The King of Christmas
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· 10 viewsThe story of the Wisemen at the first Christmas has always been an intresting story. You would not normally couple the wisemen story with the book of Hebrews. But when you do, you find the very reason for the gifts they brought to the Savior. Pastor Bill helps to connect the dots between the two so we can see the magnitude of the King of Christmas.
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Introduction: Defining the Pain
Current Series: The Everlasting God
5 Part Series defining The Christ of Christmas. Who is this baby born in a manger in September of 4 B.C.
Christ before Christmas
The Creator of Christmas
The King of Christmas
The Names of Christmas
The Lamb of Christmas (Christmas Eve)
A Fresh Start
A Fresh Start
I love this time of year because there is a newness in the air. The new year is coming and everyone starts planing a fresh start. Would it be nice to have a fresh start in your life.
You hear people talking about the past as they saying, “Man if I could go back I would do things different.” But we know that’s just a dream. We can’t go back we can only move forward. Can’t you see Adam and Eve at the start of the new year. “Man, If I could just go back I would do things different.” But they could either.
The reason why I love the Christmas story so much is it provides for all of us a fresh start.
To start fresh and new is to go back past your past and find where what God originally intended it to be.
To see creation as it is supposed to be you have to go back to the beginning when it was good, very good.
A new family for us to be apart of.
A new promise of hope.
To see your marriage the way it is supposed to be you have to go back to the first marriage: one man one woman for a lifetime.
A new King with a new kingdom that we are invited into.
To have the right relationship with God You have to go back to the way it was before the fall. When you are born again in the line of Jesus the curse of death is removed and you can have an eternal life with God as it was in the beginning.
If you are hear this morning and your looking for a fresh start. You need to understand the real story of the King of Christmas.
If you are hear this morning and your looking for a fresh start. You need to understand the real story of the King of Christmas.
I love the story of the Maggi, the wisemen of the story of Christmas that came and honor the new King. And although we don’t know how many Maggi came we do know that they brought 3 gifts of God, Frankincense, and Myrrh.
Most, however, don’t understand the significance these gifts really have and the story that thy tell. And for me to help you understand we need to understand I little more about who this baby Jesus really was.
Here is what the Maggi knew about this baby born in a manger.
He is the Everlasting Prophet, the Everlasting Priest, and the Everlasting King.
Message: Defining the Passage
The Order of Melchizedek
The Order of Melchizedek
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:
There are two lines of priesthoods in the Bible.
The Old Order of Aaron
The Old Order of Aaron
The one we are most familiar with is the line of Aaron and the priesthood of the Levites. Which is where we get the levitical law and the laws for the attornment for sin and righteousness.
Under the order of Aaron there were prophets, priests, and kings. But these were not to hold the same office. A priest was not the king and the King wasn’t a prophet.
Under the order of Aaron there was a continual need for sacrifices and atonement for sins because they were using the blood of bulls and goats.
The order of Aaron had to first make an atonement for their own sin before offering sacrifice for the people.
The priest were appointed until death, because they would all die and need to be replaced.
There are many today that are still trying to keep the levitical laws not understand that priesthood of Aron has past.
The New Order of Melchizedek
The New Order of Melchizedek
But there is another line of priesthood that comes before Aaron and Moses and before the Levitical law. It is the order of Melchizedek.
To start fresh and new is to go back past your past and find where what God originally intended it to be.
To see creation as it is supposed to be you have to go back to the beginning when it was good, very good.
To see your marriage the way it is supposed to be you have to go back to the first marriage: one man one woman for a lifetime.
To have the right relationship with God You have to go back to the way it was before the fall. When you are born again in the line of Jesus the curse of death is removed and you can have an eternal life with God as it was in the beginning.
Under the order of Melchizedek a man was prophet, priest, and king all at the same time.
After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) And he blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”
And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Gen 14:1
The priesthood of Melchizedek is superior to Aaron.
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
Hebrews 7:
His name = King of Righteousness
He was the King of Salem = King of Peace
he was spoke blessing over Abraham as a prophet.
He had no genealogy, no beginning, no end.
He was a picture of the Son of God, a Prophet, Priest, and King forever.
It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
heb 7:
Abraham, the great grandfather of Levi humbled himself before Melchizedek by giving his tithe which is a act of worship to the king.
One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
The Gifts of the Wisemen
The Gifts of the Wisemen
hebrews 7:
As the wisemen come to meet Jesus at his birth, the gifts they bring validate Jesus after the Order of Melchizedek.
And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
The gift of Gold
The gift of Gold
Representing Jesus as royalty The King of kings and Lord of Lords.
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
The gift of Frankincense
The gift of Frankincense
His name = King of Righteousness
He was the King of Salem = King of Peace
He spoke blessing over Abraham as a prophet.
He had no genealogy, no beginning, no end.
He was a picture of the Son of God, a Prophet, Priest, and King forever.
The gift of Frankincense
The gift of Frankincense
Representing Jesus as Prophet that would bring healing to the nations.
Frankincense was a healing medicine used to remove pain and suffering as a form of blessing.
Frankincense was a healing medicine used to remove pain and suffering as a form of blessing.
Melchizedek spoke blessing over Abraham as a prophet.
Representing Jesus as Prophet that would bring healing to the nations.
The gift of Myrrh
The gift of Myrrh
Gold = Kingship: Authority and Rein
Representing jesus as our High Priest forever.
For it is witnessed of him,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
Myrrh was used for embalming in the mummification process.
Myrrh was used for embalming in the mummification process.
Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Jesus offer an eternal sacrifice for our sins once and for all.
For it is witnessed of him,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
= Priest: atonement and sacrifice.
Jesus offer an eternal sacrifice for our sins once and for all.
Jesus is our High Priest forever.
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9
The Gifts of the Wisemen were given to us.
The Gifts of the Wisemen were given to us.
The gift of Gold
The gift of Gold
Representing the Kingship of Jesus: Authority and Rein
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Frankincense: Jesus is our everlasting Prophet speaking healing and blessing over us.
Frankincense: Jesus is our everlasting Prophet speaking healing and blessing over us.
Myrrh: Jesus is our everlasting High Priest that has secured our atonement through his eternal sacrifice.
Myrrh: Jesus is our everlasting High Priest that has secured our atonement through his eternal sacrifice.
Jesus is our everlasting King that rules our hearts and minds.
Jesus is our everlasting King that rules our hearts and minds.
Jesus is our
Next Steps Defining the Process
Knowing all that God has provided for us through Jesus, Have you recieved him has your Prophet, Priest, and King.
Knowing all that God has provided for us through Jesus, Have you recieved him has your Prophet, Priest, and King.
The question was always asked about Jesus, “Who do men say that I am?” That question is still be asked today.
Receive the gift of Gold and accept Jesus as your King.
Receive the gift of Gold and accept Jesus as your King.
Quit trying to rule your own life.
Quit trying to be your own high priests over dead sacrifices to God.
Come into the Kingdom of Christ and find grace and mercy for your soul.
Let him rule your hearts and lives.
Give up your own authority and enter the kingdom of God.
Receive The gift of Myrrh and accept Jesus as your eternal sacrifice for your sin. Your eternal High Priest.
Receive The gift of Myrrh and accept Jesus as your eternal sacrifice for your sin. Your eternal High Priest.
Come out from under the law of Aaron that only condemns you.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Quit trying to be your own high priests over dead sacrifices to God.
John 1:12
Hebrews 10:19-
Come into the Kingdom of Christ and find grace and mercy for your soul.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
hebrews 10:
Receive the gift of Frankincense and let Jesus bring healing and blessing to your life.
Receive the gift of Frankincense and let Jesus bring healing and blessing to your life.
You want a fresh start? It will only come through King Jesus. The King of Christmas.