The Promised King-The New King: Isaiah 49:5-7 + Matthew 2:1-12 By Zane Elliott Sunday 15th December 2024

Over this advent season we’ve been considering the overarching title “ The promised King, a king like no other" where we’ve looked at an Old testament promise, and then thought about its fulfilment in Jesus.

So far we’ve covered two big themes: 
Jesus is the forever king. His reign will never come to an end. He has been raised from the dead, and will rule for all eternity. 
Jesse showed us last week that that Jesus is a rescuing king. Because of his birth, life and death, we can experience true peace, and live lives which are transformed to the glory of God.

Today we open Isaiah 49, and Matthew 2 where we see  i) the scope of this New King's rule, as we think about how far it extends, and then two responses to ii) living under his reign - one which accepts his kingship, and one which rejects it.