InTruth
01-17-2011, 12:03 PM
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1.1.
Naturally the son of David is Solomon. To speak of the Lord as the son of David intimates that the Lord is to be as Solomon. In his lifetime Solomon did two things in particular: he uttered words of wisdom and he built the holy temple. But our Lord is greater than Solomon both as a prophet and as a builder. He builds a spiritual temple by sending forth the Holy Spirit.
Now in speaking of the Lord as the son of Abraham, the Bible intimates here that He is to be like Isaac. In his own day Isaac also performed two outstanding things, which were his being offered on the altar and his marrying Rebecca who was not a Hebrew. In like manner, our Lord was offered as a sacrifice on the cross and by His death and resurrection He has entered into a marriage union with His church that is formed of the Gentiles as well as the Jews.
God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son. Hebrews 1.1, 2.
The word of God informs us how in olden times through His servants God revealed to mankind His heart desire of love towards us by diverse portions and in diverse manners, but man failed to comprehend. He thus had no other way but to come himself to this world to become a man, and this man is Him whom we know of as Jesus Christ.
The God of glory condescends himself to be a man. What humility is this! He who is far above all has emptied himself and taken upon himself the likeness of a man. Let me say that the entire earthly life of the Lord Jesus was for the purpose to express the loving heart of God towards men. In His thirty-three years on earth, Jesus manifested nothing less than the heart of God. The way He treated people on earth is the way God always treats us.
Naturally the son of David is Solomon. To speak of the Lord as the son of David intimates that the Lord is to be as Solomon. In his lifetime Solomon did two things in particular: he uttered words of wisdom and he built the holy temple. But our Lord is greater than Solomon both as a prophet and as a builder. He builds a spiritual temple by sending forth the Holy Spirit.
Now in speaking of the Lord as the son of Abraham, the Bible intimates here that He is to be like Isaac. In his own day Isaac also performed two outstanding things, which were his being offered on the altar and his marrying Rebecca who was not a Hebrew. In like manner, our Lord was offered as a sacrifice on the cross and by His death and resurrection He has entered into a marriage union with His church that is formed of the Gentiles as well as the Jews.
God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son. Hebrews 1.1, 2.
The word of God informs us how in olden times through His servants God revealed to mankind His heart desire of love towards us by diverse portions and in diverse manners, but man failed to comprehend. He thus had no other way but to come himself to this world to become a man, and this man is Him whom we know of as Jesus Christ.
The God of glory condescends himself to be a man. What humility is this! He who is far above all has emptied himself and taken upon himself the likeness of a man. Let me say that the entire earthly life of the Lord Jesus was for the purpose to express the loving heart of God towards men. In His thirty-three years on earth, Jesus manifested nothing less than the heart of God. The way He treated people on earth is the way God always treats us.