The Rod of Jesse

Series: 2021 Advent

The Rod of Jesse

December 05, 2021 | Paul Duppenthaler
Isaiah 11:1-10

O Come, O Come Emmanuel is perhaps the oldest Christmas Carol. Each verse emphasizes a different metaphor used as a Name or Title for our Savior Jesus Christ. Today's title is an unusual one that has been translated in different ways. The Rod of Jesse, The Shoot of Jesse, the Branch of Jesse are said to come from the Root of Jesse or the Stump of Jesse. Confusing? I thought so, but the point that these synonyms are getting to is one and the same: though Israel's hope for a Savior seemed as dead as a stump, the root was still alive. From it a sapling/rod/shoot/branch would come to judge the world in righteousness, rally all who looked to Him in faith and lead us into an eternal paradise!

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The Rod of Jesse

Isaiah 11:1-10 ESV

 

 

  1. A PREFACE: ISRAEL WAS LIKE .

2 Kings 17:18–20 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left, and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced. Therefore, the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.  

  1. A ROYAL PROMISE: A  WILL BEAR FRUIT.

Isaiah 11:1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

  1.  WILL REST UPON THIS BRANCH FROM JESSE.

Isaiah 11:2-3a 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. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. 

  1. HE WILL REIGN WITH .

Isaiah 11:3b-5 He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, 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. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. 

  1. HE WILL TAKE US TO HIS GLORIOUS .

Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. 

  1. JESUS IS  TO WHOM WE RALLY!

Isaiah 11:10 NIV In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples;
the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. 

            John 12:32 NIV And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

 

 

Series Information

Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas. Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. We celebrate the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.

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