Come Home

“The Eternal God has thrown his whole soul into the business of redeeming man.” - Charles Spurgeon

From what? For what?

The Creation of the kingdom and earth’s king

In the beginning, “God”

The One, the non-this, the invisible

Beauty - tracing each color of light back to the diamond that refracted it, to see beyond it to the source of light, God.

Moral excellence, purity, faithfulness, merciful, just.

God orders his mountain - 3 day couplets, and a capstone

Isaiah 40:18 “To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?”

Genesis 1.26 - Adam and Eve

Genesis 2:15 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”

work - grk. latreuo - spiritual service/worship, good and acceptable

keep - guard - a guardian, a warrior against the unholy/evil

Adam was to be shepherd and king, leader and protector, the son of God (Luke 3.38).

He ‘titled’ all the animals - formed his bride.

Then this gardener fails.

This is where humanity feels the impact of the greatest biblical teaching of all, God is holy.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. (not love, love, love or truth...”

With him blessed, without him cursed.

Through the seed? [Genesis 3.15]

How will we get back home?

Cain or Abel (calling on the name or making a name)

Not the best of you, Noah, but something more.

Not the tower of Babel, but Abraham

Cut a covenant (gen.15)

Sacrifice your only son, who was born miraculously (gen.22)

Jacob, dream of stairs at “Bethel”

Shepherd Joseph, foretells his lordship, rejected/killed, 2nd in power, bless

Genesis 49:10 “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”

We need a shepherd to lead (tend) us back, Moses

2nd book is Exodus, lamb slain

Leaves the palace, to be with captives, becomes a shepherd, house of God, second covenant

“One like me is coming” (Deuteronomy 18.18)

Deuteronomy 34.10 - still waiting for him.

We need a king to defeat the enemies (keep), like David (Ruth)

Numbers 24:17 “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.”

He makes this shepherd a king, started by crushing Goliath’s head

No, Im going to make you a house/dynasty.

[2 Samuel 7.12-16]

The prophets spoke often of this coming Son.

Who will bring us back home?

The son of Eve the woman, the son of Abraham, the son of David.

The perfect one

Proverbs 30.1-4

Jeremiah 23:5–6 ““Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, ...And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’”

Isaiah 53:11 “Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.”

The one who gives sacrifices his life as a servant.

Implied in Jonah and Isaac.

Isaiah 53 - don’t look to nations to save u. i have a plan.

Thus he will overturn death.

Bring us back into the house of God (Isaiah 2)

God.

Micah 5:2 “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.”

Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

“High and lifted up” (Isaiah 52.13, [6.2; 57.15]

Wait for the time of your deliverance, for me to come (Malachi 4.5-6)

And then the time came...

Galatians 4:4 “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,”

Mark 1:15 “and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.””

Matthew 1:1 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”

Emmanuel was God with us.

Every where he walked was the garden of Eden.

Healing, feeding, ruling over the serpent.

John 1:12 “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,”

Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.””

John 14:1–3 ““Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

Conclusion:

Come home - Paul says, you know when you read about Adam getting a bride? That’s really Jesus (Galatians 5.31-32).

Lottery - ill tell you before they come to pass

Tire