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\t\t\t\t[note color=”#b4e557″]\"Cross“<\/span><\/em><\/span>Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.” (Psa 24:1-10)[\/note]\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

J<\/span>ournal,<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a challenge to study the Scriptures in their Hebraic thought form, but also within their historical and redemptive context.\u00a0What I want to do in this study is bring us back to what John the Baptist, and the disciples, and the Lord Himself meant in saying that the kingdom of God was at hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, let’s begin with Jesus. Why is it that when Jesus performed a miracle, you never hear Him say, ‘In the name of the Lord God.’<\/em> No true prophet of God would dare to speak in his own name. They would always call attention to the Lord, such as,\u00a0‘Hear what the Lord would say.’<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The rabbis knew this. In fact when the rabbis taught, they always linked their teachings around something a noted rabbi had already said. This was to keep an upstart teacher from introducing a new or strange teaching. Everything had to fit into the rabbinical program. <\/span>(In later Talmudic Judaism, the rabbis set about to convince the people that they were the last voice of God. In one setting\u00a0they have themselves outwitting God Himself.)<\/em><\/p>\n

And so it was the way Jesus taught that disturbed the Jewish leadership. The rulers wanted to know where He got the authority to change the rules. Who was He to presume to speak in His own authority!\u00a0It says,<\/p>\n

“The crowds were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.”<\/em> (Mt7:28,29<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It brings us back to who Jesus was and is.<\/p>\n

The prophet said …<\/p>\n

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Call His Name Emmanuel (Isa7:14)<\/h3>\n

The quick answer is that Jesus had no need to link His authority to that of a prophet. He was God incarnate. Of course this is the key to why Jesus kept startling the religious authorities and the people themselves. No one ever taught the way He taught. No one ever spoke the way He spoke. His very words had penetrating power.<\/p>\n

In the Sermon on the Mount, we hear the Lord make this statement more than once,<\/p>\n

“You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ <\/em><\/p>\n

“But I say to you<\/strong> that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.”\u00a0<\/em>(Mat 5:21-22)<\/p>\n

Jesus uses, ‘But I say to you’<\/em> at least 139 times in the gospels. Most often He is countering something that the people had been taught, and not something that was truly from the sacred writings of old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What does this tell us? It tells us that all the Messianic prophetic flow of the Old Testament had reached its apex in Jesus. It tells us that the King of glory, the Lord Himself was walking in the shadow of the temple. This is so important to understand.<\/p>\n

Jesus is…<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Image of the Invisible God<\/h3>\n

The fullness of all that God is, was fully manifested in the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact Jesus is called ‘the image of the invisible God.<\/em>‘ (This takes us out of the Jewish court into the cosmos of eternity.)<\/p>\n

Jesus had no need to explain His authority to anyone. The very works that He did testified to who He really was. And His kingship did not begin with His birth. The Psalmist said, <\/span><\/p>\n

“Yet God is my king from of old; who works deliverance in the midst of the \"Kingdom\"earth.”<\/em>\u00a0Cf.\u00a0Ps74:12<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And again, <\/span><\/p>\n

“But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.”<\/em> (Cf.\u00a0Jer10:10<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The priests become quiet, and the Lord begins speaking to them in parables. He nails the leadership up tightly when He said,<\/span><\/p>\n

“Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘ The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone; this came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'” <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

He continues,<\/span><\/p>\n

“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.”\u00a0<\/em>(Matt21:42,43)<\/p>\n

What did Jesus mean in saying that the kingdom would be removed from Israel?<\/p>\n

The answer is that when you reject the King, there is no kingdom for the rejecter. To the Jewish people the term ‘kingdom of God’ spoke of the rule of the King, or, the direct rule of God. The Jewish leaders were forfeiting\u00a0any right to God’s direct rule.\u00a0They were also forfeiting their right to represent Israel before God.<\/p>\n

Israel would once again have an appointment with Jesus Christ. That time is growing near.<\/p>\n

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Israel Was Set Aside<\/h3>\n

Even with all her swings into idolatry and all the evils that plagued her, Israel was still God’s visible kingdom in the earth.\u00a0Israel of old had been set as God’s mediating kingdom in the earth.\u00a0All of God’s redemptive program revolved on some level around Israel. <\/span><\/p>\n

Israel was to send prophets to all the nations. Of course this all changed when the King Himself arrived on the scene. It would be the new covenant people of God, who would fulfill this role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s come back to Jesus as the King of Israel. When John the Baptist began preaching, <\/span>“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,”<\/em> he was announcing the King. To repent meant to turn away from all other authority practices, and in turn, to now let all eyes look to the King. This is what the term repent actually meant to the Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Kingdom2\"The Lion and Lamb King<\/h3>\n

The Lamb-King was in place thus the kingdom of God was in place. Paul speaks of this kingdom phase as,\u00a0‘The kingdom of the beloved Son.’<\/em><\/p>\n

When Jesus came the first time it was to set forth the beginning stage of His kingdom.<\/p>\n

The One who had rule over all the earth and certainly over all Israel, was now among them. This is why it can be said that John the Baptist was the last of the Old Testament prophets.<\/p>\n

John could easily have said, ‘Israel, here is your king.’<\/em> What he said was, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.’<\/em><\/p>\n

Once again the term repentance is often misunderstood. Repentance is not an issue of wailing at an altar. To repent literally speaks of a change of mind that results in a change of direction. When a person truly confesses Jesus Christ and receives Him as their Lord and Savior, this is, in fact, the very essence of repentance. It is on the bases of repentance that we are given authority to become children of God.<\/p>\n[note color=”#b4e557″]May I press this home — When we repent and turn to Jesus, this means that everything and everyone with whom we have trusted as our spiritual authority can no longer hold that same place of absoluteness in our lives. We are presenting ourselves to the King. <\/span><\/p>\n

Think about it. How many times do we Christians place our allegiance in a denomination or even a church or a movement or a personage to the extent that the denomination or church becomes our security, our voice from heaven, and the absolute authority over our lives. <\/span><\/p>\n

What we should be saying is, ‘Lord, you are the King of my life. I want to be what You want me to be. I want to be where you assign me to be. I want to do what You want me to do<\/em>.’<\/span>[\/note]\n

None of this is to say that we should not flock ourselves in our respected gathering places. The Lord does place us in the flock of our belonging. Yet even at that, it is the\u00a0 King Himself who speaks to our hearts wherever we may be and in whatever flock we may attend. This is personal Lordship.<\/p>\n

Listen to what Jesus said to the religious leaders;<\/span><\/p>\n

“How can you believe, when you seek glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?” <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And again, <\/span><\/p>\n

“For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.”<\/em> (John 5:44<\/a>;\u00a012:43<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lord Who Was, Who is, and Who is to Come<\/h3>\n

Jesus came as the Lamb to be sacrificed. He ascended into heaven as the Lion king. He returns to earth as the conquering Lord of glory.<\/p>\n

The Lord said the true blessings of heaven revolved on His Lordship.<\/p>\n

“If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.”<\/em> (Jn12:26<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In another place He said,<\/p>\n

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”<\/em> (Jn10:27<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The prophets had long written about the rejection of the suffering King, and that He would come a second time as the King of judgment and as the King of victory. Between these two events there would be an out gathering of people of all the nations who hearts and souls would belong to the King. These are the ones whose allegiance would fully belong to the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus we hear the Psalmist –<\/p>\n

“Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way; for His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all those to take refuge in Him! [the Church age]”<\/em> (Ps2:10-12<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This is an ancient Jewish proverb that speaks volumes. They taught than when Messiah comes, if Israel is worthy, He would come on the clouds. They called Him ‘bar nifle<\/i>‘ which means ‘son of the clouds.’ But if Israel was unworthy, He would come on a donkey. (Think about it.)<\/p>\n

The time is short. Aren’t you glad that Jesus Christ is your own Lord and Savior.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take time for this video. It will speak to your heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2vo74LSKIJY[\/youtube]\n[signoff]\t\t<\/p>\n

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