Jesus

By David Maas
{LAMB, KING, MESSIAH}

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  1. Salvation For The Nations - (The Gospel of the Kingdom announced by Jesus of Nazareth offers salvation and life to men and women of every nation and people) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Lamb and King - (Jesus is the slain Lamb, the true Messiah of Israel sent by God to redeem humanity and Shepherd the Nations) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Exaltation of the Lamb - (The exaltation of the lamb is based on his past Death and Resurrection - The immovable foundation of his present reign) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Shepherd King - (The Lamb’s reign commenced with his death and resurrection, and since then, he has been shepherding the nations toward New Jerusalem) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The True Lamb - (Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb who redeems men, but both the Beast and the False Prophet mimic him to deceive humanity) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Anointed King  and Son - (Jesus is the promised Messiah, the King who reigns on David’s throne, and the Son of God) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Lamb or Beast -  (In Revelation, humanity is divided into two and only two groups – followers of the Lamb or subjects of the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Why do the Nations Rage? - (The conspiracy by the earth’s kings to unseat God’s Son is applied by the New Testament to the plot to destroy Jesus – Psalm 2:1-6) - {PDF Copy}
  9. The Faithful Witness - {PDF Copy} - (In the greetings sent to the Seven Assemblies, Jesus is called the Faithful Witness because of his self-sacrificial death – Revelation 1:5)
  10. Ruler of Kings - {PDF Copy} - (The Faithful Witness now reigns supreme over the Kings of the Earth, and he is shepherding the nations)
  11. Beginning of the Creation - (Revelation looks forward to the reign of Jesus in the New Creation, a reality inaugurated by his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
  12. The 144,000 on Zion - (Revelation 14:1-5 - The Saints that Follow the Lamb wherever he goes) - {PDF Copy}
  13. The Woman, the Son, and the Dragon - (Revelation 12:1-6 - The Son received his messianic following his death and exaltation [Psalm 2:8-9]) - {PDF Copy}
  14. Opening of the Seven Seals - A Synopsis - (An overview of the Seven Seals opened by the exalted Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  15. The First Four Seals - (Jesus as the reigning Lamb opens the first four of the Seven Seals) - {PDF Copy}
  16. Unlocking Prophecy - (Jesus, the Word become flesh, is THE one and only interpretive key that unlocks the Hebrew Scriptures and Bible prophecy) - {PDF Copy}
  17. On the Clouds - (Phrases from Daniel’s vision of the four beasts and the Little Horn are applied to Jesus and his saints in the New Testament) - {PDF Copy}
  18. THAT Son of Man - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel’s vision is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man authorized to rule the Kingdom) - {PDF Copy}
  19. Only in Jesus - (Jesus of Nazareth, the Crucified One, is the interpretive key that unlocks the Hebrew scriptures and especially prophecy) - {PDF Copy}

[Storm Coming - Photo by Kyle Head on Unsplash]

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