Scriptures: Zechariah 2:10-11, Isaiah 33:22-24, Isaiah 65:17-25, Micah 4:3-4, Revelation 20, Isaiah 9:6-7 David records his vision of Jesus, the coming King who is God in Psalm 68:24-26, “Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary. 25 In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels. 26 Praise God in the great congregation; praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel. 27 There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.” The glory of the coming King is also the restoration of the glory…
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Day 19 – The Lord of Heaven’s Armies
Scriptures: Daniel 2, Isaiah 14, 24, Habakkuk 3, Revelation 12, 17, 19 One of the Old Testament names of Jesus is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He is described in Isaiah 24 as the one who comes in the last days to rid the heavens and the earth of evil. “The earth staggers like a drunk. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy. 21 In that day the Lord will punish the gods in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth. 22 They will be rounded up and put in prison. They will…
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Day 18 – The King of Kings
Scriptures: 2 Samuel 5:1-3, Hosea 3:4-5, Romans 11, Isaiah 59, Zechariah 9 We’ve been learning how Jesus’ experiences mirrored David’s, for the Scriptures refer to the coming King of Israel as David, so today we will delve into how David assumed the throne. This piece of the puzzle helps us understand our present situation as we wait for Jesus to assume his throne in Jerusalem. David was anointed king by the prophet Samuel while King Saul was still ruling, and he lived in exile most of that time. David was crowned king of the tribe of Judah after Saul’s death, then seven years later became king of all Israel. Saul’s…
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Day 2 – The Branch
Scriptures: Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 33:14-18, Zechariah 3:8-9, 6:9-13, Hebrews 7 Isaiah 11 describes the righteous ruler who will be anointed with the Holy Spirit to rule Israel and bring peace to the earth as the Branch. “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit” (Isaiah 11:1). The Branch comes from the stump of Jesse, King David’s father. Not only is Jesus descended from King David, as we see in Matthew 1, but he is an entirely new branch that precedes David because he comes from the stump of David’s father, Jesse. What does that mean? In scripture, cutting down a tree is a…
