Jesus Christ is both the root and offspring of David, as both the son of God but also the son of man. We study the righteous Branch, that came forth as both the stem and also the root of Jesse and David – Jesus Christ, who was fully God and fully man.
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We see the same ole gospel story told all throughout the Bible in different ways and through different perspectives. We see the gospel in Psalm 2 of the conspiring of the wicked of this world to crucify Jesus Christ, but the Lord in heaven just laughs at the futile devices of men.
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We have a tendency to want to solve our own problems though our own might, but we see in God’s blessing of Jehoshaphat, that the battle was the Lord’s. Our job is to sing and worship God as He triumphs over our enemies.
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In considering the Messianic Psalm in Ps. 75, we see the movement of the Holy Spirit among his people.
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In the beginning was the Light of God, and he manifested his Light upon the darkness upon the face of the deep. In like manner, God shines his light into our dark hearts in the new birth and give us fellowship with Jesus Christ in the light of the gospel as well.
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The beginning of all knowledge of God starts at the beginning of the Bible, that God is the Creator of all things. Satan knows if this foundation is compromised, most other things built upon that foundation crumbles as well, thus we must hold strong to his vital truth of God as the Creator.
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When he was asked by his disciples how they could get to where he was going, thus how could they go to heaven, Jesus says I am your only way to heaven, the only way to the Father. Most of Christianity actually believes that belief or faith is the way to salvation, but we believe Jesus Christ alone is the way to the Father.
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“Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them…[4] And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.” (Judges 3:1,4)
Three times the Lord says he left the remaining Canaanites in the land to “prove” his people (Judges 2:22; 3:1; 3:4). Before we examine that aspect of this period, let’s first consider how they arrived at that point. The calamity of the time of the judges was brought on by a failure of parenting. This chaotic and sinful period of Israel’s history was characterized by “every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6, 21:25). The reason why that first generation of adults raised in Canaan did what was right in their own eyes was because their parents failed in teaching them of the Lord and failed in teaching them that doing what was right in God’s eyes was the utmost priority above their own desires and flesh. The parents succumbed to the desires of their children, giving in to who they wanted to marry, rather than telling them No because God said you can’t marry the Canaanites. When a whole generation is raised by being given everything they want as children, instead of being told No by their parents because it’s contrary to God’s word, is it any surprise every man did what was right in their own eyes when they became adults? This is very relevant to us today because “gentle parenting” and giving the kids whatever they want, and allowing them to rule the household, is arguably the most popular parenting method of the world today. We are just now starting to see children raised by “gentle parents” growing into young adults, and it’s no surprise our culture is increasingly looking more like the time of the judges where every man did what was right in their own eyes. We need to understand and accept the reality that what we sow today as parents will be reaped by not just me, but by all future generations, for better or worse.
When Abram yet again questions the promise of God and asks for a sign to know he can believe God, the Lord condescends to give him a public manifestation of his covenant commitment to his promise. In the ancient Chaldean custom, while Abram fell asleep, the Lord passed through as both parties to the covenant to show to Abram one more time that God’s counsel is immutable and he should trust God’s promise in faith.
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