THE GLORY OF THE DEITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
PART 1
ABRIDGED VERSION
In this chapter I present a simple summary of the truth from Holy Scripture about Jesus.
In the previous chapter of the summary of the Sovereignty of God in focusing on the Old Testament or Covenant, there are many references speaking of a Person, a new Deliverer, an eternal Saviour.
As we learnt from Old Testament references mentioned, many referred to New Testament truth. Please re-visit these eternal truths and please re-read the truth of Malachi.
Two thousand years ago the question of ancestry was very important. Today we have businesses that endeavor to provide this family history. Families are valued and are always important to each one of us. As was seen in the truth of the Sovereignty of God, we remember –
Isaiah 11: 1-2
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
In the passages, ‘the LORD’ is now focused on the New Covenant. Thus ‘the fear of the LORD’ means that now Jesus in His second nature – man – will respect the will of The Father, His Father. It is important to realize that Jesus has an awesome genealogy:
Matthew 1: 1-17
1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Bijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud,
15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.