The Gentle Messiah
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1 “Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth. 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”
This passage from Isaiah is attributed to Jesus in .
When I think about the Jew’s rejection of Jesus as Messiah, aside from the sovereign plan of God, I think about how Jesus presented Himself in a way that was not expected.
The failure of the Jews to see the Lord’s gentleness is complicated by their assessment of Messiah’s kingdom and the throne He sits upon, i.e., David’s.
David was considered a great king by the Israelites and much of His appeal was related to His warrior status.
Jews at the time of Jesus’ ministry were tired of Roman oppression, and were looking for a David to free them from the bondage.
Very few could have expected His coming to be in two very divers manners.
Today, we are looking for His second coming, when He comes the way the first century Jews expected, in Glory and judgment.
1 Who is this who comes from Edom, With dyed garments from Bozrah, This One who is glorious in His apparel, Traveling in the greatness of His strength?— “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” 2 Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, And from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, And trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, And I have stained all My robes. 4 For the day of vengeance is in My heart, And the year of My redeemed has come.
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
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1 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
But His first coming was something different, and prophetically sprinkled throughout the Old Testament.
That is, many of the passages that show the tenderness of the Messiah are interspersed with apocolyptic passages.
This morning, I want to talk about two aspects of His first coming:
I. His Glory and who He is.
I. His Glory and who He is.
A. The divine representative on earth.
“My servant whom I uphold” vs.1
The same idea is expressed in
The same idea is expressed in
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
The hangups people have about the trinity come from their own inability to understand the nature of the Godhead.
Despite the unity and eternal coexistence of the Father, Son, and Spirit, all authority flows from the Father. It is the role of the Father.
This, does in no way diminish the divinity of the Son or Spirit!
B. The delight of heaven.
Was it not at Jesus’ baptism and on the mount of transfiguration, that the Father says, This is my beloved Son in whom I’m well pleased?
And my brothers and sisters, if Christ is the delight of the Father, then are we also the delight of God, as we are in Christ and part of His body!
C. The distributor of knowledge and divine judgment to the Gentiles.
“He will bring forth justice to the earth” vs.1
The New King James Version Chapter 42
And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”
“and the coastlands shall wait for His law” vs.4
As far as Jewish history and theology, no one but Messiah, will provide salvation for the gentiles.
II. His Nature and what He’s like.
II. His Nature and what He’s like.
A. Humble
I think perhaps the very thing about Jesus’ humility is that it is very unlike what we see today, even in ministries.
The braggadocios attitude and condescending mannerisms of church leaders today, is anything but Christ like.
There needs to be more of the mind of Christ, as it says in :
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Phil. 2:5
B. Gentle
Why is it that so many women were attracted to Jesus’ teachings?
Was it not because He had a gentle spirit uncharacteristic of the Rabbis of the time?
The text says, “a bruised reed He shall not break, and the smoking flax He will not quench”.
Remember Jesus with the woman caught in adultery, is He not gentle toward her?
Is He not gentle with her, when according to the law she could h
C. Persistent and merciful to the Gentiles.
Oh how many cry out for Him to come today and put things right!
To bring justice swift and sure!
But He is ever merciful waiting for all that will be saved!
For there is an appointed time, the fullness of the gentiles as it is said in .
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
And so now in this dispensation of time, the plan of God for the redemption of the gentiles is playing out.
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Because what is worse, to live a bit longer in this world with all its evil and heartache, or, to be condemned to eternal fire and damnation?
Conclusion:
In this second week of advent, we once again reflect on the miraculous events and prophecies surrounding the Son of God, and His coming to this earth.
We must keep it alive in our minds, remembering that these things have come about because of God’s great plan of redemption and restoration.
That He alone will make everything right, and bring in everlasting peace and righteousness.
My brethren, Go in peace and serve Him!