Christmas Verses – The First Coming #10

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Isaiah 4:2 NIV

 In that day, the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.

This verse of hope is given in a section that talks about the judgment that was coming on Jerusalem.  This passage focuses on the women of the Land.  In 4:2 – 6 the fruit of the Land (Jesus), redemption, the Spirit, and a reference back to the Exodus.  The cloud of smoke and fire represents the refuge and hiding place that Jesus is for His people.

The “Branch” is a theme that shows up several places in reference to the Messiah.  We will see Him as a Branch from Jesse, David, and the Lord.  Branch here is tsemach (Strong’s 6780), it is also used in Jeremiah and Zechariah. In Isaiah 11:1 it is nester (Strong’s 5342).

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Christmas Verses – The First Coming #9

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Malachi 3:3b NIV

Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness.

Start reading at verse 1 of chapter 3, it is very much a Messianic passage.  It opens with John the Baptist, then the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:2, His mission to “clean us,” and then this section on what could be the Wise Men.

 

Christmas Verses – The First Coming #8

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Ps 72:10-11 NIV

10 May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba and Seba
present him gifts.
11 May all kings bow down to him
and all nations serve him.

Psalm 72 is labeled “Of Solomon” but it is reasonable David wrote it. I would put it at 1 Kings 2 or 2 Samuel 12:25. Look at verse 8 and 9, also view 12 -17 for more about Jesus.

Verses 10 + 11 may not be the countries of the “east.”  Actually, these countries may have been in Africa or the Mediterranean area.  But it does announce that kings would come and bow down!  Even the Wise Men were predicted.

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Psalms 24:10 NIV

Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.

Psalm 24 is one of David psalms that I could not guess where or when he wrote it.  It is a beautiful declaration which is probably why Handel incorporated it into his Messiah.  To me it sounds like Revelations 5:4 which attributes to Him strength and victory in battle.  Just make sure you have let Him in to your heart.

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Numbers 24:17 NIV

“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob;
a scepter will rise out of Israel.
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls of all the people of Sheth.

The speaker of this verse is Balaam. He is noted as one who walked in the Abrahamic covenant, but he uses sorcery to conjure himself into the presences of God.  He was supposed to be cursing Israel instead he predicts the Messiah and the defeat of Edom and Seir.

The unique aspect of this is that God will use you He chooses.  Balaam has a vision and sees Jesus.  The Star of Bethlehem, I think, is mentioned here as well as a repeating of Jacob’s word to Judah about the “Scepter” belonging to Jesus.

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