Wisdom from God (3 of 4)
Series: Advent
Stephen Whitney
Isaiah 11:1-2
The world looks for greatness to come from those who are powerful and significant, but God chooses those who are insignificant so that he might receive the honor and glory.
One of the sweet stories in the OT is of Ruth who loved her mother-in-law so much she left her own country to move
to Bethlehem even though she had lost her husband. They
arrive without anything to support them so Ruth goes into the fields to glean grain left behind by the workers for the poor.
Boaz notices Ruth because she was not from Bethlehem. Even though she is a Gentile from Moab he eventually marries her. They have a son who they name Obed and he has a son he names Jesse and Jesse has eight sons, the youngest one he names David.
Ruth, from Moab, becomes the great grandmother of King David.
There is irony that she is a Moabite because hundreds of years earlier they did not allow the Israelites to cross their land.
God can bring something great out of what is insignificant.
RIGHTFUL PLACE :1
Shoot - Heb. small branch or sucker.
They come up even though the tree has been cut down because underneath the ground the tree still has roots which begin to grow.
Jesse - the father of King David and his seven brothers. He was shepherd in the town of Bethlehem six miles south of Jerusalem.
God would keep alive the roots of the family of Jesse which were
dying out some 250 years after David had reigned.
Background
Herbert Wolf wrote, ''By the end of chapter 10 both Israel and Assyria had been severely punished. They lay on the ground like two felled trees. But the tree of Israel would sprout again, David the son of Jesse would one day have a powerful descendant.''
The ancient Jews understood this promise to be the Messiah.
Babylonian translation reads, ''A king shall proceed from the
sons of Jesse and the Messiah from his sons' sons shall arise.''
Messianic Title
Isaiah 4:2 The branch ...
Series: Advent
Stephen Whitney
Isaiah 11:1-2
The world looks for greatness to come from those who are powerful and significant, but God chooses those who are insignificant so that he might receive the honor and glory.
One of the sweet stories in the OT is of Ruth who loved her mother-in-law so much she left her own country to move
to Bethlehem even though she had lost her husband. They
arrive without anything to support them so Ruth goes into the fields to glean grain left behind by the workers for the poor.
Boaz notices Ruth because she was not from Bethlehem. Even though she is a Gentile from Moab he eventually marries her. They have a son who they name Obed and he has a son he names Jesse and Jesse has eight sons, the youngest one he names David.
Ruth, from Moab, becomes the great grandmother of King David.
There is irony that she is a Moabite because hundreds of years earlier they did not allow the Israelites to cross their land.
God can bring something great out of what is insignificant.
RIGHTFUL PLACE :1
Shoot - Heb. small branch or sucker.
They come up even though the tree has been cut down because underneath the ground the tree still has roots which begin to grow.
Jesse - the father of King David and his seven brothers. He was shepherd in the town of Bethlehem six miles south of Jerusalem.
God would keep alive the roots of the family of Jesse which were
dying out some 250 years after David had reigned.
Background
Herbert Wolf wrote, ''By the end of chapter 10 both Israel and Assyria had been severely punished. They lay on the ground like two felled trees. But the tree of Israel would sprout again, David the son of Jesse would one day have a powerful descendant.''
The ancient Jews understood this promise to be the Messiah.
Babylonian translation reads, ''A king shall proceed from the
sons of Jesse and the Messiah from his sons' sons shall arise.''
Messianic Title
Isaiah 4:2 The branch ...
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