Look and Rejoice the King is Coming....

Jer 23:1-6

Sorrow for the Shepherds

• The Shepherds had destroyed and scattered the one they were to care for.

• Instead of caring for God's flock and leading them to safety they had deserted and driven them to destruction so now the Lord was going to pour out judgment on the shepherd for the evil they had done.

We are accountable to the people, things and resources that the Lord has put in our influence and we are to shepherd them well.

Remembering the Remnant

• I will bring them back into their own..sheepfold.

• They will be fruitful and increase in number

• I will appoint responsible shepherds who will care for them and they will never be afraid again. No one will be lost or missing

God had exiled and scattered them because they were disobedient. But he promised to bring them back and he would and they will be blessed and fruitful. They would no longer be under ungodly leadership. God would put them under Godly leaders.

Raising a Righteous King

• The Lord said he would raise up a righteous descendant from the line of David

• A King who rules with wisdom

• He will do what is just and right throughout the land

Giving him a Righteous Name

• Yahweh Tsidqenu YThe Lord is our Righteousness

• Judah will be saved

• Israel will live in safety

Because he is our righteousness.

1 Cor 1:20 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

2 Corin 5: 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Righteousness- living right with God. The only way we live right with God is to first be right with God through our salvation in Christ.

Wrongness is the opposite. So we either see our wrong and seek his righteousness or we stay on the wrong side.

Revealing the King

Isaiah 9:6-7 Then we go to Isaiah's prophecy of Jesus to see who is this King who will rule with justice and righteousness

• A child is born to us He would be born of a mother Mary

• A son is given to us. He would be the Son of God He had to be given. For God so loved the world HE GAVE

• The government will rest on his shoulders.

• He will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

• His government and its peace will never end.

• He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity.

• The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven's Armies will make this happen!

Zechariah Prophecy

He is coming

Tells the people to look and rejoice because the King is coming to you

He is righteous

He is Victorious

He is humble -riding on a donkey (fulfilled when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey before his crucifixion for our sins. When he returns he will enter Jerusalem again as the King

He would remove the battle chariots from Israel and warhorses from Jerusalem

He would destroy all the weapons used in battle

Your King will bring peace to the nations stretching from sea to sea and the ends of the earth.

Verse 9 was referring to his 1st coming and verse 10 his second coming. Zechariah prophecy was fulfilled. We know he coming soon so we must be prepared

The Digest

Who are you accountable for. Who are you called to shepherd?

Knowing the even though we sin, God comes back to redeem. How does that help heal your past.

What does righteousness look like in your daily life?

What name of God are you meditating on right now?

The Chew

When the Son of man comes, will he find faith in you, Sis?