Broadcast
The Righteous Branch - Part 1
Isaiah 11:1
01/01/2024
1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of
Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear
fruit. (ESV)
Today is the eighth day of Christmas, the day the church
remembers that Jesus was circumcised and named according to the
ceremonial laws given by God to Moses. As Jesus shed His first
drops of blood on our behalf, He took upon Himself the guilt and
punishment of our sin. Even on the eighth day of His life, Jesus
was our Savior from eternal death.
Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the prophet
Isaiah spoke of the Savior as coming from the family of Jesse,
King David's father. Even though the events which followed
Isaiah's prophecy seemed to show that King David's dynasty was
obliterated, there remained descendants of the King who were poor
and humble.
Isaiah wrote: ``There shall come forth a shoot from the
stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.''
Both Matthew and Luke show that Jesus was descended from David.
The angel Gabriel told the virgin Mary, ``And behold, you will
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name
Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most
High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father
David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of
his kingdom there will be no end.''1
Happy New Year, the long-promised Savior is born and has
taken on your sins and mine. May our Lord grant you a blessed
new year, and may you grow in faith towards God. Amen.
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1. Luke 2:31b-33 (ESV)