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DECEMBER 11, 2022
STUDY NOTES
JESUS IS THE MESSIAH
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
INTRODUCTION
At Christmas we often read and hear, “Jesus is the reason for the season”
If that is true Christians have a reason to be excited about the Christmas Season
But how do we know for sure that Jesus is the true Messiah?
The word “Messiah” is a Hebrew word meaning “the anointed one”
The word was associated with one who had been anointed, or set apart, for a special purpose
“Messiah” refers to a person who has been specially chosen by God for a special purpose
The OT looked forward to the “Coming Messiah,” the One set apart for God’s purpose
According to the OT the Messiah would be the unique one chosen by God
The Messiah would be “The Anointed One” sent by God unto the nation of Israel
The one promised of God to be the Deliverer of the Jewish nation, God’s chosen nation
In the OT the king, the high priest, and occasionally a prophet was those anointed
In an anointing ceremony, oil was poured over their head as a sign that the anointed now had the right,
and the responsibility to perform the duties of his position
Aaron and his sons were anointed as priests, Exo 28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother,
and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may
minister unto me in the priest's office.
Their anointing set them apart for the purpose of serving God
Solomon was anointed as king, 1Ki 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle,
and anointed Solomon.
And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
The prophecy of the greatest of all prophets is found in, Deu 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
Which Peter interpreted as Jesus Christ, Act 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you: Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Act 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of
your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
According to the NT Jesus is associated with all three offices, Prophet, Priest, and King
The evidence of Prophet, Joh 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said,
This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
The evidence of Priest, Heb 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
The evidence of King, Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
JEWISH VIEWS OF THE MESSIAH
The Jewish people lived with the hope of the coming Messiah
They looked for the one who would carry out God’s plan of deliverance for his people
The “Fall of man” revealed the need for the Messiah, sin had separated man from God (Gen 3)
Immediately after the Fall of man the promise of the Messiah was given, Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity
between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel.
The Messiah was to be born of a woman identified by “her seed” (The virgin birth)
In due time the seed of the woman will inflict a fatal blow to the head of the serpent Satan
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The O.T. promised a special “Anointed One,” He would be a man chosen by God
God chose a man by the name of Abraham and God gave him a promise, Gen 12:3 And I will bless them
that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
It was revealed that the Messiah would come through the lineage of Abraham, Gen 22:18 And in thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
The promise was fulfilled in the Messiah, which is Christ, Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were
the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is
Christ.
The Messiah would come through God’s chosen people, the nation of Israel
He would come through the lineage of the “Tribe of Judah”
God signified that the leadership of the future Israelite nation would belong to the tribe of Judah
There would come a great leader who would rule the nations in a reign of peace and prosperity
God spoke through Jacob in, Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
“Shiloh” is a reference to the “Coming Messiah”
King David belonged to the tribe of Judah and God promised David a kingdom that would last forever,
2Sa 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be
established for ever.
The promise of God to David was an unending heir to his throne (II Sam.
7:12-16)
The people of Israel lived in expectation of a time when all enemies would be defeated
A time when the Messiah would reign in a worldwide kingdom of peace and righteousness
From this the Jews expected the Messiah to come in victory over their enemies, Jer 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall
reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
God taught Israel that He had a divinely appointed plan of deliverance from their enemies and sin
It was the sacrificial death of the Messiah which the Jews could not understand or accept
God also taught that He had a plan for the realization of a kingdom of righteousness
Which was the living Messiah, Israel didn’t understand how a dead Messiah could live again
The “anointed one” in Dan 9 points forward to Jesus Christ as the coming Messiah, Dan 9:25
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build
Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined.
Daniel speaks of “Messiah the Prince” (Dan 9:25)
Then Daniel reveals the death of the Messiah, “Messiah shall be cut off” (Dan 9:26)
Daniel reveals that Messiah will carry out God’s ultimate plan of salvation for his people,
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
For centuries the nation of Israel had waited for the coming Messiah
What Messiah did the Jews expect?
The one who would die or the one who would live forever?
By the time of Jesus’ birth, they had their mind set upon the immediate fulfillment of His work
They had a narrow and unspiritual interpretation of Scripture related to the “Coming Messiah”
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