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A Branch (3 of 4)
Series: Advent
D. Marion Clark
Isaiah 11:1-5
Introduction
We now move to Isaiah 11 where we will cover in two Sundays verses 1-10. These verses can be divided into four sections. Verse 1 identifies the heritage of the Messiah. Verse 2 describes the anointing of the Spirit; verses 3-5 describe the work he will do. Verses 6-10 describe the results of that work. This morning we will look at the first three sections. Let's go through them.
The Messiah's Heritage 1
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
We begin with a barren image. Jesse, the father of David, represents the royal family of kings. What should have been the flourishing tree of Jesse is nothing more than a stump. The noble tree has been cut down and left for dead. Israel and Judah are conquered, the lineage of kings broken seemingly for good.
Let's review for a moment the history of Israel. The very term Israel can be confusing because it applies both to the one united kingdom and to the northern kingdom. Only David and Solomon ruled over the united kingdom. After Solomon's reign the kingdom split into two. Solomon, for all his wisdom, had created descent through strenuous taxation and enforced labor among the tribes. When his son Rehoboam succeeded him, the northern tribes rebelled, leaving only Judah and Benjamin, which had already been absorbed by Judah. The northern kingdom became known as Israel and the southern kingdom as Judah. The two kingdoms never reunited. Israel lasted a little over two hundred years before being conquered by Assyria in 722 BC and through mass deportations ceasing to exist as a nation. Judah continued for about another 150 years before the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and much of the population being exiled to Babylon.
David's lineage, then, continued only on the throne of Judah. Israel's history is of one king after another being overthrown. But though these two kingdoms went t ...
Series: Advent
D. Marion Clark
Isaiah 11:1-5
Introduction
We now move to Isaiah 11 where we will cover in two Sundays verses 1-10. These verses can be divided into four sections. Verse 1 identifies the heritage of the Messiah. Verse 2 describes the anointing of the Spirit; verses 3-5 describe the work he will do. Verses 6-10 describe the results of that work. This morning we will look at the first three sections. Let's go through them.
The Messiah's Heritage 1
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
We begin with a barren image. Jesse, the father of David, represents the royal family of kings. What should have been the flourishing tree of Jesse is nothing more than a stump. The noble tree has been cut down and left for dead. Israel and Judah are conquered, the lineage of kings broken seemingly for good.
Let's review for a moment the history of Israel. The very term Israel can be confusing because it applies both to the one united kingdom and to the northern kingdom. Only David and Solomon ruled over the united kingdom. After Solomon's reign the kingdom split into two. Solomon, for all his wisdom, had created descent through strenuous taxation and enforced labor among the tribes. When his son Rehoboam succeeded him, the northern tribes rebelled, leaving only Judah and Benjamin, which had already been absorbed by Judah. The northern kingdom became known as Israel and the southern kingdom as Judah. The two kingdoms never reunited. Israel lasted a little over two hundred years before being conquered by Assyria in 722 BC and through mass deportations ceasing to exist as a nation. Judah continued for about another 150 years before the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and much of the population being exiled to Babylon.
David's lineage, then, continued only on the throne of Judah. Israel's history is of one king after another being overthrown. But though these two kingdoms went t ...
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