20241201 Matthew 1: The Arrival of the King
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Acts 2:42 (LSB)
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Call to Worship
Pastor: And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler Who will shepherd my people Israel.
Congregation: Proclaim it among the nations. Great indeed, is the mystery of godliness: Christ was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. Amen
Scripture Reading - Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew 1:18–25 (LSB)
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. 19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. 20 But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the One who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 “And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 Now all this took place in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” 24 And Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.
Introduction: Our Christmas series from Matthew and Luke
(1) Jesus: Our Prophet, Priest and King
The Old Testament presents to us the promise of a person who be the Prophet of Prophets, the Highest of the High Priests, and the King of kings
This morning we will focus on the coming great King who will rule in God’s promised kingdom.
Over and over we are told of a special individual who has the righteousness, the wisdom, the power, the authority, and the right to reign not only over Israel but over the entire earth.
This coming great King will have the power to bruise Satan’s head (Gen. 3:15),
15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
He will the King who will restore what was lost through sin, and establish a kingdom on earth that will extend into eternity.
10 “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
From this King the “scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet” (Gen. 49:10).
Not a single king in the Old Testament fulfilled this prophecy. This could only apply to a future great King.
Other OT predictions refer to a reign described by such terms as everlasting, eternal, and forever. An earthly king could not fulfill this during his lifetime
Nathan the prophet said to king David:
16 “And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
But David’s kingdom was shattered and divided as soon as his successor and son, Solomon, died—and a unified kingdom was never reestablished.
6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” 7 “I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8 ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
The great king David calls the coming One “the King of glory” and Yahweh, the name of God showing that this coming king would be God himself
10 Who is He, this King of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
The coming King is spoken of in similar ways in Psalms 45, 72, 110, and others.
The prophets speak of the great King as both human and divine. Isaiah tells us that He would be born of a virgin (7:14)
14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
This coming King would be despised, forsaken, stricken, pierced through, crushed, chastened, scourged, oppressed, and afflicted (53:3–7).
3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our peace fell upon Him, And by His wounds we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.
Daniel speaks of His Deity when he refers to the coming King as “One like a Son of Man” (7:13). But while He is God and not a god, He would be a different person than God the Father
13 “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And came near before Him.
Isaiah supports this when he writes
6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will accomplish this.
He will be called “Immanuel,” which means “God with us”
14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
He would be born in Bethlehem
2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from everlasting, From the ancient days.”
He would live and walk among the people of israel
15 Yahweh has taken away His judgments against you; He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in your midst; You will fear evil no more.
He would be righteous and bring salvation, He would be humble but regal
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is righteous and endowed with salvation, Lowly and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.
The world would come to Jerusalem to worship Him
17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of hosts, there will be no rain on them.
This King would be the God Man - fully God and fully Man
It is the Gospel of Matthew, written 400 years after the last OT Book of Malchi that reveals to us that Jesus is the promised King
Jesus fulfills all of the prophecies
“The entire New Testament acknowledges Jesus as the promised great King. In its twenty-seven books the term basileia (kingdom) is used one hundred forty-four times in referring to the reign of Jesus Christ; basileus (king) is used directly of Jesus at least thirty-five times; and basileuō (to reign) is used of Him some ten times.” John MacArthur
(2) The Ancestry of the King
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers. 3 And Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of Ram. 4 And Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon. 5 And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse. 6 And Jesse was the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. 7 And Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of Asa. 8 And Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah. 9 And Uzziah was the father of Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. 10 And Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of Amon, and Amon was the father of Josiah. 11 And Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel. 13 And Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, and Abihud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor. 14 And Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud. 15 And Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob. 16 And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. 17 Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
The four gospels:
Matthew, vols. 1-4 (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary) (Message)
In presenting the sovereignty of Jesus, Matthew begins his gospel with the genealogy of the Lord—going back to Abraham, the father of the Hebrew people, through King David, Israel’s model king.
In presenting Jesus’ servanthood, Mark gives no genealogy at all, because a servant’s lineage is irrelevant.
In presenting Jesus as the Son of Man, Luke traces His genealogy back to the first man, Adam.
In presenting Jesus as the divine Son of God, John gives no human genealogy or birth and childhood narratives. He opens his gospel by giving, as it were, Jesus’ divine genealogy: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).
The message of the book of Matthew centers on the theme of Jesus’ kingship. Just as virtually every paragraph of the gospel of John points to something of Christ’s deity, so virtually every paragraph of Matthew points to something of His kingship.
Matthew presents the Messiah King who is revealed, the King who is rejected, and the King who will return. Jesus is painted in royal colors in this gospel as in none of the others. His ancestry is traced from the royal line of Israel; his birth is dreaded by a jealous earthly king; the magi bring the infant Jesus royal gifts from the east; and John the Baptist heralds the King and proclaims that His kingdom is at hand.
Matthew intentionally presents the royal lineage of Jesus and intentionally presents the Jewish and Gentile lineage of Jesus
Jesus is not only the true eternal king of Israel, He is the promised King of Kings, the King of all people
(3) The Arrival of the King
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. 19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. 20 But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the One who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 “And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” 22 Now all this took place in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” 24 And Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.
This King is the God Man
This King fulfills the Scriptures
This King will save His people from their sin because He is sinless
This King will be born of a virgin
This King is God with us
This King is Jesus
Let’s pray
Benediction
Hear this good word from the Lord: “I will make my dwelling among you. I will walk among you* and will be your God, and you shall be my people.” Go with God.
The Lord’s Table
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread, 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes.
Pastor: Come, everyone who thirsts, Come without money and without price. Incline your ear, and come to Me, hear that your soul may live. Congregation: For His flesh is true food and His blood is true drink. For on the last day of the great feast, Jesus stood up and cried out, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.’
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread, 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes.
