Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His nameImmanuel.
Isaiah 7:14 NASB
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Mary Visits Elizabeth
39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
Mary’s Song
46 And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
from generation to generation.
51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
but has lifted up the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
just as he promised our ancestors.”
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
Keisha Castle-Hughes (left) stars as “Mary” and Oscar Isaac (right) stars as “Joseph” in New Line Cinema’s release of Catherine Hardwicke’s drama, The Nativity Story.
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
Is the God explained by the Jewish Rabbis from the Talmud; the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? What about Chabad-Lubavitch; the Orthodox Hasidic Jews in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. Do they have the true wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of the God of Israel? Is the seventh Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson really the promised Moshiach? Since the Rebbe passed away on June 12, 1994, does this mean the Moshiach will come twice? How about Kabbalah Judaism; is this Jewish mysticism revealing the hidden mysteries about the God of Israel through their esoteric method, discipline and school of thought? What about the Messianic Yeshuanikim; do they have revelation of the divine nature of Yĕhovah Elohim from Yeshua the Moshiach? Other Jews are non-religious, and consider themselves Secular Jews; and range from humanism, agnosticism to atheism, intertwined with various aspects of rationalism. Many believe that man and all of creation is the result of random change, plus time; over billions of years of evolution. For the humanist, agnostic or atheist; their only hope for the redemption of Israel will come from the collective intelligence, work and military strength of the Jewish people. Such diverse theological positions and non-theological positions.
Who is the God of Israel?
The prophet Moses wrote in the Torah about Abraham’s grandson Jacob, the son of Isaac. We read in the book of Genesis chapter 28;
28 So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4 May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.” 5 Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. Genesis 28:1-5 NASB
May El Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful
El Shaddai is the God of Abraham and Isaac. El Shaddai is the Mighty God who nurtures His people. El Shaddai is the all-sufficient Mighty God. [1] El Shaddai was the God of Abraham and Isaac but would Jacob serve the God of His fathers?
Jacob’s dream at Bethel, by José de Ribera.
On his journey back to Paddan-aram Jacob had a dream.
“the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac”
10 Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place. 12 He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants. 14 Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” Genesis 28:10-17 NASB
“the Elohim of your father Abraham and the Elohim of Isaac”
Yĕhovah said He is the Elohim of Abraham and the Elohim of Isaac. The Hebrew word “Elohim” is a plural masculine noun for God. Elohim is the plural of El (or possibly of Eloah) it is the first name for God given by Moses in the Tanakh: “In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth” Genesis 1:1 [2]
Yĕhovah the Elohim who created the heavens and the earth is the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac. Yĕhovah the Elohim of Abraham and Isaac appeared to Jacob in a dream and spoke to him and made promises to him about the future of the land he was sleeping on, multiplying his descendants and that through one of his offspring; all the families of the earth would be blessed. God made promises to Abraham, and these promise were passed on to his grandson Jacob. [3]
Bethel
18 So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. 19 He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear, 21 and I return to my father’s house in safety, then the Lord will be my God. 22 This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.” Genesis 28:18-22 NASB
Bethel means “House of El” or “House of God”. [4]
“El Shaddai” & “Thy Word” performed by Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith
Moshe wrote in the Torah in Genesis chapter 32 that Jacob wrestled all night with a “man” who later Jacob stated is God (El). The Person from heaven who looked like a man but turned out to be God changed Jacob’s name to Israel and blessed him.
Who is this “man” who turned out to be “God”?
Jacob Wrestles with God
24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there. 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.” 31 Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh. 32 Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
Genesis 32:24-32 NASB
The prophet Moses wrote that Jacob was left alone, “and a man wrestled with him until daybreak”. Who was this man that wrestled with Jacob? Why did Jacob think this man had the authority to bless him?
Who is the God of Israel?
Some believe that Jacob wrestled with an angel. Yet Moses wrote that Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.” Was Jacob right? Did Jacob wrestle with God, and see God face to face? Jacob was so convinced he had a real encounter with God that he named the place Peniel, which means “face of God”.
Jacob’s new name Israel means to “struggle with God” and man and prevail. Jacob wrestled all night with God, and persevered in faith; to be blessed by God. Israel is the new name given to Jacob by God. Some believe the “man” who later is revealed to be “God“, who blessed Jacob and gave him the new name Israel; is the pre-incarnate Moshiach, the Son of the living God. The prophet Micah wrote that the Moshiach existed from the ancient days long before His incarnation, long before His birth in Bethlehem;
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
Micah 5:2 NASB
Jacob asked the “man” he wrestled with, “Please tell me your name.” But the “man” who turns out to be God said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” The God-man eluded Jacob’s question with another question and left His identity obscure. Jacob has had a real encounter with the God of Abraham and Isaac, yet he does not know His name.
The God of Israel, is the Lord of hosts
The prophet Isaiah wrote that the Lord of hosts, is the God of Israel;
“O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
who is enthroned above the cherubim,
You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.
You have made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 37:16 NASB
Isaiah had a vision of the Lord of hosts on His throne;
In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said,
“Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,
The whole earth is full of His glory.”
Isaiah 6:1-3 NASB
Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Isaiah 6:8 NASB
Isaiah receives his call as a prophet from the Lord of hosts. Isaiah responded, “Here am I. Send me!” Why does the Yĕhovah refer to Himself both in the singular and in the plural? “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” (See Genesis 1:26) The triune Almighty God — Elohim (plural noun for mighty God) who is revealed in the Torah is a unique unified one, therefore the verbs and adjectives used with Elohim are singular.
Yehovah Elohim exists, He causes all things to come into existence. Yehovah Elohim is the self-existent One. Yehovah Elohim is the great “I AM”; who is, who was, who is to come. He is the first cause; Creator of the universe, all that is seen and unseen, all that is visible and invisible. Yehovah Elohim, the Lord our God is a unique unified one.
El is a Semitic name for God. The Hebrew word “Elohim” is a plural masculine noun that means the strong supreme One, Almighty God. Moses also writes in the Torah of our Almighty God (Elohim) in the plural in Genesis 3:22 and Genesis 11:7.
Then the LORD God said,
“Behold, the man has become like one of Us…”
Genesis 3:22 NASB
The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Lord of hosts created the heavens and the earth.
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
13 “Surely My hand founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together.
Isaiah 48:12-13 NASB
Isaiah explains more of who was involved in the creation of the heavens and the earth in Isaiah chapter 48, verses 12-16. The “Me” mentioned in verse 12 is identified as “I am the first, I am also the last” who is the maker of the heavens. Who is the “I AM the First, I AM the Last” who made the heavens and the earth? If we look back in Isaiah 48, verse 2 we see the “Me” is identified as “the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts”. The Lord of hosts, Yĕhovah Tzeva’ot is the Commander of heavens armies.
The Lord of hosts, Yĕhovah Tzeva’ot is the First and the Last; who created the heavens and the earth. In chapter 48, verse 16 we see that the “Lord of hosts”, who is “the First and the Last” maker of the heavens and the earth was sent by the “Lord GOD” (Adonai Yĕhovah in Hebrew). What is the significance of the fact that the Lord GOD sent the Lord of hosts? We see that the theology of the Tanach is consistent with the teaching of Yeshua the Moshiach and the New Testament writers. The belief that Elohim is a unified one Lord is supported by numerous scriptures throughout the Tanach, one being Isaiah 48:16 which includes a reference to three distinct divine Persons.
“And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
Isaiah 48:16 NASB
1. Lord GOD
2. “Me”
3. His Spirit
So who is this “Me’ in verse 16? The “Me” in verse 16 is the Lord of hosts, the First and the Last who created the heavens and the earth. If we turn to the last book of the Bible, the book of Revelation to find a clue who this mystery Person is. The apostle John writes, “Fear not, ‘I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.” Revelation 1:17-18 John reveals that the one speaking is Yeshua the risen Savior, the promised Moshiach. Yeshua is the Lord of host; who said, “I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.”
1. Lord GOD = Adonai Yĕhovah
2. “Me” = the Yĕhovah of hosts, who is Adonai Yeshua
3. His Spirit = His Ruach (Spirit of Adonai Yĕhovah) [5]
“And now the Adonai Yĕhovah has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
Isaiah 48:16
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace
In chapter 9, Isaiah wrote a prophecy concerning the Moshiach;
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
7 There will be no end to the increase of
His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 9:6-7 NASB
Michael Card and Sara Groves sing El Shaddai
What is this blessing promised to both Abraham and Jacob that would bless all the families of the earth?
Through Jacob’s family line, the Moshiach was born and He will bring redemption for all the families of the earth; those chosen before the foundation of the world, from every tribe and language and people and nation. [6]
Saul of Tarsus, from the region of Cilicia was the son of a Pharisee from the tribe of Benjamin who was schooled under Rabbi Gamaliel in Jerusalem. Saul in his religious zeal was a persecutor of the early church. Later, Saul became a believer in Yeshua the Moshiach. Saul like Jacob was given a new name after his encounter with the Moshiach. Jacob was given the name Israel, and Saul was given the name Paul when Yeshua appeared to him in a vision on the road to Damascus. [7]
Paul the apostle wrote to Jewish and Gentile believers in Moshiach this commentary on Genesis;
6 Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. 7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. Galatians 3:6-9 NASB
Yeshua the Moshiach is the blessing promised to Abraham. So that now, both Jews and Gentiles may receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. [8] Moshiach is the One who would come and bless all the families of the earth. The promises were made to Abraham and to his decedent, namely the Moshiach. [9]
Can a Jewish person find eternal redemption by attempting to obey the 613 Laws of Torah? Can a Gentile person find eternal redemption by attempting to obey the 7 Noahide Laws? Will both Jew and non-Jew be assured of a place in the World to Come (Olam Haba), the final reward of the righteous; by keeping the Law of God?
Moses wrote in the Torah; that Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness. [10]
The Law given through Moses does not nullify the promise God made to Abraham, of righteousness by faith. The 613 Mosaic Laws were given 430 years after God made the covenant with Abraham, which included among other things; the promise of the Moshiach and righteousness by faith. The apostle Paul explains; the law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. [11]
Why then, was the law given?
The Law was given because of transgressions until the Moshiach had come. [12] The Moshiach is the descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who would bless “all the families of the earth”. [13]
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15 for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation. Romans 4:13-15 NASB
The promised Moshiach came at the appointed time, He lived among us and then willingly laid down His life as a sacrificial offering for our many sins. The sinless Moshiach took all our sins upon Himself, so that we might become God’s righteous people by faith. The prophet Zechariah wrote about the invasion of Israel and the siege of Jerusalem by many nations just prior to the return of the Moshaich;
2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. 3 It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it. Zechariah 12:2-3 NASB
5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through the Lord of hosts, their God.’ Zechariah 12:5 NASB
Then one day, the Lord of hosts will return to Jerusalem; and the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will look on the Lord of hosts, “whom they have pierced”; and they will mourn. We read in Zechariah 12:10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.”
The God of Israel is the Lord of hosts. The Lord of hosts is the One who was pierced for our transgression; Yeshua the promised Moshiach. [14] In Zechariah chapter 14, we read about the millennial reign of the Moshiach King on earth when He will rule from Jerusalem; 16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them. Zechariah 14:16-17 NASB
[6] If you belong to Moshiach then you are Abram’s descendants, heirs according to promise; Galatians 3:26-29. People redeemed from every tribe, language, people and nation; Revelation 5:9-10. The saints (elect believers in the Moshiach) were chosen by God before the foundation of the world, Ephesians 1:4-6 and 1:11-12.
[7] Saul of Tarsus, Acts 21:39. Saul from the tribe of Benjamin, Romans 11:1. Saul was schooled by Rabbi Gamaliel in Jerusalem, Acts 22:3. Saul a persecutor of the early church, Acts 8:3. Yeshua appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus, Acts 9:1-31.
[8] In Moshiach the Gentiles receive the promise of the Spirit through faith, Galatians 3:14.
[9] Moshiach would bless all the families of the earth, Galatians 3:16.
[10] Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:6 NIVUK.
[11] The 613 Laws given by Moses, do not nullify the promise God made to Abram of righteousness by faith; Galatians 3:17-19 NIVUK.
[12] Why was the Mosaic Law given? Galatians 3:19.
[13] All the families of the earth will be blessed through Abraham’s descendant the Moshiach, Genesis 12:3 and 28:14 and Galatians 3:16.
[14] “But He was pierced through for our transgressions”, Isaiah 53:5. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf”, 2 Corinthians 5:21.
Roman soldiers brought back a Menorah and other holy relics from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
By David Cook
The Mäshiach had to come before 70 AD. Let me explain why. In the Tanakh we read prophecies about the suffering, death and resurrection of Yeshua our Lord; the promised Mäshiach. [1] In Daniel chapter 9 we read about important events that were predetermined in heaven for the benefit of the Jewish People;
Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish transgression, to make an end of sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9:24 HSV
The angel Gabriel brought an important communique from heaven to Daniel, foretelling that sin would be atoned for in the future and that everlasting righteousness is available for those who have faith like Abraham. Gabriel prophesied that the Mäshiach would make an end of sin and finish transgression, and be put to death. Yeshua our Savior redeemed us from the debt of our sin with His own blood. The prophet Isaiah wrote extensively of the suffering and crucifixion of God’s Righteous Servant, Yeshua the promised Mäshiach in Isaiah chapter 53. Gabriel gives Daniel these significant points in Daniel chapter 9 verse 24;
To finish transgression.
To make an end of sin.
To atone for iniquity.
To bring in everlasting righteousness.
To seal up the vision.
To seal up prophecy.
To anoint the most Holy.
Then Gabriel explained that a decree would be made to restore and rebuild Jerusalem;
Therefore know and understand that from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Yerushalayim until the Mäshiach Prince there will be seven ‘sevens’ and sixty-two ‘sevens’. The streets will be rebuilt, and the wall, despite treacherous times. Daniel 9:25 HSV
From the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Mashiach comes there will be a certain period of time. The period of time is given in weeks of years, similar to a decade only in seven year periods. There will be seven ‘sevens’ and sixty-two ‘sevens’, for a total of sixty-nine ‘sevens’. Sixty-nine ‘sevens’ or sixty nine weeks of years is equal to 483 years. So after the decree is issued to restore and rebuild Jerusalem there will be 483 years and then the Mäshiach will come.
From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem on March 14, 445 BC by Artaxerxes Longimanus until Yeshua arrived and was presented in Jerusalem riding on a donkey as the Messianic King on April 6, 32 AD. This is celebrated by believers of Yeshua the Messiah on Palm Sunday. We discover that when we calculate 69 weeks of years (or 483 years and correct for leap years) it figures out to be 173,880 days to the day. [2]
How is this possible, to announce the coming of the Anointed One, the Lord’s Mäshiach, the King of Zion; almost five centuries before the historical event transpires in precise detail? The Tanakh is an amazing collection of books, our awesome God orchestrated it. YHVH our Elohim is omniscient, the future is as clear to Him as the present and the past; He knows the beginning from the end.
After sixty-two ‘sevens’ the Mäshiach will be put to death, and will have nothing. The people of the prince that will come, will destroy the city and the temple. The end will come with a flood. War and desolation are determined until the end. Daniel 9:26 HSV
So after the sixty-two ‘sevens’ and the before mentioned seven ‘seven’s (483 years) the Mäshiach will be put to death. Then the people of a future prince will come and destroy the city of Jerusalem and the Temple. YHVH Elohim sent Gabriel to tell His people that an Anointed Prince, who is the promised Mäshiach must come, atone for sin and be put to death before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish temple. The destruction of Jerusalem and the second temple occurred in 70 AD, during the siege of Jerusalem; when the Roman legions fought under Titus Vespasian and the Roman army leveled the city. The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD was the catastrophic and crucial event of the First Jewish-Roman War. [3] The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus and Tiberius Julius Alexander second-in-command, along with the enlisted soldier legionnaires in Judaea, conscripted provincial soldiers from Syria, other soldiers from Alexandria and in collaboration they besieged, destroyed and conquered the city of Jerusalem. [4]
Josephus wrote that “Vespasian sent his son Titus [who], came by land into Syria, where he gathered together Roman forces, with a considerable number of auxiliaries from the kings in that neighborhood.” [5] Josephus goes on to give us these details; “Malchus also, the king of Arabia, sent a thousand horseman, besides five thousand footmen, the greatest part of which were archers; so that the whole army, including the auxiliaries sent by the kings, as well as horsemen and footmen, when all were united together, amounted to sixty thousand.” [6]
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman senator and historian. He wrote extensively on the history, of this period of the Roman empire. Tacitus includes the Roman attack on Jerusalem and gives details of the specific legions and the peoples that comprised the attacking army: “Titus Caesar . . . found in Judaea three legions, the 5th, the 10th, and the 15th . . . To these he added the 12th from Syria, and some men belonging to the 18th and 3rd, who he had withdrawn from Alexandria. This force was accompanied . . . by a strong contingent of Arabs, who hated the Jews with the usual hatred of neighbors.” [7]
The siege ended with the sacking of the city and the destruction of the Second Temple. The destruction of both the first and second temples is mourned each year at the Jewish fast Tisha B’Av. The Arch of Titus, celebrating the Roman sack of Jerusalem and the Temple, still stands in Rome. The Arch of Titus, was built in 82 AD by his younger brother Emperor Domitian to commemorate Emperor Titus’ victories, including in the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
Photo by J. E. Howard, “The Arch of Titus”; built in 82 AD to commemorate Emperor Titus’ victories; including in the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
The Jewish People Did Not Recognize the Visitation of the Mäshiach
Tragically, most of the Jewish people did not recognize the time of their visitation by Yeshua the Mäshiach, God’s promised Messianic King. As the Mäshiach King approached Jerusalem, He wept over the city and He gave the reason why the city of Jerusalem and the Second Temple were destroyed as predicted by the angel Gabriel in Daniel 9:26;
41When He approached Jerusalem,
He saw the city and wept over it,
42saying, “If you had known in this day,
even you, the things which make for peace!
But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
43″For the days will come upon you
when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you,
and surround you and hem you in on every side,
44and they will level you to the ground
and your children within you,
and they will not leave in you one stone upon another,
because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
Luke 19:41-44 NASB
Both God’s envoy the angel Gabriel and Yeshua the Son of God, the promised Mäshiach prophesied the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the Temple. In the Bible we see both the severity of God’s judgment and the mercy and love of our Father who is in heaven. Yeshua the Mäshiach explained God’s plan for our redemption and salvation, and how to receive eternal life.
14“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16“For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world,
but that the world might be saved through Him.
18“He who believes in Him is not judged;
he who does not believe has been judged already,
because he has not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:14-18 NASB
In the fullness of times, Mäshiach did come and was presented as King in Jerusalem. In the Gospel of John we read how God blesses all those who believe in and receive His Son, Yeshua the promised Mäshiach.
11He came to His own,
and those who were His own did not receive Him.
12But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name,
13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:11-13 NASB
In the book of Daniel 9:26 we read how God sent the angel Gabriel to Daniel in response to his fasting, repentance and contrite prayer to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Gabriel told Daniel that the Mäshiach will come and be put to death before the destruction of the Jewish Temple and the city of Jerusalem. We know from history that the siege of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus happened in 70 AD; and this is when the temple and the city of Jerusalem were destroyed. So the Mäshiach had to come before 70 AD. Why then are so many Jewish people still looking for the coming of the Mäshiach?
Is it because they put more faith in the oral traditions of the Talmud taught to them by the rabbinic community; rather than the Word of YHVH Elohim in the Tankh?
[1] Suffering of the Mäshiach, Isaiah chapter 53, Psalm 22:1-24; death of the Mäshiach in Daniel 9:26, Isaiah 53:8-9, resurrection of the Mäshiach Psalm 16:10, Isaiah 53:10-12.
[2] Missler, Chuck, “Daniel’s 70 Weeks”, Koinonia House, 2004. (Also, the recording of “Expositional Commentary on Daniel”)
Inside the empty garden tomb of Messiah Yeshua in Jerusalem.
by David Cook
Long ago, God promised the Good News of redemption via Messiah’s atoning death; as a ransom for all our sins. In the holy Scriptures, we read of God’s righteous Servant Yeshua and His victory over death by His resurrection from the dead; which was foretold by the Jewish prophets in the Tanakh. Sha’ul of Tarsus (known to many as the apostle Paul) also wrote about Messiah Yeshua, who is God’s beloved Son and a descendant of King David;
2 God promised this Good News long ago
through his prophets in the holy Scriptures.
3 The Good News is about his Son.
In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,
4 and he was shown to be the Son of God
when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 1:2-4 NLT
In the Tanakh we read prophecies about the suffering, death and resurrection of Yeshua our Lord; the promised Messiah. In Daniel chapter 9 we read about important events that were predetermined in heaven that would transpire in the holy city of Jerusalem;
Seventy sevens are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish transgression, to make an end of sins, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Therefore know and understand that from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Yerushalayim until Messiah the Prince there will be seven sevens and sixty-two sevens. The streets and the wall will be rebuilt, despite treacherous times. 26 After sixty-two sevens the Messiah will be put to death and have nothing.Daniel 9:24-26 HSV
The angel Gabriel brought an important communique from heaven to Daniel, foretelling that sin would be atoned for in the future and that everlasting righteousness is available for those who have faith like Abraham. Gabriel prophesied that the Messiah would make an end of sins and finish transgression, and be put to death. Yeshua our Savior redeemed us from the debt of our sin with His own blood. The prophet Isaiah wrote extensively of the suffering and crucifixion of God’s Righteous Servant; Yeshua the promised Messiah.
Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
Isaiah 53:4-6 NASB
In the book of Zechariah we read that Yehovah of hosts foretells that in the last days Jerusalem will be attacked by many nations. The Yehoavh of hosts is the Lord of heaven’s army, He will “set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem”;
9 And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. Zechariah 12:9-10 NASB
The Yehovah of hosts is Yeshua, the resurrected Messiah; who will return and fight the wars of God for His people. The Lord of hosts prophesied that the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “will look on Me whom they have pierced”. They will mourn for the Lord of hosts and will weep bitterly over Him like someone who mourns for an only son.
Nicole C. Mullins – My Redeemer Lives
One night while Messiah Yeshua was fulfilling His ministry on earth, a Pharisee named Nicodemus who was a ruler of the Jewish people; sought answers on how to enter the kingdom of God. Yeshua explained to him;
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18 NASB
When Messiah Yeshua returns to rescue the remnant of Israel, the house of David and the people living in Jerusalem; will see that Yeshua is their Messiah and will mourn and weep bitterly. Isaiah explains that God’s righteous Servant, Yeshua the Messiah; was suffering on our behalf, to atone for our sins. Each and every one of us has turned away from God to go his own way. Like straying sheep that are lost and are away from the flock and are in need to be rescued by the Good Shepherd.
He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:7-13 NASB
The prophet Isaiah wrote that not only will God’s righteous Servant, suffer and die for our sins; but He will live again! Messiah Yeshua will see His offspring, namely those who believe in Him will be born again to eternal life! [1] These are the children of God, as many as believe in and received Yeshua the Messiah as Lord. The apostle John wrote concerning Yeshua’s offspring;
10 He came into the very world he created,
but the world didn’t recognize him.
11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.
12 But to all who believed him and accepted him,
he gave the right to become children of God.
13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth
resulting from human passion or plan,
but a birth that comes from God.
John 1:10-13 NLT
In Isaiah 53:10 we read that Messiah’s Father will “prolong his days” throughout all eternity. God’s righteous Servant, Yeshua our Savior makes many of the unrighteous; righteous by faith. By God’s grace, the just Messiah who is God’s righteous Servant foretold of in Isaiah 53 is the One who justifies the unjust.
Yeshua the Messiah Himself prophesied that He would suffer, be crucified and rise again on the third day;
“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected
by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed,
and on the third day be raised.”
Luke 9:22 ESV
The empty garden tomb of Yeshua the Messiah located in Jerusalem, outside the city walls and close to the Damascus Gate.
“the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men
and be crucified and on the third day rise.”
Luke 24:7 ESV
In Psalm 16, King David wrote that Yehovah God would not allow His “Holy One” to undergo decay;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Psalms 16:10 NASB
God’s “Righteous Servant” written of by Isaiah in chapter 53 verse 11 is the “Holy One” written of by King David in Psalms 16:10. Yehovah’s “Holy One” is Messiah Yeshua, who is without sin. Yeshua did not undergo decay since He rose from the dead on the third day. Messiah Yeshua is my Adonai. [2] As Job declared long ago, I know my Redeemer lives!
“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26 “Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; 27 Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another.
Job 19:25-27 NASB
Hillsong – Stronger
The apostle Peter gave this sermon in Jerusalem at the portico of Solomon, which was at the eastern edge of the outer court of the Jewish temple; [3]
But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19 Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. 22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you. 23 And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24 And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days. 25 It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Acts 3:18-26 NASB
Yeshua gave this promise of the hope of resurrection from the dead and eternal life for those who would come to Him and believe;
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. John 6:44-47 NASB
[1] Yeshua explained to Nicodemus, a Jewish Pharisee how to be “born again” in John 3:1-18.
[2] Psalms 110:1&5, Messiah is King David’s Adoni mentioned in verse 1 and his Adonai in verse 5.
For many years and to this day the Jewish people have been looking for the arrival of the prophet Eliyahu (Elijah) who it was foretold that he would come before the great and terrible day of the Lord.
We read in the prophet Malachi;
4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” 2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. 3 You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts. 4 “Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel. 5 “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. 6 He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:1-6 NASB
While Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah was living on earth He explained that Eliyahu (Elijah) did come but that the people did not recognize him.
17 Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. 7 And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.” 8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone. 9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.” 10 And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 11 And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things; 12 but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist. Matthew 17:1-13 NASB
We read about the miraculous birth of Eliyahu (who is John the baptist) in the gospel of Luke chapter one. We learn that his parents Zacharias and Elizabeth were not able to have children (as was also true of Abraham and Sarah);
5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years. Luke 1:5-7 NASB
Luke gives us the amazing account of John’s (Elihahu’s) miraculous birth. While Zacharias was performing his priestly service in the Temple he was visited by the angel Gabriel.
8 Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division, 9 according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering. 11 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense. 12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John. 14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb. 16 And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. 17 It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
18 Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.” 19 The angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20 And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.” Luke 1:8-20 NASB
After the birth of his son, Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied this concerning his son John:
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant— 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old— 71 Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us; 72 To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant, 73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, 74 To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,Might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. 76 “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways; 77 To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins, 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, 79 To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:68-79 NASB
John (Eliyahu) is the prophet of the Most High; who went before Messiah Yeshua our Lord to prepare His ways. Below is a link to a radio program about the miraculous birth of John and the virgin birth of Messiah Yeshua.
I have wondered about the mysterious Melchaideck, the priest and king whom Abraham paid tithes to that Moshe wrote of in the Jewish Tanakh in the book of Genesis.
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). 18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.
He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And blessed be God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Genesis 14:17-20 NIV
Is Melchizedek a priest and king who foreshadows Yeshua ha’Moschiah or was he a pre-incarnate visitation of Yeshua ha’Mashiach?
Melchizedek (from Hebrew melech-i-tzédek, means “King of righteousness”) who certainly is an enigmatic person listed in the Torah. Melchizedek is the King of righteousness and the King of Peace. Moses does not tell us who is his father or mother, nor his genealogy. We are not told of his birth or his death, he has no beginning or ending. Who is this righteous King who is greater than Abram? He is a conundrum for those who study the scriptures, Melchizedek either foreshadows the Messiah or is a pre-incarnate appearance of Messiah at a strategic time in the embryonic phase of the birth of the Jewish people.
Moses writes of Melchizedek in the Torah in Genesis chapter 14. Melchizedek is mentioned as the King of Salem, and priest of God Most High (Yĕhovah, El-Elyon), in the time of the biblical patriarch Abram. This King of righteousness who also is King of Salem and a priest of Yĕhovah, El-Elyon who brought out bread and wine, blessed Abram, then Abram gave Melchizedek tithes of all the spoils of battle he had acquired.
King David wrote poetically and prophetically of the Moshiach in Psalms 110.
The Moshiach is a Prophet like Moses, a triumphant Warrior like David and a righteous King who shall rule upon the throne of David during a millennial messianic reign on earth from the messianic temple in Jerusalem. The King of kings and Lord of lords is like no other, “in righteousness He judges and wages war.” God’s Moshiach, “is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.”
The Moshiach is a Priest forever of the order of Melchizedek.
Here in this Psalm, King David writes about Messiah; who is the “son of David” receiving His messianic kingdom on earth. Even though Messiah is David’s son, David calls Him “my Lord” (my Adoni) in Psalms 110 verse 1 and Adonai (divine Lord) in Psalm 110v5. Yeshua ha’Moshiac is the “Son of Man” and Lord (Adonai), He is Immanuel – God with us, the incarnate God-man. The Moshiach is seated at the right hand of the Yĕhovah, Yeshua is an eternal priest according to the order of Melchizedek. The Messiah is the King of Righteousness, and when the last trumpet blows the saints of God will rise to meet Him in the clouds, and be taken back to His Father home in heaven for a time. This warrior KING of Kings will return with His army of saints in holy array and the Warrior King, Yĕhovah Tzeva’ot; the Lord of armies will shatter kings in the day of His wrath and He will judge among the nations.
The Anointed Son of David is Lord, Priest, Warrior and Judge
A Psalm 110 written by King David
1The LORD says to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
2The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
3Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;
In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,
Your youth are to You as the dew.
4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
5The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
6He will judge among the nations,
He will fill them with corpses,
He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.
7He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head.
Psalm 110 NASB
The Messiah is the “Son of Man” and the “Son of David”. The Anointed One is the Son of God, who existed from eternity and at the preordained time was born of a virgin in Bethlehem, He is God incarnate — Emmanuel! But He is also a Warrior KING!
Yĕhovah is a warrior;
Yĕhovah is his name.
Exodus 15:3 HSV
Yĕhovah is a “man of war”, the Lord is an Almighty Warrior. The Lord Most High who Daniel refers to in chapter 7:13 as the “Ancient of Days” grants authority, glory and sovereign power to the “Son of Man” who existed with His Father from ancient days, from the beginning. In his Jewish commentary on the Tanakh, Rashi wrote that the Son of Man in Daniel 7:13 is “King Messiah”. Son of Man is a title that Messiah used referring to Himself that we read of in the gospel accounts of Yeshua. King Messiah, the Warrior KING of kings; will returns on the clouds of heaven[1], the last trumpet will sound[2] and the angels will gather His saints from the four corners of the earth. Then Almighty God’s wrath will be poured out upon the earth in judgment[3] the Warrior KING will return to earth and fight the wars of God beginning with destroying all the nations that attacked Jerusalem[4] and then Armageddon; the war of that great day of God Almighty.[5]
Judge of the Nations
31“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory,
and all the angels with Him,
then He will sit on His glorious throne.
32“All the nations will be gathered before Him;
and He will separate them from one another,
as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
33and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
34“Then the King will say to those on His right,
‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:31-34 NASB
After Armageddon comes Judgment day, the day of reckoning; where the eternal destination of each individual will be determined by the righteous Judge whose judgment is true and just. His royal Majesty, the Moshiach, the Son of our Father in Heaven, the anointed LORD of lords, the valiant and courageous Lion from the tribe of Judah, will rule the nations with an iron scepter[6] and usher in an era of world-wide peace during His millennial messianic reign. We read in Daniel chapter 7, verses 13-14; that all peoples of all nations of every language will worship Messiah. The Mashiach’s dominion is an everlasting dominion, His kingdom will never be destroyed. The last and final war will be the battle with Gog and Magog.[7] Afterwards “the new heaven and the new earth” and the new “Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” [8]
The Holy City, the new Jerusalem
3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them.
They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
4He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain,
We read in the gospel of saint Matthew the 22nd chapter; But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, ” ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ “This is the great and foremost commandment. “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:34-40 NASB
An expert in the Mosiac Law attempts to ask Moshiach a question that will stump Him or incriminate Him. The “lawyer” asks; “Rabbi, which is the great commandment in the Torah?”
Yeshua (Jesus) who is the promised Moshiach and Son of the living God is not befuddled nor was He incriminated but instead gives a very profound answer, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ This is the most important commandment. The second in importance is, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
Then Yeshua the promised Messiah decided to ask the experts a question that confounded them.
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying, ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, ”SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET”‘? “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?” No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. Matthew 22:41-46 NASB
Yeshua asked; if King David calls the Messiah ‘Lord’ (Adoni — which means “my Lord”) how can the Messiah be David’s descendant?
Yeshua quotes Psalms 110:1-2 written by David the shepherd lad who became the second king of Israel. The proper name of the G-d of Israel in Hebrew is יְהֹוָ then transliterated into English is Yhvh pronounced (yeh-ho-vaw’) sometimes used as Yehovah or Jehovah. Another name for Lord in Hebrew is in English the transliteration of the word is “Adoni” that means “my Lord”, which can refer to either a human lord or divine Lord.
Yehovah said to my Adoni, “sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet.”
Yehovah said to my Lord, that is Father God said to David’s Lord; “sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet.” The reason King David calls Him “my Lord” is because Messiah is the KING of Kings and the LORD of Lords. Yeshua ha’Mashiach (Jesus the Christ) is the Son of the living God, the promised Messiah.
Another name for Lord in Hebrew is אֲדֹנָי in English the transliteration of the word Adonai always means divine “Lord”. David uses this word Adonai in Psalms 110:5 also referring to Messiah as in verse 1.
The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
Psalm 110:5 NASB
Here verse five King David writes in the Spirit that Adonai is at the right hand of Yehovah, repeating what he said in verse one. So Adoni / Adonai is seated at the right hand of Yehovah. A divine Lord (Adonai) is seated next to Yehovah. As we continue we see that Adonai is the Messiah, who “will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.” That is when Messiah returns during a time known by the Hebrew prophets as, “the day of the Lord”; Adonai Messiah will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
Yeshua the Messiah existed before His incarnation in Bethlehem, where He was born of a virgin named Mary. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things have been created through Him and for Him.” Colossians 1:15-16 NASB
Mashiach existed in the beginning with His Father in heaven. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” John 1:1-5 NASB
But not only is Messiah David’s Lord He is also his Son. The genealogy of Yeshua (Jesus) the Moshiach can be traced back to King David’s royal line.
Many of the Rabbis and religious leaders of the Jewish community today do not now believe that Messiah is divine and therefore is one of the reasons they reject Jesus as the Messiah since He claimed to be the Son of God. (Although, certainly the Messianic Jewish Rabbis do believe Messiah is the Son of God.)
Evidently, these Rabbis who do not believe that Moshiach/Mashiach (Messiah) is divine have overlooked their own scriptures (or perhaps do not understand them or worse yet do not believe the Tanakh). For example in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) the prophet Micah gives us this clue;
“But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah,
which art little to be among the thousands of Judah,
out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days.”
This ruler (King) who will come from Bethlehem will rule Israel in the future who existed from long ago from the ancient days. This phrase from “ancient days” is a reference to eternity past, this ruler existed before his birth on earth. The name “Ancient of days” a reference to Hashem (Hebrew word for “the name” since the Jews rarely us the name for God so as not to accidently use His name in vain). The prophet Daniel uses this name for God, “Ancient of days” in Chapter 7:13-14 One who existed from long, long ago, from eternity.
“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of days, and he was brought near before Him.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” Daniel 7:13-14 JPS
In this scripture passage in Daniel there came with the clouds of heaven a “son of man” (a name Yeshua the Messiah used to refer to Himself) approaches the throne of the “Ancient of days” (the throne of God) to receive authority for an eternal kingdom that will never be destroyed. Jesus is both the son of man and the Son of God. He approaches the throne of His Father to receive the Messianic eternal Kingdom that will never be destroyed.
When the Magi followed a star and traveled from the east (most likely Babylon modern day Iraq) to Jerusalem to worship the new born King of the Jews (Messiah) this caused quite a uproar in Jerusalem and especially with King Herod who was greatly threaten by this.
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'”
Matthew 2:1-6 NIV
Note above when King Herod asked the Chief Priests and Rabbis where would Messiah (the Christ) be born they answered in Bethlehem of Judah and then they quoted the prophet Micha 5:2. So it was the belief of the Jewish experts who were alive when Messiah was born (who were well versed in the study of the Tanakh) that the Messiah would be from Bethlehem. And they where right, He was born in Bethlehem. Yet the Moshiach (Messiah) existed “from of old, from ancient days”, before His birth in Bethlehem; before Genesis 1:1.
in English the transliteration of the word is “Adoni” that means “my Lord”, which can refer to either a human lord or divine Lord.
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