1. The seed - of woman & enmity between Satan 03JAN The seed - ancestry selected (Abraham; all nations blessed) 10JAN The seed - tribe identified – Judah 10JAN The seed - the prophet like Moses (from Judah) 17JAN The seed – Promises to the house of David (Samuel) 17JAN The seed – Messiah in Psalms (~1000 BC); 2,8,16,22 24JAN The seed – Messiah in Psalms (Part 2 of 3); 40, 45,68,69,72,78,89,102 31JAN The seed – Messiah in Psalms( complete ); 109, 110, 118, 132 07FEB The seed – In the Prophets: Joel, Obadiah [9 th c. BC] 14FEB The seed - In the Prophets: Amos, Hosea [8 th c. Israel] 21FEB The seed – In the Prophets: Isaiah, Micah [8 th c. Judah] 28FEB-06MAR The seed – In the Prophets: Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah (7 th c. BC) 13-20MAR The Seed – In the Prophets: Ezekiel, Daniel (6 th c. BC) 27MAR-10APR From the Messiah in Prophecy to the Messiah on the Throne A Chronological & Cumulative Examination of the Messiah in the Law, Prophets, Psalms, Fulfillment, & Enthronement

2. 850 BC 800 BC Review of 9 th c. BC Prophets: Obadiah & Joel – the day of the Lord Oba 1:15ff For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen/nations; but upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the deliverers will ascend mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau (Seir); and the kingdom will be the Lord’s. Joel 2: …the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. Rend your heart and not your garments. "And it will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. "And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. "And I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire, and columns of smoke. "The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

3. 850 BC 800 BC Review of 9 th c. BC Prophets: Obadiah & Joel Joel 2:32 …and it shall come to pass that whosoever calls upon the name of Yahweh shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape… 3:1 For behold in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations… 3:16 the Lord is a refuge for His people and a stronghold to the sons of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Act 3:18 -21 "But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

4. 9 th c. Summary Obadiah: the saints (ascenders of Zion) shall judge the world (Edom) on the day of the Lord. Joel: In the days of the Spirit being poured out (“those days”) God would establish His spiritual people and dwell spiritually among them in a spiritual Zion, a spiritual ‘solemn assembly’. At the same time, He would judge the world of the ungodly, those who reject the good news, the disobedient and rebellious, and bring to desolation all who rebel against Him on that day of the Lord. 875 BC850 840 830 800

5. Kings of Israel Ahab Jehoram Jehu Jehoahaz Jehoash Jeroboam II Hoshea Ahaziah 875 850 840 830800 790 750 740 720 Kings of Judah Jehoshophat Ahaziah Amaziah Azariah Jotham Hezekiah JehoramJoash Uzziah Ahaz Joel Amos Micah Isaiah Elijah Obadiah Hosea Elisha…………………………..Jonah Rise of Assyrian Expansionism _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Psalms to 9 th c. Prophets – Obadiah & Joel Psalms revealed significant and substantial knowledge of the Messiah to come; prophet, priest, king, judge…incarnation, suffering, death, resurrection, enthronement w/ universal dominion at God’s right hand. By ~1000 BC the ‘picture’ of the kind of Messiah to come is clear! Obadiah and Joel reveal the effects of the Messiah’s work; ‘the day of the Lord’, judgment against the world, the remnant on Mt. Zion where there is escape, and the Holy Spirit poured on those who call on His name, without distinction of male, female, slave, free, Jew, Gentile…a solemn assembly of the saved. 875 850 840 830800 790 750 740 720 Obadiah ------------------------------Amos ------------------- Joel ------------------------ Hosea ----------

7. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Amos ~755 BC & Hosea ~725 Amos – HS will reveal God’s plan to rebuild the house of David, restoring it as in days of old (one king/one kingdom), and the remnant of the world (Edom) would be part of His possession as Jew/Gentile in the days that He would pour out His Spirit. Hosea – like Amos the HS speaks through Hosea of the restorative work of the Messiah; those who are “not My people” shall be made to be “My people” as Gentile/Jew are united in the Messiah as Yahweh plants a spiritual people on the earth through His Messiah. Psalms reveals much about the Messiah, followed by prophets who speak of the restorative work of the Messiah…what His suffering, death, and resurrection will bring. 875 850 840 830800 790 750 740 720 Obadiah ------------------------------Amos ------------------- Joel ------------------------ Hosea ---------- Judgment; Mt Zion; HS outpouredRestorative work uniting Jew/Gentile

8. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Amos ~755 BC ~ 755 B.C. Amos is called by God from his home in Tekoa (12 mi. S. of Jerusalem) to prophesy in Bethel (12 mi. N. of Jerusalem). Call to repentance during a time a great moral decay and spiritual repression; warning of consequences, foretelling of judgment (doom); (6:7; 7:11,17). Foretells the effectual work of the Messiah as a king. Distinction must be made always between kingdom and race; one will be destroyed the other will not. 9:8 Amos 9:11 "In that day I will raise up the fallen tent/tabernacle of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old;” “In that day” is the period of the S. kingdom’s destruction and scattering; sifting the people among all the nations (v.8-9) The ‘tent’ or ‘house’ of David was in a state of decay due to immoral kings/leadership; ~170 yrs before Babylonians remove the S. kingdom The ‘breaches’ [begun by Rehoboam] & corrupt kings would be walled up, repaired; no more corrupt monarchy.

9. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Amos Amos 9:11 "In that day I will raise up the fallen tent/tabernacle of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old;” “as in the days of old” (II Sam 5:1-5) refers to time when David ruled over a united kingdom; people of God were one kingdom/one king. 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name," Declares the LORD who does this. the peoples/ethnos/nations who would be called by His name include the restored of the two former kingdoms AND Edom; The people called by His name would be Jews AND Gentiles See Acts 15:16-18 (James to the brethren about the Gentiles); at the time James spoke, no king had ruled over Israel for >600 yrs. See Eph 2:13-15 9:13 – prosperity of sowing/reaping occurring simultaneously (Jn 4:36-38); the fulness of spiritual harvest is expressed in metaphorical hyperbole.

10. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Amos 9:14 – this work takes place under the rule of the restored ‘house’ of David; the spiritual fulfillment is in the “remnant according to the election of grace” (Rom 11:5 [Is 11:11]). 9:15 – the restorative work of God on behalf of His people and ‘planting’ them cannot refer to the physical land as those kingdoms were removed permanently; Ps 72 states His dominion is ‘from sea to sea…unto the ends of the earth’ and that “all nations shall serve Him” ‘All nations’ [ethnos] is not physical land; the promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed was a spiritual promise; not the separate land promise. As the gospel spread and the spiritual, united ‘Israel’ [people of God] expanded and embraced all nations/peoples, the whole earth became the land of God’s people. Amos describes/foretells the spiritual Israel of God (Gal 6:15; Phil 3:20-21) Heb 12:22,28; Rev 14:1-5 speak of Mt. Zion the heavenly Jerusalem which is the land Yahweh planted His people upon and shall no more be plucked up (Amos 9:15)

11. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – SUMMARY of Amos Amos’ prophecy introduced the idea (reality) that God would restore (spiritually) the house of David, Israel, Judah, including the remnant of Edom (symbol of the world). James (Acts 15:17) referred to this as “the residue of men” All peoples of all nations would be gathered as one (spiritually) in a harvest and planting that occur simultaneously (evangelizing/immersing). This spiritual prosperity would be continuous in the sense of being without season, with no regard to seasons (one season = dispensation). These people who call upon His name, who God would call His people would be planted in a “land” from which they could not be plucked (Jn 10:27-29) This spiritual land would be permanent in sense of belonging to God (Heb 12:22ff); in strong contrast to the land lost and devastated repeatedly before the N. and S. Kingdoms were destroyed forever.

12. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC Hosea prophesied after Amos; uncertain as to how long afterward. Assyrians referred to 8x in Hosea; obviously during the rise of Assyria Like Amos (S. Kingdom), Hosea condemned sin/wickedness, emphasized the deity and sovereign rule of Yahweh, stressed the holiness of Yahweh and the certainty of divine judgment if repentance did not occur. 1:4 – I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease; occurred in 722 B.C. as Assyrians captured the N. Kingdom and carried the surviving remnant into Assyria as foretold (11:5) [very small remnant] Hosea emphasized the religious apostasy of the nation (N. Kingdom) as they gave themselves wholly/entirely over to idol worship. Hosea Ch. 4 – Ch. 14 identify the wickedness of the people at every level; social, political, religious. God rejected them as “not my people”. 750 BC725BC

13. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. 14 - So the people without understanding are ruined. Israel manifested their lack of faith in God by appealing to Assyria and Egypt for help instead of appealing to Yahweh (5:13; 7:11; 8:9;12:1); Because of this the people would “eat unclean food in Assyria” (9:3). Hos 9:17 My God will cast them away Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be wanderers among the nations. Throughout the prophets there is condemnation of wickedness and the call to repentance, the warning of consequences and foretelling of impending judgment against the wickedness of the nation; but in each one there is a ‘break in the clouds’ where the HS speaks of the work that God will accomplish in a brighter future (the day of the Lord). 750 BC725BC

14. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC Hosea is told to take a wife (prostitute); three children result: Jezreel = to scatter/sow Lo-ruhamah = no mercy Lo-ammi = not my people Through these names God reveals what He plans to do; He would scatter the nation and plant unto Himself (1:3-5) He would cease to show mercy to the nation (1:6) He would reject them as His people (1:9) The break in the clouds: (1:10) - And it will come about that, in the place Where it is said to them, "You are not My people," It will be said to them, "You are the sons of the living God." Hos 1:11 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together 750 BC725BC

15. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC Hos 1:11 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together… This is the first explicit word of the prophets that the two groups by name will be re-united. They would appoint one leader when they submit to their king named David: Hos 3:4 For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols. 5 Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days. In that day, the relationship would change (2:23) "And I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'Thou art my God!'" 750 BC725BC

16. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC Paul quotes from Hosea 2:23 and 1:10in Rom 9:24-26 to prove that Jew and Gentile (not My people) would be called His new people. Rom 9:24 even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles. As He says also in Hosea, "I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, 'MY PEOPLE,' AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, 'BELOVED.'" "AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, 'YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,' THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD." And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, IT IS THE REMNANT THAT WILL BE SAVED; [cited from Hosea 1:10] Peter summarizes Hosea’s two passages in I Pet 2:10: …for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. A better day lay ahead: 2:14-17 “a door of hope”, return of a remnant before the Messiah appears, for He must be fulfilled in the land of their fathers. 750 BC725BC

17. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC Hos 2:18-21 "In that day I will also make a covenant for them…and will make them lie down in safety. "And I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion, And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the LORD. "And it will come about in that day that I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. Hosea is the first prophet to mention explicitly a “new covenant”, using these words. New as in “kainos”, not “neo”; a new kind/quality of covenant of a completely new kind of relationship. Betrothal is a marriage/covenant word; a new bond and binding, to be forever (19-20); 2:21-22 It will be Yahweh who plants a spiritual people on the earth, and “I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'Thou art my God!'" 750 BC725BC

18. 8 th c. B.C. Prophets – Hosea 750-725 BC Hosea’s wife (Gomer) had sunk so low morally as to be of the value of a slave (below that of a harlot); her value was placed at that of a wounded, damaged slave (Ex 21:32), and Hosea purchased the prolific adulteress for the equivalent value of 30 pieces of silver [15 shekels silver, 1.5 homer of barley]. 3:3-4 she was kept under the prophet’s care for a time of testing before being accepted in the full marriage relationship; likewise Israel would be without king and priest (worship) for many days. Use of “the latter days” used throughout the OT almost always refers to the Messianic period; the restorative work of the Messiah is presented as more difficult and glorious than man can imagine by depicting the lowest moral depravity and rejection of a people who once knew God. The idea of ‘David their king’ will be fully developed in Jeremiah and Ezekiel so that it is clear that the future David is the Messiah. It is then, in those days, that a new covenant will be established, a new betrothal unto God forever, and Jew/Gentile would be united under the Messiah. 750 BC725BC

19. Patriarchal Period Beg. 2000-1900 BC The Seed of Woman – ‘ He’ Gen. 3; enmity; HE will crush the power & dominion of Satan The Seed: Redeemer Job 16:19-21 my testifier, my vouching witness is on high Job 19:25-27 “I know…” my debt-payer lives eternally; He will stand upon the earth at a later time; I will see God with my own eyes “without this flesh” The Seed – as (Lord) Judge who has come Enoch (Jude 14-15); Lord “has come” w/ His myriad of holy ones to judge, convict the ungodly; From God Unveiling & Proclaiming Fulfillment of His Plan to Choosing the Lineage : the things that could have been known of “the Seed” The Seed: Lineage Chosen Lineage of Seth – Noah – Shem - Abraham - Isaac– Jacob/Israel Land promise (temporal) Spiritual covenant (eternal) THE Seed: Tribe Identified Judah, (Gen 49) ‘scepter shall not depart…until shilloh comes’

20. THE Seed: a prophet like unto Moses (but from Judah) Dt 18:15 Speak w/ God’s authority ‘face to face’ w/ God perform miracles in public before the nations a lawgiver and mediator, intercessor a deliverer/rescuer of the people, delivering from bondage From Moses to David: the things that could have been known of “the Seed” ~1450-1400 BC The Law & Prophets (incl. Moses, Samuel, David) THE Seed: prophet, priest, king, judge, David’s son/God’s Son, eternal rule: will judge the ends of the earth will give strength to His king will exalt the horn (power) of His anointed. I will raise up for Myself a faithful (enduring) priest I will build him an enduring house; it will walk before My anointed always. House of Jesse identified; David anointed I will be His father, and He will be My son Son of God & son of David; rule, kingdom, authority will endure forever (2Sam 7:16) David dies; his body “sees corruption” ~ 1050 – 950 BC

21. Period of David: the things that could have been known of “the Seed” The Law & Prophets (David) THE Seed: prophet, priest, king, judge, son of David/Son of God; eternal rule: Ps 2: I have set my king…upon Zion…Thou art My son, this day have I begotten Thee; I will give the nations as Your inheritance; uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession; you shall rule them with a rod of iron. Ps 8: Thou hast made Him a little lower than the angels; thou makest Him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou has put all things under His feet. Ps 16: I have set the Lord ever before Me; He is at My right hand; thou wilt not leave my soul in hell nor suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption. Ps 22: I am a worm…a reproach of men…they shake the head at me saying ‘Commit thyself unto Yahweh; Let Him deliver Him’…they pierced My hands and feet; they part my garments and upon my vesture do they cast lots… ~ 1050 – 950 BC

22. Period of David: the things that could have been known of “the Seed” The Law & Prophets (David) THE Seed: prophet, priest, king, judge, son of David/Son of God; eternal rule: Ps 40: A body Thou hast prepared for Me (my ears Thou has opened); Lo, I am come; in the scroll it is written of Me; I delight to do Thy Will, O My God. Ps 45: A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy kingdom; God has anointed Thee with the oil of joy above Thy companions; all Thy garments are myrrh and aloes and cassia… Ps 68: Thou hast been carried up on high; thou has led captivity captive; Thou hast received gifts for mankind. Ps 69: I am weary with crying, my throat is parched (I thirst); my eyes fail while I wait for My God. Those who hate me without cause…zeal for Thy house has consumed Me, and the reproaches of those who reproach Thee have fallen on Me. They gave me gall…for my thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink. ~ 1050 – 950 BC

23. Period of David: the things that could have been known of “the Seed” The Law & Prophets (David) THE Seed: prophet, priest, king, judge, son of David/Son of God; eternal rule: Ps 72: He shall have dominion from sea to sea; all nations shall serve Him; He will redeem their soul…His name shall endure forever. Ps 89: I have made a covenant with My Chosen One; I will establish your seed forever; righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; …our king to the Holy One of Israel; He will cry to Me, “Thou art My Father, My God”; I shall also make Him My first-born… the highest of the kings of the earth… Ps 102: Hide not Thy face from Me; Mine enemies reproach Me; Ps 109: They have spoken against Me with lying tongue; I have become a reproach; they wag their head. Help Me O Lord My God. Ps 110: Lord said to My Lord, Sit at My right hand until I make Thine enemies thy footstool; rod of strength out of Zion; a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek; He will judge among the nations. ~ 1050 – 950 BC

24. Period of David: the things that could have been known of “the Seed” The Law & Prophets (David) THE Seed: prophet, priest, king, judge, son of David/Son of God; eternal rule: Ps 118 : The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner (pinnacle capstone). This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes (only God can do this); blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; Ps 132: The Lord has chosen Zion; her priests I will clothe with salvation; There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth; I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed. Upon Him His [high priestly] crown shall be resplendent. ~ 1050 – 950 BC

25. Period of David: the things that could have been known of “the Seed” The Law & Prophets (David) ~ 1050 – 950 BC Rejected & Exalted Incarnated Suffering, Death, Resurrection Death by Crucifixion Incarnation for Obedience Reign / death Betrayal, reproach, suffering before tormenters Triumph, Eternal reign, universal dominion Divine covenant, son of God/David, Endure forever Suffering, victory, eternal reign Betrayal, suffering before tormenters A priest forever Stone rejected by builders; exalted by God Enthroned on Zion; salvation-clothed ‘priests’

26. Hosea – Israel scattered; new covenant; restored as “My people” under their king, called David. The Writing Prophets 950 850-800 BC 755 - 700 BC 630-600 BC 500 BC Divided Kingdom Joel – outpouring of HS; secure in Zion Amos – fall / restoration of house of David, latter time. Isaiah – nations-ethnos to go up to Yahweh’s mountain; remnant to be redeemed; seed of Yaweh + seed of David combined; Immanuel, virgin birth servant and sacrificial lamb; glory of Zion under the Servant’s rule. Micah – Bethlehem; only mention of place Zephaniah – pure language, of the HS Habakkuk – righteous shall live by His faith Ezekiel – Messiah as appointed shepherd, temple and city of God. Daniel – time Messiah would arrive (Rome); kingdom, dominion on return to heaven Zechariah – redeemed to be the lampstand to bear Messiah’s light to the world; selling of Messiah for 30 pcs. silver; insights into spiritual conflict and victory of the redeemed. The Law (S. Kingdom) Malachi fore- runner, messenger, ‘Elijah’ 445-432 Obadiah judgment on Edom (world); escape will be in Zion Rehoboam: S. Kingdom Jeroboam: N. Kingdom Judah/Benjamin(Israel) Jeremiah – detailed the new covenant

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28. Kings of Israel Ahab Jehoram Jehu Jehoahaz Jehoash Jeroboam II Hoshea Ahaziah 875 850 840 830800 790 750 740 720 Kings of Judah Jehoshophat Ahaziah Amaziah Azariah Jotham Hezekiah JehoramJoash Uzziah Ahaz JoelAmos Micah Isaiah Elijah Obadiah Hosea Elisha………………………….. Jonah Rise of Assyrian Expansionism _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _