designation upon King David. 214 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,900 And that's the throne. And there were the descendants 215 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:19,800 of King David came along. And, you know, Oh, the story of 216 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,100 of Solomon, and then riobamba and jeroboam in the splitting, 217 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:26,000 in the dividing and all that. But all through God says, it's 218 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,400 that Kingdom of David, that House of David, the lineage of 219 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:36,900 David, Is who I will rest. All of my Divine Authority in 220 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,700 and the authority along with great Authority goes great 221 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:46,000 responsibility, and the great responsibility is now, this King 222 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:50,900 has not only the right to judge, but he has the responsibility to 223 00:14:50,900 --> 00:14:54,300 do, what's right? Do you hear that? 224 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,100 God not only has the right in Christ to do anything he wants 225 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:01,700 to with your life but he has the moral responsibility as to his 226 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,800 character to do that, which is perfectly righteous. 227 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:10,200 And just with your life, he will establish a rule of Justice 228 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,200 Hill, establish a rule of righteousness. 229 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:17,100 It's a holy rule. Holy means separated apart from 230 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:20,200 different than it. Also means cleaned up and made 231 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,800 fit and set aside for special use. 232 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:26,100 That's what the Lord has in mind for his people. 233 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:29,900 It's a royal rule over them, but it's a rule that has both 234 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:33,000 responsibility as well as the authority in it. 235 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,500 And this Authority that's placed upon the king is pictured. 236 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:40,500 In the Bible, as a yoke. It's a heavy yoke that bears. 237 00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:43,700 A heavy burden or pulls a heavy load and it's placed upon the 238 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:48,600 shoulders of the of the king much like a yoke would be placed 239 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,400 upon oxen to pull a heavy load into bear, a heavy weight. 240 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:58,000 And this E load comes upon Upon Jesus Christ. 241 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,900 This yoke is placed upon him and he has this responsibility to do 242 00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:04,400 it. But back in the day, what 243 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,400 happened in Isaac, it has a Caius day and I'll try to tell a 244 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,300 3 chapter story in about few minutes. 245 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:17,300 We'll see. King Hezekiah is threatened by 246 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:20,900 the Assyrian Conquest to collect police of the third, and 247 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:24,200 sennacherib is General have seeds and conquered the northern 248 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,200 kingdom. The king of Israel. 249 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,400 The ten tribes and now they're laying Siege to the southern 250 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,700 Kingdom. They've already conquered some 251 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:32,400 of the cities on the Northern Edge and now, they're laying 252 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,400 Siege to Jerusalem. And and Hezekiah the king cries 253 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,100 out to the Lord for help and the Lord says, don't trust in 254 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:40,100 chariots. Don't trust in your army but 255 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:43,500 trust in me. Well, meanwhile the King wages. 256 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,200 Is a propaganda campaign, the king of Assyria. 257 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,400 And he sends a man down to tell him says are your people 258 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,200 trusting in the Lord? Are you trusting in your silly 259 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,500 little God? What other god of what other 260 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:57,400 city of the ancient world has been spared by their God? 261 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,300 And your king is telling you to trust in the Lord you do better. 262 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:04,500 Give that up becoming trust me. If you do that, I'll take care 263 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:05,599 of you. I'll be a good King. 264 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:08,300 I'll be a great Sovereign rain over the people says the king of 265 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:12,200 Syria, and in the men who are in charge of Hezekiah, is 266 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,400 government. Tell that man said, holding 267 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,500 speak, if you would in your language, don't speak in the 268 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,800 language of Judea. He said, because our people can 269 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,300 hear what you're saying. They can hear these threats and 270 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:25,900 they can then know what our decision is. 271 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:29,700 So they continue. To speak in the language. 272 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:33,200 That is the native tongue. Where everybody in Jerusalem, 273 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,700 can see what these propagandists. 274 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:36,600 These embassies areas of the king. 275 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:41,000 Well, the guy that was holding the the responsibility of the 276 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,900 Prime Minister or the first minister of the one that had the 277 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:47,200 real administrative. The say, the CEO of the chief 278 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,600 operating officer in Judea was a man named shebna and he's 279 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,900 mentioned, by the way, in your text back in verse 15. 280 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:57,000 Before we get down to verse 20, where we read and shove do was 281 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,800 the, was the one Who was the steward of the house. 282 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,800 He had control of everything and he elevated himself to King 283 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,700 built himself, a royal tomb and did all this sort of thing and 284 00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:10,700 he displeased the Lord. And the Lord is replacing him. 285 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:16,300 And taken away the authority of shebna to be Hezekiah as prime 286 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:20,000 minister and giving that authority to another. 287 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,000 And that's what's happening in verse 15. 288 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,000 He says, I will call my servant Eli Hakeem and I will clothe him 289 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 with your robe. He's talking to shebna now. 290 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:32,400 The prophet is and will bind his Sash on him and will commit your 291 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,300 authority to his hand. So the authority of the prime 292 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:40,100 minister's being changed. God Has Changed Hezekiah as 293 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:43,800 prime minister and he promises that he shall be a father to 294 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,900 catch that word, father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the 295 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:50,300 house of Judah, I will place on his shoulder, the key or the 296 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:53,300 Yoke of the burden of the House of David, he shall open and 297 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:56,900 unsell shut and so forth. So, what's happening here is God 298 00:18:56,900 --> 00:19:02,000 is taking the Rarity, the exclusive away from. 299 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:07,300 One prime minister under King Hezekiah and shifting it over to 300 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:12,400 another for good reason. Nevertheless, God is is doing 301 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:17,100 this to his people. And by the way, if I was a 302 00:19:17,108 --> 00:19:18,700 preacher, I'd stop preach right here. 303 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 God is Sovereign enough to do that. 304 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:30,100 Uh-huh. He will take from Esau gift to 305 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:35,500 Jacob. He will take from Saul and give 306 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:38,800 to David. He'll even according to Book of 307 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,500 Ezekiel. He will even take the whole 308 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:44,000 Shepherds of Israel. They're keying their priests, 309 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,900 their profits, the whole leadership group from Israel, 310 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:53,400 take from them, strip them of their Authority and give it to 311 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,900 his righteous servant The Humble servant, Jesus Christ. 312 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,100 And that's what a lot of the New Testament is about God. 313 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:06,400 Taking the authority from the failing, unbelieving Unfaithful 314 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:12,300 Shepherds of well, and giving it to the Good Shepherd, who dies 315 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,900 and lays down his life for the sheep and who leads the sheep 316 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:20,000 and whose voice the Sheep know. And this is what's happening in 317 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,300 Israel. God is making this particular 318 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:27,500 change and so when he does so he describes the authority now just 319 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:30,800 in the moments we have left, let me just point out something 320 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,500 about what this Authority entails and there are in the 321 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,400 passage. We first read there. 322 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:40,900 There are several names that are given unto us. 323 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:42,400 A child is born. Son is given. 324 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,700 That's the humanity and the Divinity, deity of Christ, the 325 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:47,300 government shall be upon his shoulder. 326 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:49,500 That's the yolk. He has the key. 327 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:55,300 To call the shots. And he has the Yoke to Bear the 328 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:59,200 responsibility before God of calling the shots. 329 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:04,100 So that's what the office that Jesus has assumed as he becomes 330 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,400 the king as he is. So anointed and so-and-so. 331 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:13,000 Enthroned, and here in chapter 9 is very familiar. 332 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:18,500 Passage is A passage which mentions the word name and his 333 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:23,700 name shall be called and what is listed here are four Throne 334 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:31,000 names for royal names titles, also descriptions of the king 335 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,500 that sits on the throne. And if there's ever a good 336 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,100 christological passage anywhere in the Old Testament, it's right 337 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:37,900 here. Can listen to what these are and 338 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:39,100 I know you're familiar with them. 339 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:42,000 We've heard him read repeatedly. In fact I think almost every 340 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,200 Advent season, one way, or the other in the 15 years I've been 341 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,100 Been preaching, this little service, we've managed to bring 342 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:51,000 this passage into one of the Advent sermons, one way or the 343 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,100 other, and it's worth it, because listen to what he says, 344 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:57,300 his name Shall be Called wonderful counselor, Mighty God, 345 00:21:57,300 --> 00:22:02,200 Everlasting father, Prince of Peace, and of the increase of 346 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,700 his government and peace. There shall be. 347 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,300 Oh no. In other words, it's a Eternal 348 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:09,800 rain and it's mentioned again and it says the Zeal of the lord 349 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,900 of the hosts will perform it. Well, what is what are these 350 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:13,500 names mean? Well, the first one is 351 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,100 wonderful. That means the king that sits 352 00:22:18,100 --> 00:22:20,400 upon the throne, it's going to be a wonderful counselor. 353 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,800 First instance, he's a counselor, he is one that is 354 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,700 called to advise. He is one who is called to lead 355 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:33,500 to support to uphold and to give the right kind of advice in the 356 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,900 right kind of admonition to the kingdom. 357 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,200 And Jesus is certainly that in fact he is a child of wisdom 358 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,400 loot in Luke 2 describes Jesus Christ, life. 359 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,100 In terms of Proverbs 3, where he says he increased in wisdom and 360 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:54,500 in stature and in favor, with God and man, that's Jesus 361 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:56,900 Christ. He is a counselor, he is a, he 362 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:59,300 is a controller, he is a strengthener. 363 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:03,000 Actually, the word comfort means with fortitude, which streak he 364 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,700 brings strength to the soul, isn't it? 365 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:09,500 Wonderful to have someone on the throne that It holds the key to 366 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:13,500 your life, be the one that is the wonderful counselor and the 367 00:23:13,508 --> 00:23:16,400 word wonderful means he's not only magnificent and wonderful 368 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,700 in every way that he strikes all in Wonder in our souls as we 369 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:24,300 behold the beauty of Christ but it says he is a wonder worker if 370 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,600 there's anything to characterize the ministry of Christ. 371 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,100 It was Miracles, incredible Miracles, feeding of the five 372 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:34,100 thousand walking on the water calming the storm raising the 373 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:39,100 dead, Healing The Sick casting out demons Lepers on and on and 374 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:41,400 on, you can go the great wonderful deeds. 375 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,400 In fact, one of the things that commended Christ to that current 376 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,200 audience, that saw him physically with their eyes, was 377 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,400 that he did incredible Miracles that could not be denied 378 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:52,700 Nicodemus. Says, we know you're from God 379 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,300 because nobody can do this kind of stuff, unless he's from God 380 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,900 and that incited faith in the heart of Nicodemus, is he began 381 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:02,300 to believe? But then he learned in order to 382 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:04,300 be a member of that Kingdom and enter that Kingdom. 383 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:07,900 You must be born again. So, it is waiting upon The new 384 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,200 birth. What heard other title Mighty 385 00:24:10,300 --> 00:24:12,600 God. This is the concept, the word 386 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:18,000 mighty and God put together is the concept of God as Valor God 387 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,000 as the Valiant, God as the hero. And that's exactly who Jesus is. 388 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:27,900 In fact, the thing that the hero does is he rises. 389 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:35,000 Resurrection, raises restoring the House of David according to 390 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:41,300 Acts chapter 15 and he restores restores The Fortunes of Israel 391 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,800 that are talked about all through the Old Testament, The 392 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,200 Fortunes of you know, what refers is the fortunes of Israel 393 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,000 restored. It's the blessings that come to 394 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:54,000 us in Christ Ephesians chapter 1 come to us in Christ by Christ. 395 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Jesus wonderful blessings that are temporal that are personal. 396 00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:01,200 There's a Prosperity Gospel. Did you know that there's a 397 00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:03,000 Biblical? Prosperity Gospel is not the one 398 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,700 you hear on TV very often but there's a Biblical Prosperity 399 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:07,300 Gospel. Then when he gets right down to 400 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:09,000 it Christ is going to prosper us. 401 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,400 Immensely beyond all we can ask or think in this life and 402 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,500 certainly in the life to come, he is a vowel or he's a hero, 403 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:21,500 he's an everlasting father that word there member didn't mention 404 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:24,600 that one of the things that they were going to give to eliakim 405 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,600 was he would be the father of the people. 406 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,100 Well this means that he'll be a progenitor. 407 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,300 Of the family will be the progenitor of a family. 408 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:34,700 He'll be the father of a family. That's who Christ is. 409 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,500 He's the second Adam. He's a new father of the new 410 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:44,000 humanity and it's a royal family and it's a Priestly family 411 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,300 fulfilling the great promises all through the Old Testament of 412 00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:51,600 restoring, the priesthood of Aaron and restoring and 413 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,100 superseding, even the Throne of David priest and King a royal 414 00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:59,300 priesthood and that's the way his people are there. 415 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:03,100 In that Kingdom with him and they rule and reign with him and 416 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:05,800 they are priest along with him with all the goes with that. 417 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:11,400 Well, and then finally, it says he is the Prince of Peace. 418 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:17,500 He's the ruler just like you like him is a type of Christ in 419 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,800 our story today. Even King Solomon was a type of 420 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,500 Christ. His very name Solomon. 421 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,600 Shalom. He was the son. 422 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,400 He was the prince. He was the son of David. 423 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,300 He was the prince of shalom. I'm the Prince of Peace and a 424 00:26:31,308 --> 00:26:36,300 lot in the life of Solomon is typifies the great king. 425 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:38,800 But Jesus said, when he came to remember, set a greater than 426 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,000 Solomon is here, that's what we have in Christ. 427 00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:46,700 We have this, this Mighty God, the Everlasting father, this 428 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:48,600 wonderful counselor, this Prince of Peace. 429 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 And then finally, let me say one thing as I close. 430 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,200 You remember the Great Commission? 431 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,600 Recorded in the Book of Matthew. What did Jesus say to his 432 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,000 disciples? Just think about that as I sort 433 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:10,100 of give it to you? All authority. 434 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:15,400 It's the word exousia. It means the write the warrant 435 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:22,500 all authority in heaven and in Earth is given to me. 436 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:30,100 He says then therefore. As you're going, make disciples. 437 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,400 Teach them to observe all things. 438 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:40,400 I have commanded you And what did he finally say lo I am with 439 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:46,600 you? Emmanuel God With Us Until the 440 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:51,800 End of the Age. What a wonderful savior is he. 441 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:51,800 What a wonderful savior is he.