From Abraham to David | Messianic Prophecy

When we understand how Yeshua fulfills messianic prophecy, it will cause our faith to become rock solid. If you're taking notes, we're going to go through 21 of these rapid-fire prophecies. We're now on number five. The Messiah will be the seed of Abraham. He came through a woman, but as we trace this lineage down, it first begins to take clarity when the Lord told us he's going to come through the seed of Avraham, or Abraham. We read about this in the book of Genesis, chapter 22, verse 18, where the Lord says to Abraham, In your seed, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice. This is important. Think about this. We're going back now to the first book of the Bible. We're going back to the Torah and the first book of the Torah. Sacred foundational teaching for all the entire word. The Torah is the foundation. So the Lord says to Abraham in the Torah, In your seed, Avraham, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed. Now I want you to consider this in light of this factor. The first verse of the Brit Hadashah, or the New Testament, begins by telling us that Jesus came into the world as the seed of Abraham. Why did the Lord make the first verse of the New Testament, Matthew 1, 1, to talk about the fact that Jesus is the offspring of Abraham? Because the Lord, beloved ones, wants us to understand how the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, and New Testaments fit together like a hand in a glove. So let's now pick up with Matthew 1, 1.

Hear the word of God. The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. See, a lot of times Christians today, they don't really connect the Old and New Testaments. But the Lord thought it was so important to connect our faith in Jesus to the Hebrew Bible that He actually began the New Testament by tying Jesus back to Abraham. As we continue, not only do we find that Yeshua would be the offspring or the seed of Abraham, but the Lord brings it to even greater precision when He tells us that Messiah will furthermore proceed from Abraham's son, Isaac, and through Isaac's son, Jacob. So the laser beam is getting narrower and narrower as the Lord prophesies to the world in advance the genealogical line, the family line, that Messiah would come into the world through. Genesis 17, 19. But God said, your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. So once again, we find the clarity. God is speaking to Abraham, and He's telling Abraham that the lineage, the birth of the Messiah, it's not going to come through Ishmael. The Lord specifies, no, it's going to come through your son, Isaac.

So once again, we're getting clarity. The Messiah is coming through a very particular line. And not only through Isaac, but the Lord further clarifies that it's going to proceed down the lane through Isaac's son, Jacob. And so we have a very mysterious verse in the book of Numbers, chapter 24, verse 17. Hear the word of God. I see him, but not now. I behold him, but not near. A star shall come forth from Jacob. I don't know what it is about that one. I just love that one so much. What an incredible, supernatural vision we see here of Messiah in the distance, not yet having been manifest to the world. He's far, He's not near, but He's coming, and He's the star of Jacob. Now many of you know that Jacob is also Israel. Jacob's sons became the 12 tribes of Israel. So another name of Jacob is Israel. God actually changed His name to Israel. And so knowing that Jacob had 12 sons, and knowing that the Messiah is going to come through Jacob, how do we know which one of the 12 sons that became the 12 tribes the Messiah is going to come through? Well, the Lord specified. He said that the Messiah would come through Jacob's son, Judah,

through the tribe of Judah. And so we pick up our study in Rapid-Fire Messianic Prophecy number 7 with these words from the book. Genesis, chapter 49, verse 10, hear the Word of God. The scepter, the scepter is the ruling rod. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet until Shiloh, and Shiloh was a coder for Messiah, until Shiloh comes and to him shall be the obedience of the people. It's incredible how much revelation about the reality of a Messiah God gave Israel. Of course, our world today, many are not looking for a Messiah. But when we go back to the ancient way into the good path, the Father was very specific that He was going to send a Redeemer, a Messiah to the world in whom Jesus came to bring that prophecy to fruition. As we pick up now in the Brit Chadashah, the New Testament, to look for this fulfillment of the Messiah coming through Judah's line, we're going to the book of Revelation, chapter 5, verse 5, hear the Word of God. John is observing this scene in heaven, and the scroll was there. And unfortunately, John was weeping because no one was found worthy to open the scroll. But then suddenly someone appears to open that scroll

that was found worthy. Who was that? It was the lion from the tribe of Judah. It was Messiah that came through Judah's line. And so we read there in Revelation 5, 5. And one of the elders said to me, again, John is speaking, stop weeping. Behold, the lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the root of David has overcome, so as to open the book and its seven seals. This prophecy leads us right into the next prophecy. We know now that the Messiah was coming through the tribe of Judah. The lion from the tribe of Judah was found worthy to open the scroll. But as we continue further down, we know that in the tribe of Judah, many people had been born. And so the Lord gives us further clarity by telling us it would be from the family of David who came forth from the tribe of Judah. That was actually mentioned in the previous scripture that I read. It was from the lion from the tribe of Judah, from the family of David. And so we look now, moving ahead to the book of Jeremiah, chapter 33, verses number 14 and 15, where we read these words. Behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the good word, which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

In those days and at that time, I will cause a righteous branch of David to spring forth and he will execute justice and righteousness on the earth. So again, the funnel keeps on narrowing, right? The tribe of Judah, now many families have been coming out of the line of Judah, but the Lord identifies which family Messiah will be birthed into the world through, and that was the family of David. And Yeshua identifies himself with David in the New Testament more than any other figure in the Hebrew Bible. In this verse in Jeremiah, King David had already come and gone. In other words, Jeremiah's writing took place after David lived, but Jeremiah speaks here prophetically. And he says that one is gonna come who is called the righteous branch of David. And this one that's coming, this righteous branch of David is the Messiah. And so when Yeshua came into the world, the New Testament made it very clear how Yeshua was fulfilling all these prophecies. And David, once again, associated by Yeshua himself with himself. For example, just one of the many examples in which this happens is found in Revelation chapter number 22, verse number 16. Jesus is speaking and he says this, I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you

these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star. What's going on here? Jesus is in a very intentional way showing beloved ones how he fulfilled the ancient Hebrew scriptures, how he was the offspring of David, how he came from Isaac and Jacob, how he came from the tribe of Judah. We just read in Revelation 5.5, how he came from the family of David. You see. When we understand how Yeshua fulfills messianic prophecy, and when we are truly convinced that the God of Israel is the one true God, it will cause our faith to become rock solid. We will, as a result of this, become bold witnesses and convinced in our own faith. I want to encourage you to continue to study messianic prophecy with me. As I indicated, I'm just touching on the surface of a book that I just released called Messianic Prophecy Revealed. I don't promote many things, but I think this is so ABC, nuts and bolts, foundational teaching that the church needs. I would encourage you, beloved ones, to get the book. It's critical. It's important. Many people treat messianic prophecy superficially

or not at all. But I'm saying today, it's very important that you and I get it because it will prepare us to stand firm in the Lord during these last days in which we're living. This is Rabbi Schneider saying to you, God bless you, baruch Hashem, and shalom. In the book of Numbers, chapter six, the Lord gave instructions to Moses and Aaron to speak this blessing over his people. And the Lord said, when you speak these words over my people, I will place my name on them and bless them. Receive the impartation of the Lord's blessings. Y'va recheche Yahweh va'yishma rechach Ya'er Yahweh panayv eylecha vi'chunechach Yissa Yahweh panayv eylecha ve'asem lechach Shalom. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up by His countenance and the Lord give you, beloved one, His peace. God bless you and shalom.