Obadiah: To the Nations | Sermon 09/22/2024

The Coming of the Rock and the Day of the Lord

Yeah, but next week pastor Wade will be back from his sabbatical and he'll continue going over our series on 1st Corinthians Paul's letter first letter to the church that is in Corinth, but today let's finish out Obadiah and by God's grace He really spoke through Obadiah and he ends this book the smallest book in the Old Testament with an absolute bang.

This is a phenomenal a phenomenal book and I'm excited to finish this up today with you guys. So between the house of Jacob in ruins and the kingdom of Edom which has now been brought low stood a great image.

One of which reflected a timeline of nations. Nations which thought that they're exceeding riches in power in turn entitled them to be sovereign. The one supreme ruler over the nations of earth each with a kingdom.

They thought would be everlasting. Each one thought it would never be destroyed. In this image that stood between Jerusalem in Edom was that of a man. The head of this image was of fine gold its chest and arms of silver.

Its middle and thighs of bronze its legs of iron with its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. As time goes on our view of the image scans from the head of fine gold down to the legs of iron to the feet of mixed iron and clay.

These are the kingdoms of Adam. Unlike the house of Jacob in promise these earthly kingdoms ruled over Israel in successive generations. Babylon of fine gold the Medo-Persian Empire of silver Greece of bronze and then finally Rome of iron with feet mixed with clay in Which every king descended from Adam sought to rule reign and take dominion over all things.

Yet they all did in such a way where they wanted the glory that is due to the only God for themselves and in turn They also made the house of Jacob suffer under the rule of wicked principalities in powers.

The house of Jacob over time was influenced by each one of these earthly kingdoms as they awaited their salvation they Awaited their exodus for now. They were captives in their own land of promise. Yet the day of the Lord was near in the prophets spoke of the day of which was soon to come in the midst of the captivity of the house of Jacob as You look at the image of gold silver bronze iron and clay that sits between Jerusalem and Esau a stone appears One which was cut out by no human hand and it strikes the image on its feet of iron and clay breaking the image into pieces.

The skies darkened the earth roared as the image toppled to the earth breaking into pieces. The authority of the image that sat between Jerusalem and Edom has collapsed and the heavens rejoiced as. The pieces of this image were blown away like the chaff off a threshing floor and the stone which struck the image became a great Mountain and filled the whole earth over time.

No image of nations ruling in the succession of Adam could stand against this rock. This was the beginning of the coming of the day of the Lord. Something happened in which the ruler of this world was cast out Where the strong man was bound and his kingdom was now to be plundered.

There was one who came from a virgin Not cut from the line of Adam and to him would be the obedience of the nations to him would be a kingdom not of earthly Origin, but straight from the rock of God that would never be destroyed.

Be not confused. Jacob I loved Esau have I hated. All who are not in Jacob are that of Esau and is now where Obadiah Begins God's indictment to all the nations. Yet Obadiah speaks of the salvation that comes through the coming of the kingdom of God.

To the Jew first and also to the Gentile which can only have been given by the great coveted keeper who is the Messiah. To whom all authority on heaven and earth has been given whose kingdom shall cover the earth.

Swallowing up even Jerusalem, which was but a shadow of the heavenly Jerusalem, which now comes down from heaven invading the earth. So hear the words of the Lord from the prophet Obadiah starting in verse 15.

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. Have you have done. It shall be done to you. Your deeds shall return on your own head. For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually.

They shall drink and swallow and they shall be as though they have never been. But in Mount Zion, there shall be those who escape and it shall be holy in the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

The house of Jacob shall be a fire in the house of Joseph a flame in the house of Esau stubble. They shall burn them and consume them and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau for the Lord has spoken.

Those of the Najib shall possess Mount Esau and those of Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines. They shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

The exiles of this host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath and the exiles of Jerusalem who in Sheppard shall possess the cities of the Najib. The Savior Savior shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau in the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

Daniel’s Prophecies and the Times of the Gentiles

Let's pray God, thank you for this word. Thank you for these great promises that we see in scripture. Jesus you're more magnificent and Amazing than we could ever ever understand. The excellencies of Christ are never ending.

Help me Lord to speak clearly today. Help me get out of the way. So your word shines through. These are profound truths that we're going to be going through Lord. Ones in which we can trust in you. That Lord again, you're the great covenant keeper when we are the horrible covenant breakers.

But it's in your headship and your covenant Lord in which all of your enemies will be placed under your feet. Let us trust you. Let us love you. It's in your name. We pray Jesus name. Amen. Now the reason I wanted to start each sermon in Obadiah with a story Is because I want you to have a picture in your mind of the biblical imagery God uses through the prophets.

I Want you to have the holistic expectation of God's people prior to the coming of the Messiah. Given by the prophets and if you've read Daniel anytime recently You may have found that I drew heavily from the dream that Nebuchadnezzar has in Daniel chapter 2 in which Daniel interprets the King's dream of that image.

Mind you this is during the beginning of the Jewish exile yet. The prophetic hope remains within Daniel. Something will come which will crush the feet of the image and rule will be given to that kingdom Which shall swallow up the power of all the kingdoms of earth last week.

We dealt specifically with Edom God's indictment on that brother kingdom of Jacob Which took advantage of Jacob when they were at their weakest. All of the crimes that Edom committed against Jacob were listed Earlier in Obadiah and the face of God was set against Edom in judgment.

There was nothing that could stop the wrath of God against the nation of Edom in a sense. Their destruction was set in stone for what they did against the house of Jacob. And now God turns his hand of judgment to all of the nations here.

It is again verse 15. For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations as you have done it. It shall be done to you your deeds shall return on your own head. Let's start with understanding the day of the Lord in scripture.

There's many days of the Lord Noted within the Old Testament and this is used specifically when dealing with the destruction of nations and with this destruction of nations. Blessings are actually typically given for the people of God as well and we'll get into that.

What we find here with an Obadiah is that the Lord speaks? to judgment that has been given to all of the nations and it's very Important for us to understand what the day of the Lord is in this context from switching to Edom to all of the nations.

It's not specific to Edom anymore and it's very important. Obadiah here is talking to all of the nations and he begins a prophecy that finds its fulfillment in the coming of the kingdom Of God and the messianic rule of Christ.

Meaning this prophecy has a dual fulfillment and it's still abiding and revelant today. But I want you to understand something beautifully something Covenantally beautiful which comes from the blessing from that day of the Lord from the judgment that's upon all of the nations.

Remember God's people within the day of the Lord will have a blessing while judgment comes for those Number one who killed the Messiah and the nations that stand against the rule of God. So if you can Please turn to Deuteronomy 30 and I'm gonna read right now verses 1 through 10 and we'll get into it.

And when all these things come upon you The blessing and the curse which I have set before you and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you and Return to the Lord your God you and your children and obey his voice and all that I command you today With all your heart and with all your soul.

Then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you. And he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. If you're outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven from there The Lord your God will gather you and from there He will take you and the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your father's possessed that you may possess it.

And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your father's and the Lord your God will circumcise your heart. And the heart of your offspring so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul that you may live and The Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you.

And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I commanded you today The Lord your God will make you abundantly Prosperous and all the work of your hand in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit.

Of your ground.

For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you as he took delight in your father's. When you obey the voice of the Lord your God to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this book of the Law when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

This is way back in Deuteronomy 28 and 29 of Deuteronomy detail those blessings and curses and here's one of the blessings here in Deuteronomy 30. What we find specifically because we're Baptist is this is a specific covenant that is being made between Moses and the people of Israel.

It's a renewed covenant right between the Lord and the people of God prior to the Hebrews entering into the promised land. But what happened when we read the book of Judges Judges? It's understood that with the conquest of Joshua though.

It was successful. It was ultimately a failure. For God's Word was not fully followed in as much all of the blessings and curses ultimately fell on the Israelites. It's true. They faced the blessings and curses that were listed in 28 and 29.

They could not fulfill In and of their own accord what chapter 30 in Deuteronomy was requiring. They couldn't do it. They couldn't love the Lord with all of their might mind and strength, right. It seems utterly hopeless.

No one can do it. We're born Sinners, right? We're born in iniquity. But here's a clue. Here's a clue verse 5 in Deuteronomy 30 going to verse 7 again. It says. And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your father's possessed that you may possess it and he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your father's and the Lord God just listen to this and the Lord God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring.

So that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul that you may live. And the Lord your God will put all the curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. Now there are scholars who believe that this is speaking of the future restoration of Israel of which Paul longs for in Romans 11.

To that I could say yes. I Could say yes, but I think there's more. By and large. This is prophetic in nature. No fallen human being can accomplish what is required here. Yet there was one who came perfectly obedient to the works of the law the second Adam as Paul likes to detail to us who was not fallen and All who believe in him are what adopted into the family of God through his blood his offspring shall have circumcised hearts.

Do we not when we believe it believe in Jesus have that? Through his blood it is the people of God in the New Covenant that this finds its ultimate fulfillment. Jesus Christ initiated this blessing on behalf of all who believe in him by faith the people of the kingdom of God.

He holds the headship of this blessing and even if we're gonna go back to what the scholars may think for Romans 11 to the future restoration of Israel. It would have to be through repentance right and being grafted back into the tree by the blood of Jesus through the power of the Gospel, there is no separate thing that they must follow but it's going back to Christ so in terms of Jesus and the blessing that we inherit with the coming of the day of the Lord here and The curses that follow the nations with respect to the Messiah.

There's an era where the people of God in the kingdom of God inherit every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places through Christ. And what does it say there? It says anyone essentially who curses? These people all of the curses will fall back on them part of that blessing is that every nation that stands against Christ in his kingdom will suffer all the curses without hope of Renewal and remember again, we have Obadiah here switching from Edom To all of the nations all of the nations now here again God's speaking in the prophetic perfect states as you have done 15 of Obadiah it shall be done to you.

Your deeds shall return on your own head. Very important here Obadiah is giving this prophecy during the Jewish exilic period within Babylon. Believed to be somewhere between 586 BC and 553 BC. We went over that last year in This era their specific hope for a time in which all of the nations will face judgment.

And what is it? It says that day is near and this is why I mentioned Daniel at the beginning within the framework of the Prophet Daniel. We find a judgment given to the great nations of the earth where they will be displaced and another will take its place.

The nations mentioned reigned over Israel within the following time frame. So if we're to think back in Daniel chapter 2 with that image of that statue Go back there real quick. So we have the head of that image of fine gold represents Babylon and they ruled from 605 BC to 539 BC and Then they were destroyed by the Medo-Persian rule which were the chest and arms of silver from 539 BC to 331 BC is when the Medo-Persians ruled and Then after that they were toppled by Greece Who ruled from 331 BC to 168 BC and that's the middle and thighs of bronze and Then finally we go to the legs of iron with feet mixed of clay.

Which represents the rule of Rome from 168 BC? To what I believe teaches the ascent of Christ to rule the nations from his throne. Started off the destruction of Rome. It was sure. So it's under it's important to understand for the house of Jacob during this whole time frame Jerusalem Israel though they were rebuilding right?

They were never a sovereign nation again. They were being ruled by each one of those nations. Though King Darius allowed zero Zerubbabel to start the reconstruction of the temple which can be found in the book of Ezra which was completed in 515 BC.

Which also that temple never really compared to the glory of the temple that Solomon made. Till later when Herod made it more beautiful again. But the walls of Jerusalem still laid in ruins even when that temple was built in 515 BC and the people Were mainly still in exile Israel and Judah.

Thus the rule during this time frame with those nations. We can call it the times of the Gentiles. They ruled over Israel from Babylon to Rome. It was represented through the image that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream.

That again was the times of the Gentiles. And that is the image that exists between the rule of Babylon to the destruction of the image with the rock. Not cut by human hands. And I hope you guys are trekking with me here.

The question we must ask ourselves is when did the rock? Destroy this image when is the coming of the day of the Lord that Obadiah is referring to here? When did that take place or has it yet to take place?

Let us look more into the prophecies given to Daniel to state our case.

The Seventy Weeks and the Coming of the Messiah

Okay.

So if you want you can turn to Daniel chapter 9 and We find that Daniel is given a prophecy of what is called the 70 weeks or the 70 sets of seven. Which gave a time frame for the expectation of the Messiah and the end of the sacrificial system.

So if you'd like you can turn to Daniel chapter 9, we're gonna read verses 24 through 27. 70 weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city. To finish the transgression to put an end to sin and to atone for iniquity to bring in everlasting Righteousness to seal both vision and profit and to anoint a most holy place.

Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem To the coming of an anointed one a prince there shall be seven weeks. Then for 62 weeks, it shall be built again with squares and a moat but in a troubled time and after the 62 weeks an anointed one shall be cut off and Shall have nothing and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city in the sanctuary.

It its end shall come with a flood and to the end of there shall be war. Desolations are decreed and He shall make a strong covenant with many for one week and for half of the week. He shall put an end to sacrifice and offering and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate on the till the decree.

And is poured out on the desolator. Earlier in Daniel chapter 9 we find Daniel is anticipating the coming of the day of the Lord within his own lifetime. In the beginning of chapter 9 he Cites the prophecy of Jeremiah for the destruction of Babylon.

So he's anticipating it. Here's the prophecy from Jeremiah 25 11. This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon 70 years. Okay, so Daniel. Here he is taken into captivity with the first set of exiles into Babylon at 605 BC.

So he has the prophecy from Jeremiah within 70 years, right? The land shall become a ruin and a waste and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon 70 years he's expecting something and Jeremiah even repeats this again years later in Jeremiah 29 10.

It says for thus says the Lord when 70 years are completed for Babylon I will visit you and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. So again, Daniel was taken into captivity with the first set of exiles in 605 BC.

The third set of captives was during the final destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and we went over that Last week because what did Edom do during that time? Esau's people when the people of Judah were trying to escape.

They took them and they handed them over to be captives to Babylon. And then what did Edom do. Edom went into the land of Jerusalem after Babylon had destroyed it and they They plundered the kingdom. They plundered the kingdom.

But here in Daniel chapter 9 We find the the the reign of Darius who was a meat. So this would have been in the second. The second part of the image already Babylon had been overthrown in Daniel chapter 9.

It had been 67 years since the first exile into Babylon so Daniel again was Anticipating something he's anticipating the fulfillment of the prophecy of Jeremiah. So what does he do? Right? He goes into a prayer of repentance.

Remember last week when we talked about the curses from Deuteronomy 28 through 30 for the Israelites disobedience. And how those same curses were placed on Edom. What's interesting is Leviticus also details blessings and curses for Israel's disobedience and in accordance with Jeremiah.

Daniel would have been familiar with the book of Leviticus which details this in Leviticus 25 1 through 5. These are requirements for the rest of the land on the seventh year. Okay, listen to this. This is very interesting.

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Also, we have curses attached where the Israelites do not heed the requirements and this is what will happen. So in Leviticus 25 1 through 5 is the detail to give the land a rest from working it for a full year.

And there's a curse in Leviticus 26 33 through 34 that says what will happen if you do not let the land rest. This is the curse. Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate while you are in your enemies land.

Then the land shall rest and enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lives desolate. It shall have rest the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it. Okay second Chronicles 36 21 details the fulfillment of this curse during the exile period of Judah in Israel states this second Chronicles 36 21.

To fulfill the word of the Lord by mouth of Jeremiah. Until the land has enjoyed its Sabbaths all the days that it laid desolate it kept Sabbath to fulfill. 70 years. 70 years. Since Daniel was familiar with Leviticus we find in chapter 9.

He comes to God again. He is repentant for the nation of Israel. He even cites from Deuteronomy 30 in terms of the structure of his prayer that God would pour out his mercy in. That's in Daniel chapter 9 the angel Gabriel comes to Daniel and gives further Information until what until when the messianic reign would be established the one to put an end to the sacrificial system.

This is detailed as the 70 weeks or 70 sets of seven that we read earlier and quickly. I just want to go over this not in too much detail just so we can have an understanding that. The people during the time of the Messiah were expecting the Messiah to come and they were citing and going through Daniel in order to do this.

The sets of seven first start with the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. We read that in Daniel chapter 9 and this is unlike the decree to rebuild the temple which was given to Zerubbabel In 538 BC. And guys forgive me for mispronouncing the names of these people.

I'm gonna mispronounce them every single time Lord. Forgive me. So even after the temple was built Jerusalem was still in ruins. The decree to rebuild Jerusalem is detailed actually in Ezra 7 verse 8 in the seventh year of Artaxerxes Which can be found to be in the year? 457 BC.

Now if the 70 sets of seven start here. The first set is that of 49 years for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Which leads us to 408 BC and then it says in Daniel 9 that there'll be 62 sets of seven after that which is 434 years and if we calculate that that's around 80 26 to 27 Which is believed to be the year that Jesus's ministry starts.

Interestingly enough following a three and a half years later. He is crucified in 80 30 31. And then three and a half years later Stephen is stoned the first martyr of the church and a decree from the Apostles to preach from the Jews to the Gentiles is.

Enlisted.

Following the Messiah. We find in Daniel 26 B 9 26 B and 27 B. Which are the last parts of those verses the destruction of Jerusalem, which is a consequence of killing the Messiah. So what's the point that I'm trying to make so I don't want to get us caught in the weeds.

But the argument being made is this within the time frame of Daniel 70 sets of seven. We found that the Messiah would be alive Right within 483 years from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Then the Messiah it says would be cut off.

He would be killed then Destruction of Jerusalem will come. So you might be asking why does this matter? This matters because if we remember the image of the nations that Nebuchadnezzar had in his dream.

The argument being made is that the rock was to come not cut by human hands that the Anointed One Was to come to establish his kingdom meaning that the day of the Lord referred to within the time Frank a time the framework of Jeremiah and Obadiah to the nations is that of the rule of the Messiah in the kingdom of God and we actually find that as well with Peter so while we had Acts chapter 2 being read in the beginning that Peter also quotes from the prophet of Joel Referencing that that time that's the day of the Lord was coming.

Judgment was coming for the house of Israel. So in Acts chapter 2 Starting in verse 14. We have reference to this day of the Lord, which is taking place as he is speaking at Pentecost. This is what it says Acts chapter 2 starting in verse 14.

But Peter Standing with the eleven lifted up his voice and addressed them men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you and give ear to my words for these people are not drunk as you suppose.

Since it's only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel and in the last days it shall be God declares That I will pour out my spirit on all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

And your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. Even on my male servants and female servants in those days I'll pour out my spirit and they shall prophesy and I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

The Sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the day of the Lord comes The great and magnificent day and it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

We must continue reading in Acts and I really want this to hit home here acts 22 or Acts chapter 2 verses 22 through 36. Listen men of Israel hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and Signs that God did through him in your midst as you yourselves know this Jesus Delivered up according to the definite plan and for knowledge of God you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

God raised him up Loosing the pangs of death because it was not possible for him to be held by it for David says concerning him I saw the Lord always before me for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced. My flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known. You have made known.

Sorry guys. You have made known to me the paths of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence. Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried and his tomb is with us To this day being therefore a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants On his throne.

He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of Christ that he was not abandoned to Hades nor did his flesh Corruption this Jesus God raised up and that we are all Witnesses being therefore exalted at the right hand of God and having received from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit.

He has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing for David did not ascend into the heavens. But he himself says the Lord said to my Lord sit in my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you have crucified. Now the rule and reign of Christ is implied by Peter as this is a fulfillment of prophecy.

This is Christ's rule which anticipates the kingdom of God invading the earth. It is here, right? But not yet fully realized here not yet with the coming of the kingdom of God the rock Judgment will come to the nation's Israel first for they killed the Messiah and then through the reign of Christ in time will come the obedience of the nation's Heed the words of Jesus.

This is about the kingdom of God. Matthew 4 17 from that time Jesus began to preach saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. It's right after he was baptized. Matthew 12 28. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Luke 10 verse 9 heal the sick in it and say to them the kingdom of God has come near to you. Luke chapter 17 verses 20 through 21. Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come he answered them.

The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed. Nor will they say look here it is or there for behold the kingdom of God is in the midst of you. Continuing on in verse 42 of Acts chapter 2 Peter states save yourself from this crooked generation.

The kingdom of God has come there are blessings for the covenant people of God, but there are curses for those Number one who killed the Messiah and for the nations that do not obey. And what does Peter say here save yourselves from this crooked?

Generation later in Acts chapter 2. He also talks about selling all that you have as a believer in Christ. Give it to one another why. Because Jerusalem is going to be destroyed soon. Your property won't matter sell it.

Indeed like Christ said in the Olivet discourse in Matthew 24 destruction was coming to that generation. The great and awesome day of the Lord is ushered in by the Messiah warned there to the Jews by Peter so our King Jesus came to initiate a rule in a reign over the nations a Heavenly one that expands not through flesh and blood.

But through the Spirit of God as he convicts the world of sin and righteousness. So we must heed the prophecies of the coming Messiah from the Old Testament. What is old was passing away and you cannot put new wine in old wine skins.

Jesus. He's the one who ushered in the true Mount Zion The city of the Living God the heavenly Jerusalem. And we have come to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant and a sprinkled blood that speaks of a better word than the blood of Abel the rock which shatters the image the generations of dominion and rule through the progeny of Adam.

And We have now come to a covenant. That was fulfilled the original one made to Abraham and echoed from the prophets of the past. This is all very important to understand Genesis 49 10 about the coming of the Messiah.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor the ruler's staff from between his feet. Until tribute comes to him and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. And then Psalm 22. Near the end of the Psalm after the prophecy of the crucifixion of Christ.

This is absolutely beautiful. Psalm 22 27 through 31. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations all the prosperous of the earth eat and worship.

Before him shall bow all who go down to the dust even the one who could not keep himself alive. Posterity shall serve him. It shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation. That they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn that he has done it.

Isaiah 9 6 through 7. It's a prophecy from Isaiah. It's our favorite Christmas prophecy that everyone will be speaking about later this year. I know my son when it started getting cold outside or my daughter as well.

We're like, hey, we're gonna start putting on Christmas music. It's like it's not even fall yet. But hey when it starts getting cold, we start playing Christmas music. So Isaiah 9 verses 6 through 7. For to us a child is born.

To us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called. Wonderful counselor.

Mighty God.

Everlasting father prince of peace of The increase of his government and of peace there will be no end on The throne of David and over his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness.

From this time forth and forevermore the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. We cannot separate the coming of the Messiah from the coming of his kingdom of God. We can't do it. The prophets didn't do it.