The crowds went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
''Hosanna to the Son of David!'' ''Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord!''
'Hosanna in the highest!'' Matt.21:9
What was this all about? First of all Jesus was a 'Son of David' Matt.1:1.
And who was David ? He was Israel's King anointed and hand picked by God Himself 1 Sam.1 16:12, after rejecting King Saul who ''rejected the word of the Lord'' 1Sam.15:23. Now David fulfills the promise God made to Abraham in Gen.17:6 ''.....kings will come from you.'' And David's son Solomon also fulfills a promise God made to Abraham in Gen.22:17 ''....I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore.'' In 1 kings 4:20,21 says.....''they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore......And Solomon ruled over all the Kingdoms...''
Now in 2 Sam.7:11-16 God makes yet another covenant,this time with David the King "...I will raise up your offspring to succeed you....and I will establish his kingdom...He will build a house for me in my Name,and I will establish the throne of his Kingdom forever...I will be his Father and he will be my Son.....Your house and Kingdom will endure forever before me;your throne will be established forever.'' Now we have reached the climax of God,s plan a 'Kingdom that will endure forever'. David's Son and Jesus had similarities; he was a king and a priest-Jesus was a Priestly King; he built the temple on mount Zion-Jesus established the true Temple which is His Body,the Church; the center of temple worship was the 'todah' (thanksgiving)-Jesus institutes the true thank offering,the 'Eucharist' (thanksgiving); Solomon was given the title 'son of God'' but Jesus was the true and eternal Son of God.
Now Solomon became the 'son' who builds the Lord a house but this only points to Jesus the only begotten Son who was to build a Church on 'this Rock',for the ''Kingdom of God is at hand.'' Matt.4:17.Now the Kingdom of Solomon had similarities to the Catholic church today for example;Solomon had a prime minister who was 'the master of the palace' 1 Kings 18:3 and he would be 'a father to the those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah' and 'would have the key to the house of David;what he opens no one can shut and what he shuts no one can open' Is.22:20-22, which is what Jesus was saying to Peter in Matt.16:19 ''I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven;whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.'' In 1cor.4:15 Paul says....''for in Christ Jesus I became your Father through the Gospel.'' 1Tim 1:2 ''To Timothy,my dear son'' 1John 2:1 ''My dear children'' From the early days of the church the apostles saw themselves as Fathers,Pope (papas in Greek) means father a tradition still true today,and the bishop of Rome was seen as a prime minister under the Kingdom of Christ. Solomons' Kingdom also included a 'Queen mother' 1 kings 2;19.....''the King stood up to meet her,bowed down to her and sat down on his throne and had a seat brought for the King's mother;and she sat at his right.'' Rev.12:1 ''....a woman clothed with sun with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.'' So the Kingdom is to be an expression of God,s rule on earth, to remember his covenant, to keep his commandments and to worship him alone. To be Catholic means (universal) as in Solomons' Kingdom ......''ruled over all the kingdoms .....these countries brought tribute and were Solomon's subjects all his life.'' 1 Kings 4:21. Now I am not suggesting the Catholic church is to rule the earth but that it is a foreshadow of the coming Kingdom of Christ,a present reality Luk.17:21 but also a future event Rev.11:15.
Now in Deut.17:17 Moses says ''And he (the king) shall not multiply wives for himself,lest he turn away.'' But in 1 Kings 11:1-5 it says ''Now King Solomon loved many foreign women.....he had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines and his wives turned away his heart.....and went after other God,s...'' After the death of Solomon the ten tribes of the north rebelled against the Davidic Kingdom.....''from that point on Israel was divided into two houses, the north by a king from the tribe of Ephraim and in the south a king from the tribe of Judah...''1 Kings 11:14-40
What happened? Solomon broke the Davidic covenant 1 kings 11:11.Like Adam he rebelled against God and a curse came over his people.In 722 B.C. the Assyrians conquered the northern tribes ,took them and banished them and were never heard from again! And in 586 B.C.the Babylonians took into captivity the southern tribe of Judah and destroyed the Temple,but later were allowed to return but continued to struggle with their enemies.It was during this time that prophets were sent to remind Israel of Davids 'everlasting' Kingdom which God had promised and that God will one day restore the Kingdom with a future ''anointed'' Messiah (Hebrew) Christ (Greek). Is.11:1 says A shoot will come up from the stump of Jessie;from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.Interesting that the Hebrew word for branch is 'netser' which is the root word for Nazareth,Jesus was a Nazarene. Is.11:10 says In that day the Root of Jessie will stand as a banner for the peoples;the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.Notice 'peoples' and 'nations' this would include more than just Israel...''you will be a Father to many nations.'' Gen.17:4 .Again we see God,s promise to Abraham (father of many) coming to pass.
And now we will look at Jesus as the new David restoring his 'everlasting kingdom'.
In Mat.1:1,17 it says Jesus Christ the son of David,the son of Abraham......Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David,fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon,and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. This is important because it connects Jesus to the covenants with Abraham and 'Kings will come from you' and David 'the scepter will not depart from Judah'. As David was 'of the house of Judah'
"You will be with child and give birth to a son and you are to give him the name Jesus.He will be great and will be called son of the Most High.The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David , and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever;his Kingdom will never end.'' Luk.1:31-33
Mic.5:2 says ''But you,Bethlehem though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over my people Israel,whose origins is from of old from the ancient times.'' Here the 'The Lord's Anointed' was to be born in Bethlehem of Judah and he would be 'of old from the ancient times' ,he would the eternal Son of God. Is.7:14 ''The virgin will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel'' (God with us) This was partially fulfilled with King Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18:1-6 but only Jesus can be 'God with us' and have an 'everlasting Kingdom'.
Is.9:6-7 says ''For unto us a child is born to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.....he will reign on David,s throne and over his Kingdom.'' Again we see here someone more than just a prophet or priest but a 'Mighty God' and 'Everlasting Father' He would be a true Son. After his baptism a voice from heaven said ''You are my Son whom I love;with you I am well pleased'' Mar.1:11 ''I have seen and testify that this is the Son of God.'' John1:34
''The time has come,the Kingdom of is at hand'' mar.1:15
When asked if he was one to come Jesus replied; ''the blind receive sight,the lame walk,those who have leprosy are cured,the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the good news is preached to the poor.'' Mat.11:2,4-5. The crowd was amazed and said ''Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel'' Mat.9:33
In Mat.16:16 Simon Peter confessed ''you are the Christ,the Son of the living God.''
Luk.9:31-36 ''As he was praying ,the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.Two men,Moses and Elijah appeared in glorious splendor......when Peter and his companions were fully awake they saw his glory....and a voice came from the cloud saying 'this is my Son,whom I have chosen;listen to him'.....when the voice spoke they found Jesus alone'' Wow what a testimony! In 2 pet.1:16-18 Peter says ''We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,but we were eyewitness of his majesty.For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying 'This is my Son whom I love, with him I am well pleased.Listen to him!'' Peter would later face execution for his testimony 2 pet.1:13,14
''Hosanna to the Son of David!'' ''Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord!''
'Hosanna in the highest!'' Matt.21:9
What was this all about? First of all Jesus was a 'Son of David' Matt.1:1.
And who was David ? He was Israel's King anointed and hand picked by God Himself 1 Sam.1 16:12, after rejecting King Saul who ''rejected the word of the Lord'' 1Sam.15:23. Now David fulfills the promise God made to Abraham in Gen.17:6 ''.....kings will come from you.'' And David's son Solomon also fulfills a promise God made to Abraham in Gen.22:17 ''....I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore.'' In 1 kings 4:20,21 says.....''they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore......And Solomon ruled over all the Kingdoms...''
Now in 2 Sam.7:11-16 God makes yet another covenant,this time with David the King "...I will raise up your offspring to succeed you....and I will establish his kingdom...He will build a house for me in my Name,and I will establish the throne of his Kingdom forever...I will be his Father and he will be my Son.....Your house and Kingdom will endure forever before me;your throne will be established forever.'' Now we have reached the climax of God,s plan a 'Kingdom that will endure forever'. David's Son and Jesus had similarities; he was a king and a priest-Jesus was a Priestly King; he built the temple on mount Zion-Jesus established the true Temple which is His Body,the Church; the center of temple worship was the 'todah' (thanksgiving)-Jesus institutes the true thank offering,the 'Eucharist' (thanksgiving); Solomon was given the title 'son of God'' but Jesus was the true and eternal Son of God.
Now Solomon became the 'son' who builds the Lord a house but this only points to Jesus the only begotten Son who was to build a Church on 'this Rock',for the ''Kingdom of God is at hand.'' Matt.4:17.Now the Kingdom of Solomon had similarities to the Catholic church today for example;Solomon had a prime minister who was 'the master of the palace' 1 Kings 18:3 and he would be 'a father to the those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah' and 'would have the key to the house of David;what he opens no one can shut and what he shuts no one can open' Is.22:20-22, which is what Jesus was saying to Peter in Matt.16:19 ''I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven;whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.'' In 1cor.4:15 Paul says....''for in Christ Jesus I became your Father through the Gospel.'' 1Tim 1:2 ''To Timothy,my dear son'' 1John 2:1 ''My dear children'' From the early days of the church the apostles saw themselves as Fathers,Pope (papas in Greek) means father a tradition still true today,and the bishop of Rome was seen as a prime minister under the Kingdom of Christ. Solomons' Kingdom also included a 'Queen mother' 1 kings 2;19.....''the King stood up to meet her,bowed down to her and sat down on his throne and had a seat brought for the King's mother;and she sat at his right.'' Rev.12:1 ''....a woman clothed with sun with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.'' So the Kingdom is to be an expression of God,s rule on earth, to remember his covenant, to keep his commandments and to worship him alone. To be Catholic means (universal) as in Solomons' Kingdom ......''ruled over all the kingdoms .....these countries brought tribute and were Solomon's subjects all his life.'' 1 Kings 4:21. Now I am not suggesting the Catholic church is to rule the earth but that it is a foreshadow of the coming Kingdom of Christ,a present reality Luk.17:21 but also a future event Rev.11:15.
Now in Deut.17:17 Moses says ''And he (the king) shall not multiply wives for himself,lest he turn away.'' But in 1 Kings 11:1-5 it says ''Now King Solomon loved many foreign women.....he had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines and his wives turned away his heart.....and went after other God,s...'' After the death of Solomon the ten tribes of the north rebelled against the Davidic Kingdom.....''from that point on Israel was divided into two houses, the north by a king from the tribe of Ephraim and in the south a king from the tribe of Judah...''1 Kings 11:14-40
What happened? Solomon broke the Davidic covenant 1 kings 11:11.Like Adam he rebelled against God and a curse came over his people.In 722 B.C. the Assyrians conquered the northern tribes ,took them and banished them and were never heard from again! And in 586 B.C.the Babylonians took into captivity the southern tribe of Judah and destroyed the Temple,but later were allowed to return but continued to struggle with their enemies.It was during this time that prophets were sent to remind Israel of Davids 'everlasting' Kingdom which God had promised and that God will one day restore the Kingdom with a future ''anointed'' Messiah (Hebrew) Christ (Greek). Is.11:1 says A shoot will come up from the stump of Jessie;from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.Interesting that the Hebrew word for branch is 'netser' which is the root word for Nazareth,Jesus was a Nazarene. Is.11:10 says In that day the Root of Jessie will stand as a banner for the peoples;the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.Notice 'peoples' and 'nations' this would include more than just Israel...''you will be a Father to many nations.'' Gen.17:4 .Again we see God,s promise to Abraham (father of many) coming to pass.
And now we will look at Jesus as the new David restoring his 'everlasting kingdom'.
In Mat.1:1,17 it says Jesus Christ the son of David,the son of Abraham......Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David,fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon,and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. This is important because it connects Jesus to the covenants with Abraham and 'Kings will come from you' and David 'the scepter will not depart from Judah'. As David was 'of the house of Judah'
"You will be with child and give birth to a son and you are to give him the name Jesus.He will be great and will be called son of the Most High.The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David , and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever;his Kingdom will never end.'' Luk.1:31-33
Mic.5:2 says ''But you,Bethlehem though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over my people Israel,whose origins is from of old from the ancient times.'' Here the 'The Lord's Anointed' was to be born in Bethlehem of Judah and he would be 'of old from the ancient times' ,he would the eternal Son of God. Is.7:14 ''The virgin will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel'' (God with us) This was partially fulfilled with King Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18:1-6 but only Jesus can be 'God with us' and have an 'everlasting Kingdom'.
Is.9:6-7 says ''For unto us a child is born to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.....he will reign on David,s throne and over his Kingdom.'' Again we see here someone more than just a prophet or priest but a 'Mighty God' and 'Everlasting Father' He would be a true Son. After his baptism a voice from heaven said ''You are my Son whom I love;with you I am well pleased'' Mar.1:11 ''I have seen and testify that this is the Son of God.'' John1:34
''The time has come,the Kingdom of is at hand'' mar.1:15
When asked if he was one to come Jesus replied; ''the blind receive sight,the lame walk,those who have leprosy are cured,the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the good news is preached to the poor.'' Mat.11:2,4-5. The crowd was amazed and said ''Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel'' Mat.9:33
In Mat.16:16 Simon Peter confessed ''you are the Christ,the Son of the living God.''
Luk.9:31-36 ''As he was praying ,the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.Two men,Moses and Elijah appeared in glorious splendor......when Peter and his companions were fully awake they saw his glory....and a voice came from the cloud saying 'this is my Son,whom I have chosen;listen to him'.....when the voice spoke they found Jesus alone'' Wow what a testimony! In 2 pet.1:16-18 Peter says ''We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,but we were eyewitness of his majesty.For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying 'This is my Son whom I love, with him I am well pleased.Listen to him!'' Peter would later face execution for his testimony 2 pet.1:13,14
Tell us if you are the Christ,the Son of God....''yes,it is as you say''.....'He has spoken blasphemy....He is worthy of death!' Mat.26:64,65
Now why did the Jews reject him ? Religious corruption see Mat.5:20 and a misguided view of who the Messiah was to be ''you will be ever hearing but never understanding;you will be ever seeing but never perceiving'' Mat.13:14 .But all Israel will be saved in the future ''The days are coming'' says the Lord ''when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch''.....''the descendants of Israel will come up out of the north and out of the countries where I have banished them,they will live in their own land.'' Jer.23:5,8 Could the Israel of today be fulfilling this prophecy? Is the coming of Messiah near? ''Therefore keep watch,because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.'' Mat.24:42. ''....Do not weep! See,the Lion of the tribe of Judah,the Root of David has triumphed....'' But as one awaits for the return of the 'Christ' who died and rose again ,the other awaits the coming of the 'Messiah' CCC. ''I Jesus,have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches.I am the Root and the Offspring of David ,and the bright Morning Star.'' Rev.22:16 ,God bless!
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