The King

1 2 3 Genesis 3:14-24 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; 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.” 16 To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, 4 And he will rule over you.” 17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; 19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” 20 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to culUvate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He staUoned the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direcUon to guard the way to the tree of life. Then God also introduced conflict and pain into the previously harmonious relaUonship between Adam and Eve. God said to Eve, “Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you” (Gen. 3: 16). Susan Foh has effecUvely argued that the word translated “desire” (Heb. teshûqāh) means “desire to conquer,” and that it indicates Eve would have a wrongful desire to usurp authority over her husband. 20 If this understanding of the word “desire” is correct, as it seems to be, then it would indicate that God is introducing a conflict into the relaUonship between Adam and Eve and a desire on Eve’s part to rebel against Adam’s authority. Concerning Adam, God told Eve, “He shall rule over you” (Gen. 3: 16). Here the word “rule” (Heb. māshal) is a strong term usually used of monarchical governments, not generally of authority within a family. The word certainly does not imply any “parUcipatory” government by those who are ruled, but rather has nuances of dictatorial or absolute, uncaring use of authority, rather than considerate, thoughaul rule. It suggests harshness rather than kindness. The sense here is that Adam will misuse his authority by ruling harshly over his wife, again introducing pain and 4 conflict into a relationship that was previously harmonious. It is not that Adam had no authority before the fall; it is simply that he will misuse it after the fall. So in both cases, the curse brought a distortion of Adam’s humble, considerate leadership and Eve’s intelligent, willing submission to that leadership which existed before the fall. . 4 5 6 4/9/18 7 4/9/18 8 4/9/18 9 4/9/18 10 4/9/18 1. 70 Weeks start: “from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem” 11 Mark 11:1-14 The Triumphal Entry As they *approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He *sent two of His disciples, and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.” They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they *untied it. Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6 They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission. 7 They *brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it. 8 And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. 9 Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is HE who comes in the name of the Lord; 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!” 12 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late. 12 On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. 13 Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening. 12 13 14 15 16 17 Isaiah 40:5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. The An'cipa'on of the Kingdom Psalms 2:6-9 6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” 7 “I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begoVen You. 8 ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the naXons as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. 9 ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shaVer them like earthenware.’” 18 Daniel 2:44 44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be le? for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. Daniel 7:13-14 The Son of Man Presented 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 was presented before Him. 14 “And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, naNons and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasNng dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. Isaiah 9:6-7 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 jusNce and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this. RevelaNon 11:1515 Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” The Corona*on of the King RevelaNon 19:15-16 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the naNons, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the 18 fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name wri<en, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Zechariah 14:3 3 Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those naMons, as when He fights on a day of ba<le. Zechariah 14:9 9 And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one. Luke 1:32-33 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; 33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” The Incarcera*on of Satan RevelaMon 20:1-3 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the naMons any longer, unMl the thousand years were completed; aYer these things he must be released for a short Mme. The Administra*on of David Jeremiah 30:9 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. Ezekiel 34:23-24 23 “Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken. Ezekiel 37:24-25 24 “My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever. 18 The Par(cipa(on of the Saints Revela&on 20:4 4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their tes&mony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revela&on 20:6 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrec&on; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. Daniel 7:18 18 But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’ Daniel 7:27 27 Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlas&ng kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.’ MaShew 19:28 28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regenera&on when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 1 Corinthians 6:2 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to cons&tute the smallest law courts? The Elimina(on of War Micah 4:4 4 Each of them will sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With no one to make them afraid, For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. Isaiah 2:4 4 And He will judge between the na&ons, And will render decisions for many peoples; 18 And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Na7on will not li8 up sword against na7on, And never again will they learn war. Isaiah 19:23-25 23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyp7ans into Assyria, and the Egyp7ans will worship with the Assyrians. 24 In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” Isaiah 11:6-9 6 And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a liOle boy will lead them. 7 Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. 9 They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 65:25 25 The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord. Hosea 2:18 18 “In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety. The Realiza*on of Prosperity 18 Psalms 72:7 7 In his days may the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace =ll the moon is no more. Isaiah 35:1 1 The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus Joel 2:22-26 22 Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full. 23 So rejoice, O sons of Zion, And be glad in the Lord your God; For He has given you the early rain for your vindica=on. And He has poured down for you the rain, The early and laTer rain as before. 24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. 25 “Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you. 26 “You will have plenty to eat and be sa=sfied And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will never be put to shame. Integra(on of Holiness Isaiah 4:3 3 It will come about that he who is leZ in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem. Zechariah 8:3 3 Thus says the Lord, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ The Prolonga(on of Life 18 Isaiah 35:5-6 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah. Jeremiah 30:17 17 ‘For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying: “It is Zion; no one cares for her.”’ Isaiah 65:20 20 “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. Jeremiah 30:19-20 19 ‘From them will proceed thanksgiving And the voice of those who celebrate; And I will mulUply them and they will not be diminished; I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant. 20 ‘Their children also will be as formerly, And their congregaUon shall be established before Me; And I will punish all their oppressors. The Celebra*on of Joy Isaiah 35:10 10 And the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouUng to Zion, With everlasUng joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. Joy to the world 18 Joy to the world Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing And Heaven and nature sing And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing Joy to the world Joy to the world Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy Joy to the world, now we sing Let the earth receive her king Joy to the world, now we sing Let the angel voices ring Joy to the world, now we sing Let men their songs employ Joy to the world, now we sing Repeat the sounding joy Oh oh He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the naDons prove The light of His righteousness And wonders of His love And wonders of His love And wonders of His love And wonders, wonders, of His love And wonders, wonders, of His love Joy to the world, now we sing Let the earth receive her king Joy to the world, now we sing Let the angel voices ring Songwriters: G. F. Handel / Isaac WaMs The CentralizaDon of Worship 18 19