Jesus Christ, God’s Son and Messiah Basic Truths God wants His People to Know, Part 10 By Pastor Dan Kennedy © April 15, 2018 www.pastorkennedy.com Why Was the Bible Written? What answer does the Scripture give for the reason the Bible has been written? John 20:31 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. Why is God’s Messiah Necessary for the World? Glorious Wonders and the Heinous Curses are Intertwined inseparably within the Dynamics of this Marvelous and Desperate Planet called Earth Natural Wonder: Every day we observe the Profound Natural Displays of Creation’s Wonder – Revealing the Awesomeness of God, our Creator There are Awesome Designs Everywhere in Nature. Unbreakable Laws of Science, Mathematics, and Physics are throughout the Universe, and the unexplainable, unmistaken invisible breath of the Spirit of Life and Consciousness prevails continually around us. o And there is also…Gross Entropy – Natural Depravity and Continual Decay: The Gross Disorder because of Sin in the World All this incredible living, breathing life is inseparably assimilated and fused together with horrible depravity, decay and death. What is this all about? Phenomenal Intelligence: Within our world there has been an Amazing Explosion of Creative Growth, Information and Progress – Evidencing the Absolute Genius of our Creator, in whose Image Humankind was Created  o And there is also…appalling Corruption, Greed and Suffering: The Appalling Distress of Sin in the World Supernatural Suffering and Redemption: The Utter Unspeakable Sacrifice that God’s Son suffered to Redeem Mankind from Sin  o Because there is…vivid Guilt, Grief with profound Sorrow and Pain: A Redeemer is necessary to atone for the vivid Dilemma of Sin in the World Death and Resurrection: The Inconceivable Death of God’s Son and His Astounding Resurrection from the Dead, to Achieve a breaking of the Power of the Curse of Sin, Death and Eternal Damnation  o Because there is…Death and Eternal Damnation: Which is the natural outcome for the Demands of the Curse of Sin in the World (Rom. 6:23; 5:12; Rev. 20:12-15) Why is God’s Messiah Necessary for the World? To Restore Order from the Natural Depravity of the Gross Disorder of Sin in the World   To Reconcile those made in God’s Image experiencing Corruption, Greed and Suffering embroiled in the Appalling Distress of Sin in the World  To Redeem those engulfed by Guilt, Grief and Sorrow, living in the vivid Dilemma of Sin  To Release those bound under Death and Eternal Damnation through the Demands of the Curse of Sin in the World, by offering the gift of Eternal Life through Jesus Christ  Generational Messianic Hope The Messianic Hope throughout the Cyclic Ages of Human Defiance, God’s Justice and Deliverance, then once again, Defiance The Age of Self-Rule, Messianic Darkness and World-wide Disaster o Adam and Eve (Gen. 1-3) God Promised the Messiah immediately following the Fall of Man Genesis 3:15 15 “And I will put enmity between you (the serpent/Satan) and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will crush your head, and you will strike His heel.” o Cain/Abel & Seth (Gen. 4) o Enoch (Gen. 5:21-24) o The Nephilim (Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33) o Worldwide Corruption (Gen. 6) o Noah (Gen. 6:9) o God’s Catastrophic Judgment through the Great Flood (Gen. 6-8) The Age of Further Messianic Enlightenment, Estrangement and Dispersion   o Abraham (Gen. 12-25), Isaac and Jacob Genesis 26:4 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed… o Moses - the Redemption from [Egyptian] Bondage O.T. picture... of Christ’s coming Redemption from sin and death, and God’s Just Laws Revealed (Exodus – Deut.) o Isaiah [representative of the prophets] (Is. 53; etc.) o King David (2 Samuel; Ps. 22; etc.) o King Manasseh [representative] (2 Kings 21; 2 Chron. 33) ~ King Manasseh – a representative of the cycle of wicked kings of Israel leading to the demise and destruction of Jerusalem and God’s Temple o Nebuchadnezzar - agent of God’s Justice against Israel’s sin (2 Kings 25; 2 Chron. 36) o Destruction of Jerusalem and Temple (586 BC – Zedekiah 36:19) The Age of Messianic Revelation, Discipleship and again, Dispersion  o Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Messiah’s Coming: ~ His Miraculous Birth and Life, ~ Christ’s Redemptive Sacrifice on the Cross, ~ His Death and Conquering Resurrection The Messiah was Given to us in the “fullness of time.” Galatians 4:4–5 4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Hebrews 9:23–26 23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 1 Peter 3:18 18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit…. o The Destruction of Jerusalem, Discipline and Dispersion of the Jews with the persecution and dissemination of Christians (AD 70) The Age of the Church and of the Gentiles, with the Messianic Hope of the Gospel of Christ preached into all the world   o Pentecost and God’s Gift of His Spirit for the Transformation of His Children, from spiritual darkness to light (Acts 2; Eph. 2:22; Titus 3:5-7) o The Rise of the Gospel of Christ in the Jewish nation (Matt. 16:16-18; Acts 9:31; 11:22-26) o The Revelation that the Gospel was to be taken to the Gentiles…to the whole World (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 10; 26:17-18; Eph. 3:6) [In 1948, Israel returned to their Promised Land after some 2,000 years being disbursed to the ends of the world! This return was prophesied generations ago by multiple prophets (such as Ezekiel 36:33-36; Jeremiah 16:14-15) and has now been fulfilled.] o The Prophesied Return of Christ (Titus 2:13,14; Matt. 16:2-3; 24:36-51; 24:45-51; 25:1-13; Luke 21:25-28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 5:1-11; 1 Cor. 1:7–8; 4:5; 15:50-53; Phil. 3:20-21; 2 Thess. 2:1–13; Rev. 3:11; 6:16-17; 19:11-16; Zechariah 14:2–5; James 5:7-9; 2 Peter 3:4–7; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 John 2:28; 3:2-3; Rev. 22:7, 12, 20) [At Just the Right Time – only God, the Father knows – Jesus Christ will return in the clouds as promised and prophesied (see above verses), to gather His Bride to Himself; and, to present Himself as Conqueror and King!] o Rise of the Anti-christ, “Jacob’s Trouble,” the Great Tribulation (Daniel 12:1; Jeremiah 30:7; Matt. 24:21; Mark 13:19; Rev. 16:18) o Until the Age of the Gentiles is fulfilled (Rom. 11:25; Luke 21:24) The Final Earthly Age of Messianic Deliverance, Dominance and Rebellion following Christ’s Second Coming (Rev. 20)  o The Binding of Satan and his prevailing deceptive spirit (Rev. 20:1-3) o The vision of martyred souls and those involved in “the first resurrection” who would rule and reign with Christ on earth for a millennium (20:4-6) o All the promises by God to the Jewish Nation of Israel not previously fulfilled, will be fulfilled during this age. o At the end of Christ’s 1,000-year Rule on earth with a “Rod of Iron,” together with those from “the first resurrection” (Rev. 2:26-27; 12:5), Satan is released and allowed again to deceive the nations, which massively come together against Christ’s reign in Jerusalem, but they will be destroyed by His awesome Word and Power [Rev. 19:11-21 – note vs. 15, references Christ’s rule with a Rod of Iron] (20:7-10) The Unending Age of The Eternal Messianic Kingdom   o Prophesied by Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, interpreted by Daniel Daniel 2:44–45 44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. “The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy.” o Prophesied by Daniel’s vision of the Messiah, the Son of Man Daniel 7:13–14 13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. Daniel 7:27 27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.’ o Prophesied by Isaiah Isaiah 9:6–7 6 For to 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. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. o Prophesied to the virgin Mary by the Angel of God Luke 1:30–33 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.” o Prophesied by King David and reaffirmed by the writer of Hebrews Psalm 45:6 6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. Hebrews 1:8 8 But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. o Prophesied by the Apostle John’s vision of the End Times, while exiled on the Isle of Patmos (Rev. 11:15; Rev. 21-22) Revelation 11:15 15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.” Why is God’s Messiah Necessary for the World? To Restore Order from the Natural Depravity of the Gross Disorder of Sin in the World   To Reconcile those made in God’s Image experiencing Corruption, Greed and Suffering embroiled in the Appalling Distress of Sin in the World  To Redeem those engulfed by Guilt, Grief and Sorrow, living in the vivid Dilemma of Sin  To Release those bound under Death and Eternal Damnation through the Demands of the Curse of Sin in the World, by offering the gift of Eternal Life through Jesus Christ  Throughout the history of the world, those so attuned, had been watching and waiting for the prophesied Messiah to come. When He came the first time, He did not come as some expected. He came as a servant (Phil. 2:3-11), a Suffering Savior and Redeemer, as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world (Is. 53; John 3:16). Jesus died, was buried, rose again and ascended to His Father and is now at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High (Heb. 1:3; 8:1) interceding for us (Rom. 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5). Jesus, The Son of God, our Messiah, one day, in the fullness of time, will come again…but this time, as Eternal King.

Jesus Christ, God’s Son and Messiah

Basic Truths God wants His People to Know, Part 10

By Pastor Dan Kennedy

www.pastorkennedy.com

Why Was the Bible Written?

What answer does the Scripture give for the reason the Bible has been written?

John 20:31

31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

Why is God’s Messiah Necessary for the World?

Glorious Wonders and the Heinous Curses are Intertwined inseparably within the Dynamics of this Marvelous and Desperate Planet called Earth

•Natural Wonder: Every day we observe the Profound Natural Displays of Creation’s Wonder – Revealing the Awesomeness of God, our Creator

There are Awesome Designs Everywhere in Nature. Unbreakable Laws of Science, Mathematics, and Physics are throughout the Universe, and the unexplainable, unmistaken invisible breath of the Spirit of Life and Consciousness prevails continually around us.

o And there is also…Gross Entropy – Natural Depravity and Continual Decay: The Gross Disorder because of Sin in the World

All this incredible living, breathing life is inseparably assimilated and fused together with horrible depravity, decay and death.

What is this all about?

•Phenomenal Intelligence: Within our world there has been an Amazing Explosion of Creative Growth, Information and Progress – Evidencing the Absolute Genius of our Creator, in whose Image Humankind was Created

o And there is also…appalling Corruption, Greed and Suffering: The Appalling Distress of Sin in the World

•Supernatural Suffering and Redemption: The Utter Unspeakable Sacrifice that God’s Son suffered to Redeem Mankind from Sin

o Because there is…vivid Guilt, Grief with profound Sorrow and Pain: A Redeemer is necessary to atone for the vivid Dilemma of Sin in the World

•Death and Resurrection: The Inconceivable Death of God’s Son and His Astounding Resurrection from the Dead, to Achieve a breaking of the Power of the Curse of Sin, Death and Eternal Damnation

o Because there is…Death and Eternal Damnation: Which is the natural outcome for the Demands of the Curse of Sin in the World (Rom. 6:23; 5:12; Rev. 20:12-15)

Why is God’s Messiah Necessary for the World?

•To Restore Order from the Natural Depravity of the Gross Disorder of Sin in the World
•To Reconcile those made in God’s Image experiencing Corruption, Greed and Suffering embroiled in the Appalling Distress of Sin in the World
•To Redeem those engulfed by Guilt, Grief and Sorrow, living in the vivid Dilemma of Sin
•To Release those bound under Death and Eternal Damnation through the Demands of the Curse of Sin in the World, by offering the gift of Eternal Life through Jesus Christ

Generational Messianic Hope

The Messianic Hope throughout the Cyclic Ages of Human Defiance, God’s Justice and Deliverance, then once again, Defiance

•The Age of Self-Rule, Messianic Darkness and World-wide Disaster

o Adam and Eve (Gen. 1-3)

God Promised the Messiah immediately following the Fall of Man

Genesis 3:15

15 “And I will put enmity

between you (the serpent/Satan) and the woman,

and between your offspring and hers;

He will crush your head,

and you will strike His heel.”

o Cain/Abel & Seth (Gen. 4)

o Enoch (Gen. 5:21-24)

o The Nephilim (Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33)

o Worldwide Corruption (Gen. 6)

o Noah (Gen. 6:9)

o God’s Catastrophic Judgment through the Great Flood (Gen. 6-8)

•The Age of Further Messianic Enlightenment, Estrangement and Dispersion

o Abraham (Gen. 12-25), Isaac and Jacob

Genesis 26:4

4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed…

o Moses - the Redemption from [Egyptian] Bondage O.T. picture... of Christ’s coming Redemption from sin and death, and God’s Just Laws Revealed (Exodus – Deut.)

o Isaiah [representative of the prophets] (Is. 53; etc.)

o King David (2 Samuel; Ps. 22; etc.)

o King Manasseh [representative] (2 Kings 21; 2 Chron. 33)

~ King Manasseh – a representative of the cycle of wicked kings of Israel leading to the demise and destruction of Jerusalem and God’s Temple

o Nebuchadnezzar - agent of God’s Justice against Israel’s sin (2 Kings 25; 2 Chron. 36)

o Destruction of Jerusalem and Temple (586 BC – Zedekiah 36:19)

•The Age of Messianic Revelation, Discipleship and again, Dispersion

o Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Messiah’s Coming:

~ His Miraculous Birth and Life,

~ Christ’s Redemptive Sacrifice on the Cross,

~ His Death and Conquering Resurrection

The Messiah was Given to us in the “fullness of time.”

Galatians 4:4–5

4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.

Hebrews 9:23–26

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 Peter 3:18

18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit….

o The Destruction of Jerusalem, Discipline and Dispersion of the Jews with the persecution and dissemination of Christians (AD 70)

•The Age of the Church and of the Gentiles, with the Messianic Hope of the Gospel of Christ preached into all the world

o Pentecost and God’s Gift of His Spirit for the Transformation of His Children, from spiritual darkness to light (Acts 2; Eph. 2:22; Titus 3:5-7)

o The Rise of the Gospel of Christ in the Jewish nation (Matt. 16:16-18; Acts 9:31; 11:22-26)

o The Revelation that the Gospel was to be taken to the Gentiles…to the whole World (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 10; 26:17-18; Eph. 3:6)

[In 1948, Israel returned to their Promised Land after some 2,000 years being disbursed to the ends of the world! This return was prophesied generations ago by multiple prophets (such as Ezekiel 36:33-36; Jeremiah 16:14-15) and has now been fulfilled.]

o The Prophesied Return of Christ

(Titus 2:13,14; Matt. 16:2-3; 24:36-51; 24:45-51; 25:1-13; Luke 21:25-28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 5:1-11; 1 Cor. 1:7–8; 4:5; 15:50-53; Phil. 3:20-21; 2 Thess. 2:1–13; Rev. 3:11; 6:16-17; 19:11-16; Zechariah 14:2–5; James 5:7-9; 2 Peter 3:4–7; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 John 2:28; 3:2-3; Rev. 22:7, 12, 20)

[At Just the Right Time – only God, the Father knows – Jesus Christ will return in the clouds as promised and prophesied (see above verses), to gather His Bride to Himself; and, to present Himself as Conqueror and King!]

oRise of the Anti-christ,

“Jacob’s Trouble,” the Great Tribulation

(Daniel 12:1; Jeremiah 30:7; Matt. 24:21; Mark 13:19; Rev. 16:18)

o Until the Age of the Gentiles is fulfilled (Rom. 11:25; Luke 21:24)

•The Final Earthly Age of Messianic Deliverance, Dominance and Rebellion following Christ’s Second Coming (Rev. 20)

o The Binding of Satan and his prevailing deceptive spirit (Rev. 20:1-3)

o The vision of martyred souls and those involved in “the first resurrection” who would rule and reign with Christ on earth for a millennium (20:4-6)

o All the promises by God to the Jewish Nation of Israel not previously fulfilled, will be fulfilled during this age.

o At the end of Christ’s 1,000-year Rule on earth with a “Rod of Iron,” together with those from “the first resurrection” (Rev. 2:26-27; 12:5), Satan is released and allowed again to deceive the nations, which massively come together against Christ’s reign in Jerusalem, but they will be destroyed by His awesome Word and Power [Rev. 19:11-21 – note vs. 15, references Christ’s rule with a Rod of Iron] (20:7-10)

•The Unending Age of The Eternal Messianic Kingdom

o Prophesied by Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, interpreted by Daniel

Daniel 2:44–45

44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.

“The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy.”

o Prophesied by Daniel’s vision of the Messiah, the Son of Man

Daniel 7:13–14

13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Daniel 7:27

27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.’

o Prophesied by Isaiah

Isaiah 9:6–7

6 For to 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.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.

He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness

from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

o Prophesied to the virgin Mary by the Angel of God

Luke 1:30–33

30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

o Prophesied by King David and reaffirmed by the writer of Hebrews

Psalm 45:6

6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;

a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 1:8

8 But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,

and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.

o Prophesied by the Apostle John’s vision of the End Times, while exiled on the Isle of Patmos (Rev. 11:15; Rev. 21-22)

Revelation 11:15

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

Why is God’s Messiah Necessary for the World?

•To Restore Order from the Natural Depravity of the Gross Disorder of Sin in the World
•To Reconcile those made in God’s Image experiencing Corruption, Greed and Suffering embroiled in the Appalling Distress of Sin in the World
•To Redeem those engulfed by Guilt, Grief and Sorrow, living in the vivid Dilemma of Sin
•To Release those bound under Death and Eternal Damnation through the Demands of the Curse of Sin in the World, by offering the gift of Eternal Life through Jesus Christ

Throughout the history of the world, those so attuned, had been watching and waiting for the prophesied Messiah to come. When He came the first time, He did not come as some expected. He came as a servant (Phil. 2:3-11), a Suffering Savior and Redeemer, as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world (Is. 53; John 3:16).

Jesus died, was buried, rose again and ascended to His Father and is now at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High (Heb. 1:3; 8:1) interceding for us (Rom. 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5).

Jesus, The Son of God, our Messiah, one day, in the fullness of time, will come again…but this time, as Eternal King.