"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land."
when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch
2 Kings 19:26 "'Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.'"
Isaiah 4:2 In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
Ezekiel 17:22 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.'"
a King
Matthew 2:2 ... and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
who will reign wisely
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
Matthew 1:1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: ...
and do what is just and right in the land
Genesis 18:19 "For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."
NOTES:
Raise up - 2 Samuel 7:12; Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23-24
Reign wisely - Isaiah 52:13
Do what is right and just - Jeremiah 22:3, 15; 2 Samuel 8:15
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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