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Isaiah 11:1–12 NKJV

There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. “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.” It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 11:1-

Isaiah 9:10

Isaiah 9:10 NKJV

“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.”

Isaiah gives a glorious picture of a future new world, governed by this branch.

We know this branch to be be Jesus Christ.

first I want to look at the meaning of the word branch as used in this context,

That word branch in Hebrew is netzer, which is the root word from which the name Nazareth is derived.

Jesus was called a Nazarene

Nazarene can either mean; “a man of Nazareth” or “a man of the Branch”

So Jesus would be a branch from the root or family line of Jesse; King David’s father.

This branch would become ruler of a world restored to peace, righteousness, and goodness.

The initial fulfillment of this prophecy came 700 years later when Jesus was born, will not be complete until His second coming.

I want to preach to you on the Subject:

The Branch from the Stem of Jesse

Last week we looked at the warning Isaiah gave to Judah; he warned them of the invasion of the Northern kingdom; Israel, by the Assyrians.

How the Assyrians wipe them out.

God had actually used them to come against His own people, because of their rebellion.

The Assyrians all but wipe them off of the face of the earth.

All the pride and arrogance of the children of Israel,

All the disobedience

All the worship of Idols

All the lack of reverence

All the perversion.

But yet the bible tells us that:

There was a remnant that remained.

A Stem.

What was once powerful men that stood as trees of cedars

all that was left was a stem,

The Dynasty of King David(jesses’ son) was destroyed.

All but a stem.

And the bible tells us:

there shall come forth a rod out of that stem.

and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

and that the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,

The spirit of wisdom and understanding

the spirit of counsel and might

the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord

and shall make Him of quick understanding.

This stem is Jesus

The king of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

Isaiah tells us that He will judge not after the sight of His eyes

neither will He reprove after the hearing of His ears.

But with righteousness shall He judge the poor and reprove equity; meaning by the doctrine of the word of God.

Isaiah said He(Jesus) would smite the earth with the rod of His mouth and with the breath of His lip shall he slay the wicked

Isaiah 11:5–10 NKJV

Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. “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.”

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1. The Fall of Man ()

Enoch and Noah

Genesis 5:24 NKJV

And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

Genesis 6:9 NKJV

This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Nimrod was a very significant man in ancient times, the grandson of Ham and great-grandson of Noah.

He started his kingdom in Babylon; which eventually came the tower of babel

Abraham, the founding father of the Jewish nation of Israel, he was a man of great faith and obedience to the will of God.

Revelation 20 NKJV

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 NKJV

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:15–16 NKJV

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 4

1 Thessalonians 4:17–18 NKJV

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 NKJV

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

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