God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10

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G O D T H E S O N

Here are a sampling of a number of important texts which provide an overall context to understand Jesus’ momentous announcement of himself as the Servant-King (i.e., the Messiah [anointed One] of God): Isa. 9.6-7 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. Isa. 11.2-5 - And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. [3] And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, [4] but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. [5] Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. Isa. 42.1-4 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. [2] He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; [3] a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. [4] He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law. Jesus here announces in his hometown that without doubt or equivocation, he is the fulfillment of the ancient prophetic hope of the Servant King who would come and inaugurate afresh the reign of God over his people and his creation. For the rest of his ministry, he would give concrete, tangible evidence that he was the King of Israel, the Servant of Yahweh who would give his own soul as a ransom for the sins of many (Isa. 53.1ff.). It can be said that our appropriation of the benefits and blessings of Messiah are directly connected to our understanding and convictions about him. In other words, the work of God in this era is to believe on the One whomGod anointed and

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