The Work of Christ in History

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Eschatology Matters. The work of Christ in history includes putting everything under the feet of Jesus. We should not be pessimistic about the future and the end times but instead should be emboldened to preach and teach he Gospel of Jesus Christ, as we await his return triumphant. You can get more at http://apologiastudios.com. Be sure to like, share, and comment on this video. #ApologiaStudios You can partner with us by signing up for All Access. When you do you make everything we do possible and you also get our TV show, After Show, and Apologia Academy. In our Academy you can take a course on Christian apologetics and learn how to witness to Mormons. Follow us on social media here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApologiaStudios/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/apologiastudios?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apologiastudios/?hl=en

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The promise was that the Messiah was gonna come into the world, sit on David's throne.
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He was gonna bring forth justice on the earth. The coastlands were gonna wait for his law.
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They anticipated Messiah's coming means that God is coming to bring, of course, salvation, but justice in the earth.
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And with Jesus's coming, the sight given back to the blind was a sign to the people of God in Israel that this truly is
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David's son. Because they knew David's son on that throne would bring forth justice to the nations through his kingdom, through his reigning on the throne.
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He would take people out of darkness and he would remove blindness. Did you see it? They said, son of David, son of David, have mercy.
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What do you want me to do? I know from Isaiah 42 that David's son can give sight to blind people.
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Let me see again, Jesus. And Jesus gives them what they want. Do you see it? It wasn't just some miracle popping up or propping up the pastor or the preacher.
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This is not some healing service where the preacher's walking around and knocking people down.
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People are shaking and convulsing, losing their minds. This isn't a false shepherd lining his pockets through false healings and buds in his ears hearing his wife tell him stories about the person he's talking to with all these charlatans and con artists.
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This isn't just a simple healing to wow people. This was a sign pointing to the truth of who was standing right in front of them.
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Everything they asked God for, every promise he ever made about the son of David on the throne to bring salvation and redemption to the world was wrapped up in this little moment.
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Son of David, have mercy on me. What do you want me to do? Let me see because I know that the son of David can give sight to the blind.
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Do you see where their hope was? Son of David, why does that matter? Because David's son, if it's truly
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David's son, he can let the blind see again. And do you see something else?
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If it is David's son and if he does give recovery to the blind, he gives them their eyes again, then there's another part of that story, isn't there, in Isaiah 42, and what's that?
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It's not just the sight to the blind, it's not just taking people out of darkness. What else do we expect from the son of David on his throne?
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Because he's on his throne now. He's gonna bring forth justice to the nations.
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People always ask, Pastor Jeff, how can you be so optimistic about the future? Don't you see the world?
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Don't you see all the difficulty we have around us? You see all the decay, you see all the depravity, you see all the sin, and my answer is this.
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I may see the brokenness all around me, but I know what this story says. I know what this tells me.
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I know what it says about the son of David. I know what it says about the good shepherd. I know what
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God's promises are for the one who is on his throne. And the way that David summarized it is the way the
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New Testament authors constantly summarize it. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit at my right hand till I make all your enemies a footstool for your feet.
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Where is history going? History is going the direction God says it's going, under the feet of Jesus.
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People say, how victorious do you think the world's gonna be before Jesus returns? Well, the
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Bible says every enemy under Jesus' feet, and then finally death. What do you think that means?
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I think it means every enemy. And then finally death is destroyed.
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What do you think it means that God says he's gonna bring forth justice on the earth to the Messiah? I think the Messiah is not gonna grow faint or weary until he's established justice on the earth.
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That's what I think. People say, well, what's my part in that? What do I get to do?
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Well, here's the answer. Jesus is the son of David. He's the king of Israel. He's the good shepherd. He's everything we ever asked
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God for and hoped for. He's on his throne now, and we are his bride.
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We're his church. We are his help meet. You and I, as the people of God, we work as Christ's help meet.
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As the son of David's on his throne, winning the world through his gospel, we act as his church, as his help meet, to work alongside the
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Savior, to bring forth the kingdom of God on the earth. What's the prayer you're told to pray as a church?
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Your kingdom come, your will be done. Where? On earth.
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How? As it is in heaven. That's the prayer. That's the hope. If Jesus gives sight to blind people on roadsides, then that means that every promise made about the son of David is true.
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And you and I can hope in the one that God says is gonna rescue and restore and redeem the world.
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There's our hope. And it's all shown to us in this little moment where you've got two unnamed dudes on a roadside crying out, son of David, have mercy on us.
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It was a sign with a greater reality pointing behind it. This is