WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:17.400 it was the year 1977 I was a lad a wee little lad was I and my dad brought us 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:27.719 to see Star Wars and my life was changed I loved it Luke Skywalker was awesome I 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:37.140 loved his hair but way back in 1977 I had no idea that this would be one of seven 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:46.560 films no idea none and so 38 years later 2015 I brought my family to see the 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:52.859 latest kind of installment in the Star Wars area last Monday and looking back 00:00:52.859 --> 00:00:59.159 through what's what's the what's the movie called what's the latest one the 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:06.659 Force Awakens so looking back through the Force Awakens all the way back to 1977 to 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:13.799 that first Star Wars I realized I had no idea I had no idea that Luke Skywalker 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:32.519 was going to point to Ray I didn't know that spoiler alert sorry no no idea 1977 there 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.060 was there was a foreshadowing George Lucas knew this there was there was a 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:41.340 foreshadowing going on of someone who would come and fulfill it later in this 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:49.159 episode 7 in 2015 it really only makes sense when you look back through it and 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.520 so this morning we're gonna look at a passage in Matthew chapter 2 verses 13 00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:59.480 through 23 in which we're gonna look back Matthew's gonna help us look back at 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:05.939 some Old Testament passages and we're gonna see how they point to Jesus they're 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:12.479 gonna show us how they foreshadowed this Jesus the Christ our King and what you're 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:17.939 gonna see is Jesus is the great fulfiller he's the great fulfiller of so many Old 00:02:17.939 --> 00:02:26.819 Testament passages and where we're gonna land this plane is not only is Jesus the 00:02:26.819 --> 00:02:32.960 great fulfiller of the Old Testament but he's the great fulfiller of your deepest 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:42.200 longing he came for you if you look at Matthew chapter 2 verses 13 what I want to 00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:46.460 point you to right out of the gate is the word fulfill it's used three times in this 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:53.300 passage if you notice in verse 15 and they remain there until the death of Herod 00:02:53.300 --> 00:02:58.640 this was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet out of Egypt I called my 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:05.759 son so note that the word fulfill there and then in verse 17 then was fulfilled 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:11.099 what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah and then if you look at verse 23 and then 00:03:11.099 --> 00:03:15.459 and he went and lived in a city called Nazareth that what was spoken by the 00:03:15.459 --> 00:03:22.799 prophets might be fulfilled he shall be called a Nazarene and so in this passage we 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:29.700 have three fulfillments pointing to Jesus I want to show you how now this isn't the 00:03:29.700 --> 00:03:32.740 first time the word fulfilled was used in Matthew Matthew's already used it a 00:03:32.740 --> 00:03:38.280 couple times if you look back in Matthew chapter 1 we see it in verse 22 where 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:43.380 Matthew is talking about the the miraculous conception and in Mary and the 00:03:43.380 --> 00:03:49.500 birth of this son whose name is Emmanuel and he's saying that fulfilled Isaiah 7 14 and 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:57.319 then we look down at chapter 2 verse 6 verse 5 actually they told him in Bethlehem of 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:03.039 Judea for so it is written fulfilled by the prophet and he points to Micah 5 2 the 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:08.180 Messiah is going to come from Bethlehem fulfillment in these two 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:15.539 fulfillments it's very clear that they're talking about the Messiah and so what we see 00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:22.360 early on in Matthew is this kind of God spoke a prophecy about the Messiah and it 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:31.259 very specifically came true in Isaiah 7 14 and Micah 5 2 when we turn to chapter 2 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:39.439 verses 13 through 23 it's not that clear of a fulfillment it's a different kind of 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:45.000 fulfillment that's happening of the Old Testament instead of saying God saying 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:51.579 something specific and specifically pointing to the Messiah in these three 00:04:51.579 --> 00:04:56.759 little fulfillments Matthew is saying that Jesus fulfilled Old Testament 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:03.300 scripture in a different kind of way a more general way it's like the Old Testament 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:08.579 sets kind of a trajectory it's a foreshadowing that only looking back through 00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:14.759 Christ do we see the fulfillment of it this is classically known as typology 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:20.339 we're not going to quizzy on that don't worry about it but typology is a 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:25.519 legitimate way of understanding fulfillment of the Old Testament in the New Testament 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:33.339 and so just a little bit more on that when we see New Testament writers using 00:05:33.339 --> 00:05:39.399 scripture this way what they do is they're showing how Jesus fulfills kind of 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:44.779 general themes general ideas in the Old Testament a classic example would be this 00:05:44.779 --> 00:05:51.620 remember the sacrificial system in the Old Testament the ongoing killing of animals in 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:59.479 order to cover over sin well that is a type of sacrifice and it's a foreshadowing of something 00:05:59.479 --> 00:06:09.079 that will be fulfilled in Christ's one time sacrifice for all that's the point of Hebrews 10 and so we see 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:16.300 this kind of fulfillment being used by New Testament writers and it's fulfillment of particular people 00:06:16.300 --> 00:06:23.839 institutions themes and so when we get to Matthew chapter 2 I want to help you to understand there's a 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:29.299 different kind of fulfillment of Old Testament going on here typically not what we usually think of 00:06:29.299 --> 00:06:36.139 fulfillment of prophecy it's a little broader than that and so I just thought we could just jump right in 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:41.860 this morning and we'll look at these three fulfilleds you ready let's go 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:54.620 fulfilled number one we see this in verse 13 through 15 now when they the magi had departed behold an angel 00:06:54.620 --> 00:07:00.740 of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said rise take the child Jesus and his mother Mary and flee to 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:08.540 Egypt and remain there until I tell you for Herod remember he is a Simonizing politically savvy killer 00:07:08.540 --> 00:07:17.079 for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him and Joseph rose it was immediate he is 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:23.139 quite the man he arose and took child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until 00:07:23.139 --> 00:07:29.879 the death of Herod this was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet out of Egypt I called 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:40.159 my son now what's being quoted there is Hosea chapter 11 verse 1 out of Egypt I called my son in what 00:07:40.159 --> 00:07:50.719 the Hosea is talking about out of Egypt he's referencing the Exodus remember Pharaoh let my people go Moses 00:07:50.720 --> 00:08:00.720 Exodus Exodus and so what it is is a deliverance from the captivity in Egypt that's what's the backdrop 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:09.420 there that's what's being talked about what I want you to dial in on is those words my son out of Egypt 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:17.460 I called my son and there's two points I want to make here first one is this this is the first time 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:27.259 in Matthew that this phrase my son is being used by God to speak about Jesus and so this is the first time 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:36.779 we Matthew uses a prophet to communicate that that God is saying this is my boy this is my son conceived of 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:43.460 the Holy Spirit and so Jesus this boy fully God fully man in one person 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:55.080 here's the second thing I want you to see out of Egypt I called my son it's a reference to the people of God 00:08:55.080 --> 00:09:07.480 my son the Israelites it's a reference to a body of people and so my son is being used in Hosea 11 1 as a 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:15.940 reference to God's people that he's delivering out of captivity from Egypt and the question becomes well how does 00:09:15.940 --> 00:09:29.379 Jesus fulfill that well he is the new my son he is the embodiment of God's new people God's new people the 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:37.060 church all who bow the knee to Jesus become Christians they are located in the son 00:09:37.059 --> 00:09:43.439 my son my son he's the embodiment of a people delivered not from the captivity of Egypt 00:09:43.439 --> 00:09:46.439 but from the captivity of sin 00:09:46.439 --> 00:09:48.179 remember 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:50.259 Matthew 1 21 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:52.359 it's in the name Jesus 00:09:52.359 --> 00:09:57.419 she shall she will bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus for he will save his people 00:09:57.419 --> 00:09:59.419 from their sins 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:02.159 Jesus 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:08.639 Jesus was sent to Egypt not only to get away from the slaughter of Herod the evil king 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.139 but to come out of Egypt 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:18.740 as the my son the embodiment of a new people 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:22.819 and that's how he fulfills 00:10:22.819 --> 00:10:27.639 Hosea 11 chapter chapter 11 verse 1 it's 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:31.080 it's this foreshadowing fulfilled in Jesus 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.279 the second fulfillment I want you to see 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:41.559 is chapter or chapter 2 verses 16 through 18 this is a really interesting passage 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:51.199 and I I'm telling you I had a lean heart this past week on people far wiser than me and helping understand this 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:57.680 it says then Herod when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men the magi became furious 00:10:57.680 --> 00:10:59.379 remember he was paranoid 00:10:59.379 --> 00:11:07.379 and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem in all that region who were two years old and under according to the time that 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:11.680 he had ascertained from all the wise men and that was based upon when the star raised from 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:13.079 we talked about that last week 00:11:13.079 --> 00:11:18.799 and then verse 17 he says then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:25.039 a voice was heard in Ramah weeping in loud lamentation Rachel weeping for her children she refused to be comforted 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:26.739 because they are 00:11:26.739 --> 00:11:27.699 no 00:11:27.699 --> 00:11:28.799 more 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.959 verse 18 00:11:31.959 --> 00:11:38.919 what's being quoted from Jeremiah is Jeremiah chapter 31 that may ring a bell we'll come back to it chapter 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.459 Jeremiah 31 verse 15 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:43.680 now 00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:46.400 could you imagine 00:11:46.400 --> 00:11:48.740 being a mother 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:50.740 in Bethlehem 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:52.879 of one of these babies 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:54.900 that was slaughtered 00:11:54.900 --> 00:11:55.639 by Herod 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:57.540 could you imagine the pain 00:11:57.540 --> 00:12:00.100 could you imagine that 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:03.519 it would have been horrendous 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.259 it would have been horrific 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:07.139 deep sorrow 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:09.320 it was a horrible wrong 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:16.120 what I want you to see here is Matthew is very careful to make a distinction for us 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.660 and so what's going on here is fulfillment of God's plan right 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:24.159 but look who he blames 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.439 verse 16 then Herod 00:12:27.439 --> 00:12:34.819 when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men became furious and he Herod sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:44.100 Matthew is very clear to be putting the blame on Herod not God for the slaughter of these baby boys 00:12:44.100 --> 00:12:46.100 I just want to make sure you see that distinction 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:55.220 but what Matthew is saying is that this this weeping this deep sorrow going on 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:58.019 this is fulfillment of something 00:12:58.019 --> 00:13:00.220 this is God 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.899 God brought this in a way 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:04.800 in a sovereignty and human responsibility that we don't get 00:13:04.800 --> 00:13:07.660 but God is sovereign over this 00:13:07.660 --> 00:13:10.340 their weeping 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:12.840 points to something 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:19.300 Jeremiah 31 15 00:13:19.300 --> 00:13:21.580 pictures Rachel 00:13:21.580 --> 00:13:23.460 sister of Leah 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:27.560 who apparently some believe died in Ramah 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:29.460 they 00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:34.680 Jeremiah 31 pictures her as kind of the matriarch of the children of Israel 00:13:34.680 --> 00:13:37.500 and she's weeping for them 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:40.139 why is she weeping for them 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:45.019 she's weeping for them because God's people are being 00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:46.480 exiled 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:51.199 Jeremiah 31 is speaking of the 00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:54.639 exile of God's people from the land 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.080 Jerusalem's been sacked 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.299 and God's people are now being deported 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:03.779 and Ramah was a staging point 00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:06.840 for the deportation of God's people to the nations 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.480 to Babylon 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.320 and so what we see going on here in Jeremiah 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:13.820 in this section is not the exodus 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:16.500 being called out of Egypt 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:18.259 it's the exile 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:21.100 and so why 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:22.440 Rachel 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.740 as a representative is weeping so much 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.820 is because 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:30.500 it looks like her people are seemingly no more 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:32.840 and more significantly 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.179 and more significantly 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:34.259 perhaps 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:35.240 is that 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.100 it looks like 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:38.220 the kingly 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.659 line of David 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.659 has now 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.759 come to an end 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.000 has ceased 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.059 and so if you flip over to 00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:47.019 Matthew back to the genealogy 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:49.360 Matthew's already hinted at this 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.779 in chapter 1 verses 11 and 12 00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:53.740 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.340 and his brothers 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:56.300 at the time of the deportation to Babylon 00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:57.620 that's what we're talking about right here 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:59.940 and after the deportation of Babylon 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:01.759 Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.000 and the point that we're seeing here 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.560 is that 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:07.240 there is great weeping going on 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.879 in Ramah 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.899 because God's people are being 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:12.480 sent out 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.279 and there's no more good king 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.440 David on the throne 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:22.300 in fact 00:15:22.300 --> 00:15:25.160 there's an evil king on the throne 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:28.080 Nebuchadnezzar 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.840 back in Jeremiah 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:31.960 and here 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.500 the evil king of course 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.200 is Herod 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.420 so the parallels 00:15:37.420 --> 00:15:39.260 between what's going on in Jeremiah 00:15:39.260 --> 00:15:40.740 and what's going on in Matthew 2 are 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:43.260 we've got moms weeping for the children 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:45.819 suffering under the reign 00:15:45.819 --> 00:15:46.960 of a foreign king 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:50.980 because a good King David 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:52.480 is no longer on the throne 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:54.759 it's a fulfillment 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.600 of pain and longing 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:59.759 it's pointing to something deep 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:02.299 it's not avoiding pain 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:04.080 it's addressing pain 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.679 and pointing to hope 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:11.799 D.A. Carson 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.759 help me out 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:14.240 he's 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.439 prof down at Trinity 00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:17.379 and to summarize what he said 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.620 is 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:20.339 the weeping that started with Rachel 00:16:20.339 --> 00:16:21.399 in this exile 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:22.899 climaxed 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:24.319 in the weeping 00:16:24.319 --> 00:16:26.359 of these Bethlehemite mothers 00:16:26.359 --> 00:16:29.279 it was the fulfillment 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.620 of hardship of life 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:32.979 under a foreign king 00:16:32.979 --> 00:16:34.139 it anticipates 00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:36.099 Messiah's reign 00:16:36.099 --> 00:16:39.399 coming to an end 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.579 of life under exile 00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:43.740 the coming of a 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.820 Davidic king 00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:45.460 out of Egypt 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.780 so what I want you to 00:16:46.780 --> 00:16:48.200 be thinking about here is 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:49.780 there's real pain here 00:16:49.780 --> 00:16:52.280 and pain is part of God's plan 00:16:52.280 --> 00:16:54.020 but pain is not the final word 00:16:54.020 --> 00:16:55.740 Jesus is the final word on pain 00:16:55.740 --> 00:17:01.000 stepping back from Jeremiah 31 15 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:04.620 I want to remind you of Jeremiah 31 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:08.199 Jeremiah 31 is a chapter of hope 00:17:08.199 --> 00:17:09.859 again and again 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:11.339 God is saying to his people 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.299 going into exile 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:14.159 you're my kids 00:17:14.159 --> 00:17:15.299 you're my family 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.000 you're my peeps 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.579 I'm going to bring you back 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:19.039 I'm going to regather you someday 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.859 there's a future hope for you 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:22.259 it's all around it 00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:23.139 verse 9 00:17:23.139 --> 00:17:23.739 17 00:17:23.739 --> 00:17:24.399 20 00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:26.339 there's a future hope 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.139 for God's people 00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:28.699 even with them going into exile 00:17:28.699 --> 00:17:30.439 and do you know where he ends up 00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:31.000 pointing to 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.559 and this is where Jeremiah 31 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.779 might have rung a bell in your head 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:37.940 Jeremiah 31 is home 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:40.799 of the new covenant promise 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:45.259 and so Jeremiah 31 talks about 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:47.140 33 talks about God establishing 00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:48.440 a new covenant one day 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.240 with his people 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.940 in which he will write 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:53.279 his law on their hearts 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:54.299 it's a new way of God 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.380 relating to his people 00:17:55.380 --> 00:18:00.079 he's going to bring them back 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.059 and he's going to relate 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.079 with them in a new way 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:07.199 now this is where 00:18:07.199 --> 00:18:09.220 I want to aim you at Jesus 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:14.059 the night before Jesus was crucified 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:15.240 he was in an opera room 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.399 having a meal with his disciples 00:18:17.399 --> 00:18:19.379 do you remember what he did? 00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.679 he broke bread 00:18:21.679 --> 00:18:23.960 he poured out wine 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:26.359 he said of the bread 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.359 this is my body 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.960 given for you 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.539 take and eat 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.179 do you remember that? 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:31.419 and then he said of the wine 00:18:31.419 --> 00:18:33.240 this is my blood 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.439 of the covenant 00:18:34.439 --> 00:18:37.039 the new covenant 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.379 which is poured out 00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:40.579 for many 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.379 for the forgiveness 00:18:41.379 --> 00:18:42.199 of sins 00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:44.699 Jesus 00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:46.960 is the fulfillment 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:48.619 of the new covenant 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:50.359 he's the hope 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.980 even in the face 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.799 of great pain 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.500 he's the hope 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:56.439 new way in which 00:18:56.439 --> 00:18:57.059 God relates 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.919 with a new people 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:02.140 Matthew is saying 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:02.920 that the weeping 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.759 of these mothers 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.440 in Bethlehem 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.480 is the fulfillment 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:08.019 of the misery 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.860 of God's people 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.920 living in exile 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.580 under the reign 00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:11.720 of a non-David king 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:14.100 and ultimately 00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:15.019 the longing 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.880 we see in these moms 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:18.000 the longing we see 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.460 in Rachel 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:20.100 is our longing 00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:22.680 longing to come 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.980 under the life-giving 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.840 reign of Jesus 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:27.959 to know him 00:19:27.959 --> 00:19:28.659 and trust him 00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.319 and experience 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.039 the goodness 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:31.159 of his ways 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:33.159 and so what we see 00:19:33.159 --> 00:19:33.939 happening in this 00:19:33.939 --> 00:19:34.619 little section 00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.839 it's like this dark 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.779 backdrop 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.939 on a stage 00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:40.139 it's very dark 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:41.399 but 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:43.039 in comes 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.179 the spotlight 00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:45.099 on Jesus 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:49.179 the fulfillment 00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:50.000 of this 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.299 experience 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:52.519 anticipates 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.919 King Jesus 00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:59.099 one last fulfilled 00:19:59.099 --> 00:20:00.359 the return 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.000 to Nazareth 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.039 chapter 2 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.619 verses 9 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.259 through 23 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:06.539 but when Herod died 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.279 behold an angel 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.639 of the Lord 00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.480 appeared in a dream 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.960 to Joseph 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.500 in Egypt 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:11.299 saying rise 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.119 take the children 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.599 and his mother 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.379 and go to the land 00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.859 of Israel 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:15.019 for those who sought 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.159 the child's life 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.460 are dead 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.859 now so 00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:18.519 the holy family 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.940 is in Egypt now 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.799 an angel of the Lord 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.360 appears to them 00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.759 in a dream 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.320 says okay 00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:23.440 it's time to go back 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.799 go back to Israel 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:27.240 Herod's dead now 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:29.120 and so 00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.900 Joseph again 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:31.160 immediately obeys 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.799 he rose 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.340 took the child 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:33.960 Jesus 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.940 and his mother 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.820 Mary 00:20:35.820 --> 00:20:37.180 and they went 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.440 back to the land 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.380 of Israel 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.180 presumably 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.100 seeking to get 00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:42.299 back to Bethlehem 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.000 but when he heard 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.460 that Archelaus 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.660 was reigning 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.380 over Judea 00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.600 Archelaus 00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.779 was one of 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.960 Herod the Great's 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.960 jerky sons 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.980 he was awful 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.039 terrible 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:55.279 and he was 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.059 in this position 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.399 of authority 00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:58.399 for like two years 00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.480 and then he got canned 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.799 he was so bad 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.339 but when he heard 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.019 that Archelaus 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.519 was reigning 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.460 over Judea 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.980 in the place 00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.500 of his father 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.319 Herod 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.720 Joseph was afraid 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.319 to go there 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.279 and being warned 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.920 in a dream 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.779 God intervenes 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.700 he withdrew 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.420 to the district 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.139 of Galilee 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:15.180 so they're going 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.460 to go back 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.019 to Bethlehem 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.559 in southern 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.599 Israel 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:19.240 but God intervenes 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.740 and they go 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.919 up to Galilee 00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:23.019 which is in northern 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.899 Israel 00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:25.399 and in the district 00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.980 of Galilee 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:27.079 is this little town 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.539 called 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:29.220 Nazareth 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:31.819 and he went 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.539 and lived in a city 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.240 called Nazareth 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.000 more like a town 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:35.339 that what 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:37.139 that what was 00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:38.000 spoken by the 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.679 prophets 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.399 plural 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:41.079 might be 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.779 fulfilled 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.000 he shall be 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.519 called 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.119 a Nazarene 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:47.419 so I want you 00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:47.859 to see that 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.559 it's prophets 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:48.959 plural 00:21:48.959 --> 00:21:49.619 so there's more 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.519 than one prophet 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.259 that is apparently 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.079 spoken of Jesus 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.000 being from Nazareth 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.099 and whatever 00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:56.139 the fulfillment is 00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:58.099 it's got something 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.839 to do with Nazareth 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:01.939 the challenge is 00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:03.939 that if you 00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:05.579 search through 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.419 your Old Testament 00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:07.899 there is no 00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.879 specific quote 00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.599 he shall be 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.799 called a Nazarene 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.059 stated like that 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.019 in your Old Testament 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.799 it poses quite a 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.159 challenge 00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:17.419 and so we got 00:22:17.419 --> 00:22:18.319 to ask the question 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:20.279 well what's being 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.000 said here 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.960 and what I want 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.559 to help you to see 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.220 is that there is 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.839 a trajectory 00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.799 a foreshadowing 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.539 in the Old Testament 00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.700 that points to 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.960 Nazareth 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.940 and Jesus being 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.940 a Nazarene 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.279 fulfillment of it 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:34.119 there are 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.339 two really good 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.940 explanations 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.000 for this 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.220 and 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.299 they 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.859 don't have to be 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.619 one or the other 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:43.200 so let me 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.080 give you the 00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:45.019 explanation for 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.279 this he shall 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.700 be called 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.400 a Nazarene 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.160 if it's not 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.059 explicitly stated 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.799 in the Old Testament 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:52.880 that word 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.600 Nazareth 00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:55.700 sounds like 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.799 a Hebrew word 00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:58.000 Nazer 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:00.200 which means 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:02.460 branch 00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:04.980 and if you 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.480 flip back 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.059 in your Bibles 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.700 to Isaiah 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.720 chapter 11 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.579 verse 1 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:11.079 Isaiah 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.940 uses 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.400 this 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.840 unique word 00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.559 Nazer 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.880 to describe 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.460 the Messiah 00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:18.460 there shall 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.059 come forth 00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.420 a shoot 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.779 from the 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.000 stump 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.559 of Jesse 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:22.259 talking about 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.220 the David's 00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.500 line 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:25.779 and a branch 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.519 a Nazer 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.700 from his roots 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.940 shall bear fruit 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.519 and the spirit 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.880 of the Lord 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.600 shall rest upon 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:30.740 him 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.140 the spirit 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.539 of wisdom 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.140 and understanding 00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.480 the spirit 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.960 of counsel 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.259 and might 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.620 the spirit 00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.059 of knowledge 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.480 and the fear 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.880 of the Lord 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.120 and he 00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:37.180 in his delight 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.039 shall be the fear 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.640 of the Lord 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.600 I just love that 00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:41.620 speaking of the Messiah 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:43.420 and so what 00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.940 Matthew appears 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.559 to be doing 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.240 and he can 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.840 because he's an 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.820 inspired writer 00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.380 of scripture 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.200 he's saying that 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.940 there's a word 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.880 play going on 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.160 here 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:53.700 and Nazareth 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.680 should make you 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.180 think 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.100 branch 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:57.500 which makes 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.000 you think 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.640 Messiah 00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.860 which helps 00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.380 you to see 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.040 that Jesus 00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:02.660 he's the Messiah 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.900 and his ending 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:05.020 up in Nazareth 00:24:05.020 --> 00:24:05.820 was part of 00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.380 God's plan 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:10.420 there's another 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.960 passage 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.700 another passage 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.560 in Jeremiah 00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:13.820 another prophet 00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.780 that speaks of 00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.280 doesn't use 00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:16.000 Nazareth language 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.540 but uses 00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:17.140 the word 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.800 branch 00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:19.460 to speak 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.259 of 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.620 the Messiah 00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.220 it's 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.400 Jeremiah 23 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.300 5-8 00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:25.540 Samir pointed 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.180 this out to me 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.820 this past week 00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.780 I'm so grateful 00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:28.240 for him 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:30.779 but what it 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.319 points to 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.059 is the Davidic 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.559 Messiah 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.799 will come 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.220 back 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:36.519 and he will 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.220 set up shop 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:39.420 let me just 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.819 read it 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:42.620 behold the days 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.000 are coming 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.500 declares the 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.620 Lord 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.039 when I will 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.480 raise up 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.960 for David 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.579 a righteous 00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.200 branch 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.059 and he shall 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.599 reign as 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:47.859 king 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.180 and deal 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.620 wisely 00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:48.960 and shall 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.380 execute 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.880 justice 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.440 and righteousness 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.019 in the land 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.000 in his days 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.620 Judah will be 00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:52.859 saved 00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.259 and Israel 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.599 will dwell 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.000 securely 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.940 in this 00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.339 is the name 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.740 by which 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.140 he will be 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.380 called 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.980 the Lord 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.740 is our 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.319 righteousness 00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:07.940 he's going to 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.500 deliver God's 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.079 people out of 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.019 captivity to sin 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:12.900 and so 00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:14.220 one way of 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.819 understanding 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.779 this Nazareth 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.559 quote is that 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.139 it's actually 00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.980 pointing to 00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.180 branch language 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:21.519 the other way 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.319 to explain it 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:24.319 is by 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.000 understanding 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.019 what Nazareth 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.339 represents 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:29.000 Nazareth 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.859 was a 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.480 despised 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.019 place 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.940 and 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.619 despised 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.319 places 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.139 produce 00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.879 despised 00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.400 people 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.680 generally 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.140 speaking 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:40.580 and so 00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:40.860 what 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.799 Matthew 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.320 according to 00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:42.420 this 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.920 understanding 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.580 explanation 00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.120 is 00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:45.000 what 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.320 Matthew 00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.759 is doing 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.080 is 00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:47.120 talking 00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.320 about 00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:47.480 the 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.200 reputation 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.340 of the 00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.779 Messiah 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.440 that he 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.700 would be 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.360 despised 00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:55.620 do you 00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:55.940 remember 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.759 back in 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.360 John 1 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.880 Philip 00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:01.500 he runs 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.840 to his 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.160 brother 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.779 Nathaniel 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.860 and he 00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.140 says 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.840 Nathaniel 00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:07.120 we 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.699 found the 00:26:07.699 --> 00:26:07.979 one 00:26:07.979 --> 00:26:08.399 that the 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.699 law of 00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:09.139 Moses 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.899 was speaking 00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.439 of 00:26:11.439 --> 00:26:12.199 Jesus 00:26:12.199 --> 00:26:12.459 of 00:26:12.459 --> 00:26:12.959 Nazareth 00:26:12.959 --> 00:26:13.579 and then 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.719 in 00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:14.439 146 00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:14.619 do you 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:14.779 remember 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:14.939 what 00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.359 Nathaniel 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.639 said 00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:19.599 does 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:19.859 anything 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.139 good 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.459 come out 00:26:20.459 --> 00:26:20.559 of 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.939 Nazareth 00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:23.219 it was 00:26:23.219 --> 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00:28:05.460 all 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:08.799 this 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.420 despised 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.740 one 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.160 is our 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.640 savior 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.480 substitute 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:14.319 who died 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.559 in our 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.000 place 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:19.720 these 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.000 are 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.319 two 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.720 options 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:20.860 of 00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.340 explaining 00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.940 this 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.860 he 00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.000 will 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.140 be 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.319 called 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.420 a 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.019 Nazarene 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:54.019 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.960 he brought about by the shedding of his blood. 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.539 And so the point of all this, 00:28:58.879 --> 00:29:00.759 and I thank you so much for hanging in there. 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.799 I know this was kind of heavy lifting mentally. 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.980 The point of it all is that 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:09.680 what was written long ago 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:12.079 in a country far, far away, 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:18.359 what Matthew is saying about Jesus 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:21.099 is that he fulfilled God's eternal plan 00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:23.059 for the salvation of sinners like you and me. 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.579 Jesus is the great fulfiller. 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:31.740 He is the focal point of God's plan of salvation. 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.700 He's the great king from David's line 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:37.420 whose kingship brings eternal life and joy 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:40.799 to those who know pain 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:44.240 and suffering and heartache 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:46.519 and the consequences of sins. 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.720 He fulfills our greatest longing. 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:51.160 And so this morning I want to walk away 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:53.299 with three things on your mind. 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:57.079 In light of Matthew 2, 13 through 23, 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.680 we can walk out of here knowing that God is sovereign. 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.440 Sovereign over it all. 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.160 Fulfill, fulfill, fulfill. 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.299 He reigns over it. 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.740 It's his plan being carried out. 00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:08.220 But what I want to just put in your head in there is 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:10.440 pain is part of his plan. 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.019 But it's not the final word. 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.500 It's not the final word. 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.700 Jesus is the final word. 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.640 We sang it already. 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.059 Revelation 21. 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.859 When Jesus comes back, 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.440 he's going to take his finger 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:27.059 and wipe away every tear from our face. 00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.900 He's the final word on pain. 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.920 He knows pain. 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.940 God is sovereign. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.500 God is loving. 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:39.740 This plan that we see being fulfilled here 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.059 in Matthew 2, 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:45.480 this plan is a loving plan of fulfillment. 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.740 It's aimed. 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:51.640 It's a glorious plan for our greatest good 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:54.140 to rescue sinners from their sins. 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.140 That's what it's all about. 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:57.359 And God's doing it out of love for us. 00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.819 So God is sovereign. 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.640 God is loving. 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.540 And Jesus is worth it all. 00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:06.620 He's the fulfillment of God's plan 00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.340 for the ages 00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:10.640 and the fulfillment of your deepest longing. 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.680 It's all about Jesus. 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.840 He's the great fulfiller of Scripture. 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:20.040 And He's the great fulfiller of sinners' hearts. 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.820 Let's turn to Him in prayer. 00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:28.960 Lord Jesus, we are so grateful 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:32.799 we feel the limits of our brains 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.660 when we read passages like this, God. 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.000 But we're so glad that You're sovereign, 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.799 that You're loving, 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.900 and we see that Jesus is worth it all. 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.000 God, we're so grateful 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.740 that You sent Jesus for us. 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.860 We're so grateful 00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:48.600 that You don't bypass our pain. 00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:51.720 We know that You can use it for good. 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:54.700 Lord Jesus, we recognize You 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.759 as the great fulfiller, 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.299 and we are looking forward 00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.880 to seeing how You fulfill 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:00.280 the law and the prophets 00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:02.760 that all would be accomplished 00:32:02.760 --> 00:32:03.620 in Matthew 5. 00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:07.160 Thank You, Jesus, for this time. 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.420 Amen.