Life of Messiah 20 The Baptism of Jesus

[00:00:06] You're listening to Theology and Apologetics with Thomas Fretwell, bringing theology to life.

[00:00:13] We're looking at the baptism of Jesus this morning.

[00:00:16] And Father, we just ask now as we turn our hearts and our minds towards your word,

[00:00:20] that you would just open our eyes to see all of the wonderful truths contained within it.

[00:00:23] In Jesus' name, Amen.

[00:00:26] So if you remember last week, we were looking at the reactions of John the Baptist,

[00:00:30] this unusual prophet, preacher who emerged from the wilderness, eating locusts and honey, wearing sackcloth,

[00:00:38] and he was preaching this powerful message of repentance to the people.

[00:00:42] He came as a prophet, the Bible says.

[00:00:45] He came in the spirit and power of Elijah.

[00:00:48] What that means is that he had a mission like Elijah's,

[00:00:51] which was to prepare the hearts of the people to receive their king, to receive the Lord.

[00:00:58] He was the forerunner.

[00:00:59] We looked at all three of the gospel stories that quoted from the book of Isaiah.

[00:01:03] And do you remember Isaiah the prophet said he was to prepare the way,

[00:01:07] the voice of one crying in the wilderness,

[00:01:09] make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

[00:01:12] That was the mission of John the Baptist.

[00:01:15] And if you remember, after his appearance and his preaching,

[00:01:19] we saw that people started to flock to hear him from all of Jerusalem and the surrounding districts.

[00:01:24] Some perceived him to be a prophet,

[00:01:26] and some were asking whether he was anything more than that.

[00:01:30] He got the attention of all of those religious leaders.

[00:01:33] Remember, it said that the scribes, the Pharisees and the Sadducees came down to be baptized with him also.

[00:01:39] And we spoke about their motivation at this point.

[00:01:42] And it seems that they were in charge of religious issues and they were not really too happy.

[00:01:46] They wanted to see what all the fuss was, where all these people were going to.

[00:01:49] And they kind of came to show that they were on board with this.

[00:01:53] And John the Baptist called them on that very boldly.

[00:01:55] He said, you brood of vipers who warned you to flee from the wrath to come.

[00:02:00] And we talked a lot about what that actually meant,

[00:02:03] about what it means to bear fruits in keeping with repentance.

[00:02:06] The issue for those Pharisees was that they believed their ethnicity alone would guarantee their entrance into the kingdom.

[00:02:14] They believed the wrath of God was for the pagans.

[00:02:17] And John the Baptist here sets them straight on that.

[00:02:20] You remember then we saw the crowds, the tax collectors and the soldiers all came to John and asked him,

[00:02:27] what shall we do then?

[00:02:28] What are these works of repentance that you're talking about?

[00:02:31] And he gave them a brief introduction to biblical ethics.

[00:02:35] He talked about basically, be generous with one another, love your neighbor, walk with integrity and justice.

[00:02:42] And to the soldiers he said, don't steal, don't intimidate and don't use violence to take what is not yours.

[00:02:48] And then after this interaction we saw the crowds were asking, is John maybe the Messiah?

[00:02:53] He was a prophet with authority.

[00:02:55] His life was shrouded in miracles.

[00:02:58] He had that miraculous birth that we read about in the infancy narratives.

[00:03:02] And he had this powerful anointing that had not been seen in Israel since the prophets of old.

[00:03:07] And then we focused, remember John, however, was not looking for any praise from men.

[00:03:12] He did not want to take anything away from the one to which he was supposed to point people to.

[00:03:17] He said in verse 16 of Luke chapter 3,

[00:03:19] John answered and said to them, as for me, I baptize you with water, but one is coming who is mightier than I,

[00:03:26] and I am not fit to untie the thong of his sandals.

[00:03:28] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

[00:03:32] Basically, John is saying all glory, all honor, all praise belongs to the Messiah.

[00:03:37] And he gave, we spoke about what that meant last week,

[00:03:40] and we're going to pick it up now in Luke chapter 3 and Matthew chapter 3.

[00:03:44] Remember, we're doing a synoptic study, so we're looking at all the gospel accounts

[00:03:47] to get the fullest picture of all these events.

[00:03:50] And if you notice, so far, Luke has been the gospel that gives us the most detail, doesn't it?

[00:03:56] Remember, we've seen that.

[00:03:57] He gives expanded quotes.

[00:03:59] He gives all the historical markers and things like that.

[00:04:01] However, unusually now for Luke, when we get to the baptism of Jesus,

[00:04:06] he gives a very short account.

[00:04:08] Luke chapter 3, verse 21.

[00:04:10] It says, now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized.

[00:04:15] And while he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove.

[00:04:21] And a voice came out of heaven.

[00:04:23] You are my beloved son.

[00:04:25] In you, I am well pleased.

[00:04:27] That's the Luke account.

[00:04:29] The Mark account is equally short.

[00:04:31] But to get the full interaction of this episode, we need to turn to the Matthew account.

[00:04:36] Matthew gives us a few more conversational details between the Messiah and John.

[00:04:41] So let's turn to Matthew chapter 3, verse 13.

[00:04:44] And we'll read this fuller account of the baptism.

[00:04:47] So Matthew chapter 3, verse 13.

[00:04:50] Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan, coming to John, to be baptized by him.

[00:04:55] But John tried to prevent him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you.

[00:05:00] And do you come to me?

[00:05:01] So you notice that's not in the other accounts, is it?

[00:05:03] So this is a fresh conversation for the Matthew account.

[00:05:07] But Jesus answering said to him, permit it at this time, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.

[00:05:14] And then he permitted him.

[00:05:16] After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water.

[00:05:19] And behold, the heavens were opened.

[00:05:21] And he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on him.

[00:05:26] And behold, a voice out of the heavens said, this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.

[00:05:32] So we have this scene here.

[00:05:34] Jesus himself, the Messiah of Israel, the one that John the Baptist was pointing everyone towards.

[00:05:39] That was his mission as the forerunner, as the herald.

[00:05:43] He now was approaching to be baptized by John.

[00:05:47] Now that in itself is an interesting thing, isn't it?

[00:05:50] And we're going to come back to this in this study.

[00:05:52] Why actually would he need to be baptized by John?

[00:05:55] Baptism is something that is done by followers of someone, not by the Messiah himself.

[00:06:00] We'll talk about that.

[00:06:01] We'll circle back to that at the end.

[00:06:03] This was a baptism of repentance, remember.

[00:06:06] John's baptism was a baptism of repentance.

[00:06:08] Jesus did not need to repent.

[00:06:11] So this just makes that a little more confusing for this episode.

[00:06:14] Just as John turned away praise before men, we see him again now with the Messiah coming to him.

[00:06:20] And he says, basically, no, I'm not baptizing you.

[00:06:24] I have need to be baptized by you.

[00:06:27] You're the Lord.

[00:06:28] I'm the sinner.

[00:06:28] John recognizes again his place here.

[00:06:31] And we see John does this over and over again.

[00:06:33] He has this proper understanding of who he is in relation to who the Messiah is.

[00:06:39] John says, I am unworthy to even be able to untie your sandals.

[00:06:42] I'm the one who needs forgiveness.

[00:06:43] You are the Holy One, the Anointed One of Israel.

[00:06:46] You're the prophesied king.

[00:06:47] You should be baptizing me.

[00:06:50] But Jesus said to him, permit it at this time, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.

[00:06:57] And then he permitted him.

[00:06:58] Now, this also is a very unusual reply.

[00:07:01] And you can read a lot of commentaries.

[00:07:03] I've read most good New Testament commentaries on this text.

[00:07:08] Commentators are unsure of what Jesus means by this.

[00:07:11] Because usually when he said this is to fulfill something, particularly regarding righteousness,

[00:07:16] he's speaking about his life under the law that he had to fulfill the law perfectly.

[00:07:20] Yes, that was the usual understanding.

[00:07:21] However, there are actually no Levitical requirements that he's fulfilling at this moment that he's speaking of.

[00:07:27] So he seems to be using this phrase in a slightly different way.

[00:07:30] And we're going to circle back to that at the end too.

[00:07:33] So we'll go through, we'll make some comments about the rest of the passage,

[00:07:37] and then I'll come back to those questions that I've raised.

[00:07:40] Verse 16.

[00:07:42] After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water.

[00:07:46] And behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on him.

[00:07:54] So after being baptized, he comes up out of the water.

[00:07:59] And remember, this was a Jewish baptism.

[00:08:01] Jewish baptism was always by full immersion.

[00:08:04] But this was a baptism for repentance.

[00:08:06] It was John's baptism.

[00:08:09] And if you again now, I'll read to you the verse from Luke,

[00:08:11] because we're given one little extra bit of detail in Luke about this event.

[00:08:16] Luke said,

[00:08:17] When all people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized.

[00:08:21] And while he was praying, heaven was opened.

[00:08:24] So he just gives us that little phrase there that supplies an extra bit of detail there.

[00:08:28] So the idea seems to be, from getting the full picture from these texts,

[00:08:31] as Jesus was baptized, he was brought up out of the water by John,

[00:08:35] and then he began to pray.

[00:08:37] And the usual Jewish manner to pray was to look up to the heavenlies,

[00:08:41] often to raise your hands in prayer too.

[00:08:44] And this is kind of what I imagine Jesus doing at this point.

[00:08:47] After coming up from the waters of baptism,

[00:08:49] he starts praying to the Father in heaven.

[00:08:52] Jesus himself modeling for us that act and life of prayer that we have.

[00:08:56] He was the perfect one.

[00:08:58] He modeled a life of perfect dependence upon the Father on this earth in his incarnation.

[00:09:03] He urged his disciples to pray throughout the Gospels, didn't he?

[00:09:07] Often we see Jesus finding a secure,

[00:09:09] a private place to pray in the Gospels.

[00:09:14] And we could say to ourselves,

[00:09:15] how much more then do we need to make sure that we find those places to pray in our lives?

[00:09:20] It says,

[00:09:21] And behold, the heavens were opened.

[00:09:22] He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on him.

[00:09:27] Lighting means resting on him.

[00:09:29] Behold, we've spoke about that word a lot throughout our Revelation studies.

[00:09:34] Behold, it means pay attention, basically.

[00:09:36] Something significant is happening at this moment.

[00:09:39] We need to pay attention.

[00:09:41] The heavens were opened.

[00:09:43] That in itself is very significant.

[00:09:46] Few times in the Gospels do we read something like that.

[00:09:49] The Spirit of God is now seen descending on Jesus as a dove.

[00:09:53] And you think of what a scene this must have been.

[00:09:56] This Old Testament prophet like John the Baptist emerges from the wilderness,

[00:09:59] preaching a powerful message of repentance.

[00:10:01] There's a Messianic feeling in Israel at this time.

[00:10:06] The Pharisees, the Sadducees are flocking to him.

[00:10:08] The people are flocking to him.

[00:10:10] He's baptizing many people there.

[00:10:12] And now the Messiah has approached him.

[00:10:14] And people have obviously seen that there's a bit of interaction going on between him and the Messiah.

[00:10:20] John kind of questions, why am I baptizing you?

[00:10:23] You can guarantee he didn't question anyone else like that.

[00:10:25] Just the Messiah.

[00:10:26] Something different is going on here.

[00:10:28] Everyone is watching.

[00:10:30] And as Jesus comes up out of the water, he lifts his hands.

[00:10:34] He prays, arms uplifted most likely, looking towards the heavenlies.

[00:10:37] And at that moment, the heavens are opened.

[00:10:41] And we see the Holy Spirit descend in physical form, bodily form, as a dove.

[00:10:46] And then it rests upon the Messiah.

[00:10:49] And then a voice thunders out of the heavens.

[00:10:53] It's an amazing event, if you could imagine actually witnessing this at the sides of the river there.

[00:10:59] Now this event is, as all of these events are, pregnant with Old Testament imagery going on here.

[00:11:04] So we need to understand some Old Testament stuff here.

[00:11:07] The Jewish audience, the Jewish world in the first century would have picked up on many of these things.

[00:11:11] Now of all the things the Holy Spirit could manifest as, let's ask ourselves, why a bird?

[00:11:16] A dove in particular, but why a bird?

[00:11:19] We know the dove has been an enduring symbol for the Holy Spirit for thousands of years now, for 2,000 years.

[00:11:25] Most of us assume, just because we're Christians, that that is because of this event and the Christian church.

[00:11:31] We've always used that symbol, and there's a truth to that.

[00:11:33] Many churches have the dove as their symbol.

[00:11:35] Calvary Chapel in the early days had the dove as their symbol.

[00:11:38] Many other churches do too.

[00:11:39] You'll find it on mosaics and frescoes throughout many churches across the Middle East.

[00:11:44] The dove was a symbol, and that is because of this event.

[00:11:47] However, remember, we're reading about people who are in the first century.

[00:11:50] They don't have 2,000 years of church history here.

[00:11:53] Why a dove to them in the first century?

[00:11:55] That's what we need to ask ourselves at this point.

[00:11:57] The first place we have the Holy Spirit mentioned to us in the Bible is Genesis 1, chapter 2.

[00:12:02] Let me read it to you.

[00:12:03] The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep,

[00:12:08] and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

[00:12:13] That's Genesis 1, verse 2.

[00:12:16] The Hebrew word there for moving, it's the same word that is often used of a mother bird hovering over her eggs before they hatch.

[00:12:24] That's the idea there.

[00:12:26] And this is where the whole idea of the Holy Spirit and a bird comes from.

[00:12:31] The Hebrew wording relates the actions of the Holy Spirit here as a bird brooding over the waters,

[00:12:38] just like a mother bird broods over her eggs waiting for them to hatch.

[00:12:42] The Holy Spirit is seen brooding over the waters of the earth, waiting for dry land to hatch, you could say,

[00:12:48] to be formed from the earth.

[00:12:49] That's the creation narrative that we have.

[00:12:51] This was always the understanding in the Jewish mindset, the Holy Spirit.

[00:12:55] And the rabbis actually used to teach, we're not 100% sure why, but that bird there was a dove.

[00:13:00] That's what they used to teach.

[00:13:01] So this was the mindset that those Jewish people would have had about the Holy Spirit at that time.

[00:13:06] So it's absolutely no surprise that when the Holy Spirit does want to make a point to first century Israel,

[00:13:11] he descends in bodily form as a dove,

[00:13:14] reminding them that he was the one who hovered over the earth at creation too.

[00:13:17] You see, this is the connection that we have going on here.

[00:13:20] It's a very significant moment for Israel.

[00:13:22] The promised Messiah was said to be anointed by the Spirit of God,

[00:13:27] and that is exactly what we have going on here.

[00:13:29] This scene would have been unmistakable for the Jewish people at that time

[00:13:33] to see the Spirit as a dove descending and resting upon their Messiah here.

[00:13:39] The dove descends and rests upon him.

[00:13:41] In verse 17 it says,

[00:13:42] And behold, a voice out of the heavens said,

[00:13:44] This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

[00:13:49] So now we hear this audible voice.

[00:13:51] And this only happens three times in the Gospels.

[00:13:54] You hear this audible voice from heaven.

[00:13:57] It has, again, huge significance in the Jewish mind.

[00:13:59] This is the first time.

[00:14:01] It's a seal of authentication upon the identity of the Messiah,

[00:14:05] the voice from heaven.

[00:14:08] Notice here.

[00:14:09] With this event, we actually have the presence of the Triune God

[00:14:13] all here present and accounted for at this event, don't we?

[00:14:18] We have God the Son present in the person,

[00:14:20] the incarnation in Yeshua there, in Jesus.

[00:14:22] You have God the Spirit now,

[00:14:24] the form of a dove descending in bodily form.

[00:14:26] And then you have God the Father,

[00:14:28] the audible voice from heaven.

[00:14:30] So you see at this moment the Trinity revealed

[00:14:32] in all of its fullness at this moment

[00:14:34] because this is such a significant event.

[00:14:36] It's funny because we all read of the beginning

[00:14:39] of the ministry of Jesus,

[00:14:40] and most we think John chapter 2,

[00:14:42] the wedding at Cana.

[00:14:43] But this is actually the first event of his public ministry.

[00:14:46] This is what signifies now that for the last 30 years

[00:14:49] he's been almost in obscurity.

[00:14:51] Now he's ready to start his mission

[00:14:53] and he gets baptized here.

[00:14:54] That's why it's such a significant event.

[00:14:56] We see the Triune God present.

[00:14:58] We see the heavens open.

[00:14:59] We see the dove and we hear from heaven.

[00:15:03] It's an amazing time.

[00:15:04] Now the voice of heaven though,

[00:15:05] what did the voice from heaven say?

[00:15:07] This is even more significant.

[00:15:08] And we need to pull the background out from this.

[00:15:10] He made two phrases really.

[00:15:13] And these are not just random phrases.

[00:15:15] They're not just a nice declaration that this is my son

[00:15:18] in whom I am well pleased.

[00:15:20] You may not pick up on it,

[00:15:21] but they are actually two specific quotes

[00:15:23] from verses in the Old Testaments.

[00:15:25] Again, we don't often think like this.

[00:15:27] One of the Jewish ways of quoting scripture

[00:15:29] was that you would quote a phrase or a word.

[00:15:32] And in your mind,

[00:15:33] you would make a connection

[00:15:33] with where that word was previously,

[00:15:35] that little phrase,

[00:15:36] and you link the context together.

[00:15:38] We see that happening here with this voice.

[00:15:40] It's quite a statement.

[00:15:42] Firstly, this is my beloved son.

[00:15:44] That does just express that wondrous love

[00:15:47] that exists between the father and the son.

[00:15:50] Something that we can barely compare to really, I'd say.

[00:15:52] John 3 verse 35,

[00:15:53] The father loves the son

[00:15:55] and has given all things into his hand.

[00:15:57] The father loves the son.

[00:15:59] But the actual reference is to a messianic psalm.

[00:16:03] It is to Psalm chapter 2,

[00:16:05] a psalm that is frequently referenced

[00:16:07] in the New Testament, in fact.

[00:16:08] In Psalm chapter 2,

[00:16:10] we find the character of the son

[00:16:12] being spoken of by the father.

[00:16:14] Let me read it to you.

[00:16:15] Psalm chapter 2, verse 7.

[00:16:19] It says,

[00:16:20] I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord.

[00:16:23] He said to me,

[00:16:25] You are my son.

[00:16:26] Today I have begotten you.

[00:16:28] Ask of me,

[00:16:29] and I will surely give the nations

[00:16:31] as your inheritance

[00:16:32] and the very ends of the earth

[00:16:34] as your possession.

[00:16:35] So the Jewish people had,

[00:16:37] in their prophetic tradition,

[00:16:38] in this messianic psalm,

[00:16:40] a prophecy here,

[00:16:41] this messianic psalm

[00:16:42] that speaks of the one

[00:16:43] who is coming to rule over the nations.

[00:16:46] This was their Messiah.

[00:16:47] They knew that.

[00:16:47] But here he was spoken of as being the son.

[00:16:50] This is very significant

[00:16:51] because now we see

[00:16:53] Jesus being baptised by John

[00:16:55] and the voice from heaven says,

[00:16:57] This is the son

[00:16:58] that I'm referring to

[00:16:59] back in Psalm chapter 2 in Israel.

[00:17:01] Take note.

[00:17:02] Behold.

[00:17:03] Pay attention

[00:17:03] of what is happening here.

[00:17:05] This is my son.

[00:17:06] Today I have begotten you.

[00:17:07] You will inherit the nations

[00:17:09] at one point.

[00:17:11] That is what is going on here.

[00:17:13] So ultimately we see the Trinity.

[00:17:15] We see the identification

[00:17:16] of John the Baptist

[00:17:17] but also the Father

[00:17:18] and the Spirit

[00:17:19] that Jesus is the Messiah.

[00:17:21] Couldn't really be much more clear

[00:17:23] at this point.

[00:17:24] Right from the beginning

[00:17:25] we have this dramatic evidence

[00:17:27] of who he is.

[00:17:28] And then the next part

[00:17:29] of that phrase

[00:17:30] it says,

[00:17:31] In whom I am well pleased.

[00:17:32] Do you see that?

[00:17:33] In whom I am well pleased.

[00:17:34] This is a quotation

[00:17:35] from Isaiah chapter 42.

[00:17:39] Isaiah 42 verse 1 says this.

[00:17:41] Now we're studying

[00:17:42] this section

[00:17:44] in our Wednesday night study

[00:17:45] of Isaiah.

[00:17:46] It's called

[00:17:46] the Servant Songs of Isaiah.

[00:17:48] It's that portion

[00:17:49] of that wonderful

[00:17:49] prophecies of Isaiah

[00:17:51] that speak of the coming Messiah.

[00:17:53] They refer to him

[00:17:54] as the Servant.

[00:17:55] We're most familiar

[00:17:56] with the Suffering Servant

[00:17:57] of Isaiah 53,

[00:17:58] aren't we?

[00:17:59] But the Servant,

[00:18:00] the whole theme

[00:18:00] is much longer than that.

[00:18:02] Isaiah 42 says this.

[00:18:03] Behold,

[00:18:04] my Servant,

[00:18:05] whom I uphold,

[00:18:06] my Chosen One,

[00:18:08] in whom my soul delights.

[00:18:10] And that's pretty much

[00:18:11] exactly the same phrase

[00:18:12] as in whom I am well pleased.

[00:18:13] It's just translated

[00:18:14] from the Greek and the Hebrew

[00:18:15] slightly differently.

[00:18:16] But that is the quotation there.

[00:18:18] In whom my soul delights.

[00:18:19] I have put my spirit upon him

[00:18:21] and he will bring forth

[00:18:23] justice to the nations.

[00:18:25] Isaiah chapter 42.

[00:18:26] Remember,

[00:18:27] written hundreds of years

[00:18:29] before Jesus

[00:18:29] was ever on this earth.

[00:18:31] This is again

[00:18:32] another Messianic prophecy

[00:18:33] that one day

[00:18:34] the Chosen Son,

[00:18:35] the Anointed One,

[00:18:36] the One who will rule

[00:18:37] the nations,

[00:18:38] will come

[00:18:38] and he will have to have,

[00:18:40] it's stated here in the text,

[00:18:42] the Spirit of God

[00:18:43] resting upon him.

[00:18:45] That was one of the requirements

[00:18:46] you could say now

[00:18:47] because it's in Old Testament prophecy

[00:18:49] that this was the Messiah.

[00:18:51] So we make that

[00:18:52] a Messianic credential.

[00:18:53] This is why again,

[00:18:54] I believe you actually see

[00:18:56] the Holy Spirit

[00:18:56] in bodily form here

[00:18:57] in the sense of

[00:18:58] in a physical form

[00:18:59] as a dove

[00:19:00] because it had to be very clear.

[00:19:01] It had to happen

[00:19:03] in this way

[00:19:03] it was prophesied to.

[00:19:05] That's part of what is going on

[00:19:07] in this event.

[00:19:09] He is the Chosen One

[00:19:10] in whom my soul delights.

[00:19:12] The Lord again

[00:19:13] is making it so clear

[00:19:15] that this servant of the Lord

[00:19:16] that Isaiah prophesied,

[00:19:18] this son that Psalm 2 speaks of,

[00:19:20] is fulfilled

[00:19:20] in this episode here,

[00:19:22] this person,

[00:19:23] Messiah,

[00:19:24] Jesus Christ.

[00:19:26] Look at what it says,

[00:19:27] I have put my spirit upon him.

[00:19:28] That is really,

[00:19:29] we've just read

[00:19:30] how that is fulfilled

[00:19:31] and it is the most literal fulfillment

[00:19:32] you could probably have.

[00:19:34] People get very uncomfortable

[00:19:35] sometimes

[00:19:40] meaning

[00:19:41] and we see the fulfillment

[00:19:42] happening

[00:19:42] exactly as it is written.

[00:19:44] The voice from heaven

[00:19:45] points them towards these texts

[00:19:47] and it's just a wonderful way

[00:19:48] if you start to read

[00:19:49] the New Testament like this

[00:19:51] you'll see connections like this

[00:19:52] happening all the time.

[00:19:53] Whenever an Old Testament verse

[00:19:54] is quoted

[00:19:55] stop for a minute,

[00:19:56] think about why it's there,

[00:19:58] go back,

[00:19:58] read where it comes from

[00:19:59] and make the connections yourself.

[00:20:01] That is what we have

[00:20:02] going on here

[00:20:03] because one of the

[00:20:04] main reasons

[00:20:05] why I wanted to do this study

[00:20:07] like a synoptic study

[00:20:08] through all the Gospels

[00:20:09] at the same time

[00:20:10] is I want us to

[00:20:11] focus more on Jesus.

[00:20:12] We just finished Revelation.

[00:20:14] We'd seen Jesus

[00:20:15] as the coming,

[00:20:16] returning,

[00:20:16] conquering king.

[00:20:17] That warrior priest

[00:20:18] who comes to take back

[00:20:19] his earth

[00:20:20] and set up his kingdom

[00:20:21] but now we're back

[00:20:22] in the Gospels

[00:20:22] and we're seeing him

[00:20:23] in his first advent.

[00:20:25] We're seeing him

[00:20:25] as this humble servant,

[00:20:26] the servant song

[00:20:27] of Isaiah basically

[00:20:29] and I want us to build

[00:20:31] our understanding

[00:20:31] of Jesus from this

[00:20:32] because you'll notice

[00:20:34] as we go through the Gospels

[00:20:35] it's progressive.

[00:20:37] As we progress through

[00:20:38] Jesus becomes

[00:20:39] more confident

[00:20:40] and he teaches

[00:20:40] his disciples slowly

[00:20:41] more and more

[00:20:42] about himself

[00:20:43] as he builds up

[00:20:44] and it's a very good way

[00:20:45] that we can build

[00:20:46] our knowledge

[00:20:46] and understanding

[00:20:47] of Jesus too.

[00:20:49] That will make us

[00:20:49] better ambassadors

[00:20:50] for him

[00:20:51] and it may just be me

[00:20:53] but as I look around

[00:20:55] what is going on

[00:20:56] in the world today

[00:20:57] there is such dramatic

[00:20:59] and almost unbelievable

[00:21:00] rebellion.

[00:21:01] The levels of deception

[00:21:02] employed

[00:21:03] in the world today

[00:21:04] seem to be

[00:21:05] extremely high

[00:21:06] if I could say it

[00:21:07] like that

[00:21:07] whatever the solutions

[00:21:09] and the reasons

[00:21:10] and the causes

[00:21:10] really you come back

[00:21:12] to this simple point

[00:21:13] Jesus is really

[00:21:14] the only hope

[00:21:15] for this.

[00:21:16] Now that is not

[00:21:17] a simplistic answer

[00:21:18] that's not some

[00:21:19] religious statement

[00:21:20] you can see

[00:21:21] it's not simplistic

[00:21:22] thousands of years

[00:21:23] of prophecy

[00:21:23] and history

[00:21:24] involved in that

[00:21:24] statement

[00:21:25] that God has

[00:21:26] preordained

[00:21:26] and planned

[00:21:27] on this earth

[00:21:27] it's a wonderful

[00:21:28] statement

[00:21:28] but it is also

[00:21:29] a direct conclusion

[00:21:30] from the word of God

[00:21:31] and therefore

[00:21:32] we need really

[00:21:33] not much more

[00:21:33] than that

[00:21:34] but to figure out

[00:21:35] the outworking

[00:21:36] of that in our lives

[00:21:37] as ambassadors.

[00:21:38] We need to be

[00:21:39] presenting a Jesus

[00:21:39] to the world

[00:21:40] that is in accordance

[00:21:41] with the word of God

[00:21:42] and what I mean by that

[00:21:44] is the one that is

[00:21:45] revealed to us

[00:21:46] in the word of God

[00:21:47] the real Messiah

[00:21:48] the true identity

[00:21:49] one thing you may notice

[00:21:50] even in this event here

[00:21:52] God is making it

[00:21:53] very clear

[00:21:54] about the identity

[00:21:55] of the Messiah

[00:21:56] who he is

[00:21:57] what he has done

[00:21:58] how he fulfills prophecy

[00:21:59] that is also something

[00:22:01] that we should be

[00:22:01] very concerned about

[00:22:02] because too often

[00:22:04] you'll see in this world

[00:22:05] and even in the church too

[00:22:06] that Jesus

[00:22:07] that is often presented

[00:22:08] is the one that maybe

[00:22:09] we have attached

[00:22:10] our own particular issues to

[00:22:12] the one that we have made

[00:22:13] according to our own

[00:22:14] sensibilities

[00:22:15] and pet projects

[00:22:16] and he is the one

[00:22:17] that we present

[00:22:17] in favor

[00:22:18] and in light

[00:22:19] or even

[00:22:20] to the

[00:22:21] in light of everything else

[00:22:22] and we neglect

[00:22:24] a huge portion

[00:22:25] of what the word

[00:22:25] of God tells us

[00:22:26] and that really

[00:22:27] is not going to be

[00:22:28] the savior

[00:22:28] that the world

[00:22:29] needs to hear

[00:22:30] the world needs to hear

[00:22:31] of the savior

[00:22:31] as he is revealed

[00:22:33] in scripture

[00:22:33] because he is

[00:22:34] the perfect one

[00:22:35] now let's circle back

[00:22:36] to that question

[00:22:37] as we close this little

[00:22:38] section of scripture

[00:22:39] out

[00:22:40] why did the Messiah

[00:22:42] actually have to get

[00:22:43] baptized by John the Baptist

[00:22:44] what is going on here

[00:22:45] you see I've told you

[00:22:46] all these connections

[00:22:47] with the spirit

[00:22:47] and everything like that

[00:22:48] that's true

[00:22:50] but that could also

[00:22:50] have happened

[00:22:51] in another context

[00:22:52] it didn't necessarily

[00:22:53] need to be

[00:22:53] in this context

[00:22:54] there's many answers

[00:22:55] there's no

[00:22:56] you won't find

[00:22:57] any one commentator

[00:22:58] giving a specific

[00:22:59] singular answer

[00:23:00] there are a few reasons

[00:23:02] I'll share them with you

[00:23:03] I happen to agree

[00:23:04] with all of them

[00:23:04] I think they are all

[00:23:05] part of the answer

[00:23:06] I just personally

[00:23:07] don't think that

[00:23:08] they go far enough

[00:23:09] so I'm going to share

[00:23:10] with you my own

[00:23:12] understanding of what

[00:23:13] is actually going on

[00:23:14] here as well

[00:23:15] or on top of

[00:23:16] all these other reasons

[00:23:18] in the Jewish mind

[00:23:19] to be baptized

[00:23:20] by someone

[00:23:21] was to identify

[00:23:22] with their message

[00:23:23] that's the most

[00:23:24] simplistic understanding

[00:23:25] of it

[00:23:25] and that is true

[00:23:26] that is what is

[00:23:26] going on here

[00:23:27] John's message

[00:23:28] was a baptism

[00:23:29] of repentance

[00:23:30] he begun his ministry

[00:23:31] by saying repent

[00:23:32] the kingdom of heaven

[00:23:33] is at hand

[00:23:34] and when we see

[00:23:35] Jesus begin to preach

[00:23:36] he will also begin

[00:23:37] his ministry

[00:23:37] by saying repent

[00:23:38] so he does identify

[00:23:39] with that message

[00:23:40] in many ways

[00:23:41] so that is part

[00:23:42] of the picture here

[00:23:44] his baptism

[00:23:45] identified him

[00:23:46] with Israel

[00:23:46] that is also true

[00:23:48] he was publicly

[00:23:49] like I said

[00:23:50] identified and

[00:23:51] authenticated

[00:23:51] as the Messiah

[00:23:52] right here

[00:23:54] he is also

[00:23:55] identifying with

[00:23:56] sinners

[00:23:56] you could argue

[00:23:57] and this is the

[00:23:58] main reason

[00:23:59] because people

[00:23:59] always say

[00:24:00] he wasn't a sinner

[00:24:01] why would he need

[00:24:01] to identify

[00:24:02] with the message

[00:24:02] of repentance

[00:24:03] personally

[00:24:04] obviously we know

[00:24:05] that's his message

[00:24:06] but why personally

[00:24:07] and the usual answer

[00:24:08] given is that

[00:24:09] when you read

[00:24:10] through the gospels

[00:24:11] you'll find that

[00:24:12] he is standing

[00:24:13] in our place

[00:24:13] as a sinner

[00:24:14] 2nd Corinthians

[00:24:15] he made him

[00:24:16] who knew no sin

[00:24:17] to be sin

[00:24:17] on our behalf

[00:24:18] so that we might

[00:24:19] become the righteousness

[00:24:20] of God in him

[00:24:21] that I find

[00:24:22] is also a good

[00:24:22] strand

[00:24:23] in this whole puzzle

[00:24:24] here

[00:24:24] he did identify

[00:24:25] with us

[00:24:26] in our sin

[00:24:26] he stood in our place

[00:24:27] gives us a little

[00:24:29] piece of the puzzle

[00:24:29] although I don't think

[00:24:30] it's fully satisfactory

[00:24:32] for the answer here

[00:24:33] so these are the

[00:24:34] typical answers given

[00:24:35] they are part of it

[00:24:36] I'll share with you

[00:24:37] something that I think

[00:24:38] is going on here

[00:24:39] more from a Jewish

[00:24:40] perspective

[00:24:41] that will hopefully

[00:24:42] give you a different

[00:24:43] perspective

[00:24:43] I'm not saying

[00:24:44] this is absolutely right

[00:24:45] you're free to project it

[00:24:46] but I would urge you

[00:24:48] to just dwell on it

[00:24:49] as you look at this

[00:24:50] picture here

[00:24:51] so when we talk

[00:24:52] about the Messiah

[00:24:53] we use the term

[00:24:53] Jesus typically

[00:24:54] don't we

[00:24:54] and when we talk

[00:24:55] about Jesus

[00:24:55] we solely think

[00:24:56] of him generally

[00:24:57] as saviour

[00:24:58] and that's absolutely

[00:24:59] correct

[00:24:59] he was the saviour

[00:25:00] of the world

[00:25:00] not taking anything

[00:25:01] away from that

[00:25:03] but in first century

[00:25:04] Israel

[00:25:05] it wasn't quite

[00:25:06] so singly associated

[00:25:07] with that act

[00:25:08] of physical

[00:25:09] spiritual salvation

[00:25:10] the concept

[00:25:12] the concept that they

[00:25:12] had of Messiah

[00:25:13] was slightly

[00:25:14] different than that

[00:25:15] and they thought

[00:25:16] primarily in royal terms

[00:25:17] they thought in terms

[00:25:19] of king

[00:25:19] that's why he says

[00:25:21] behold the kingdom

[00:25:21] of heaven is at hand

[00:25:22] the king is here

[00:25:23] they always thought

[00:25:24] about the king

[00:25:25] Psalm 2

[00:25:25] this is the Messiah

[00:25:26] who will rule over

[00:25:27] the nations

[00:25:28] this king is ruling

[00:25:29] over his kingdom

[00:25:30] that was primarily

[00:25:31] the way that the

[00:25:32] Jewish people thought

[00:25:33] about the Messiah

[00:25:35] at this time

[00:25:36] many Old Testament

[00:25:37] prophecies speak

[00:25:38] of Jesus

[00:25:39] in those terms

[00:25:41] now with that in mind

[00:25:42] I started to think

[00:25:43] about this

[00:25:43] and I was reading

[00:25:45] for another project

[00:25:46] I was reading

[00:25:46] a book by a Jewish

[00:25:48] writer

[00:25:48] and it was

[00:25:49] not a believing

[00:25:50] Jewish person

[00:25:51] someone who was

[00:25:51] writing against

[00:25:52] Jesus Christ

[00:25:53] they have some

[00:25:53] of the anti-missionaries

[00:25:54] write very strong

[00:25:55] books against

[00:25:56] why Jesus is not

[00:25:57] the Messiah

[00:25:58] and in Norman Asher

[00:25:59] his name is

[00:26:00] he wrote a book

[00:26:01] called 26 Reasons

[00:26:01] Why Jews Don't Believe

[00:26:02] in Jesus

[00:26:04] and he makes

[00:26:05] a claim here

[00:26:05] he says this

[00:26:06] he says the word

[00:26:08] Messiah means

[00:26:09] anointed with oil

[00:26:10] the anointed one

[00:26:11] all kings

[00:26:12] high priests

[00:26:13] and prophets

[00:26:14] in the Jewish Bible

[00:26:15] can be described

[00:26:16] as messiahs

[00:26:17] because they were

[00:26:17] all anointed with oil

[00:26:19] into God's service

[00:26:20] many Jewish prophets

[00:26:21] foretold

[00:26:22] that a particular

[00:26:23] messiah

[00:26:24] the messiah

[00:26:24] son of David

[00:26:25] would appear

[00:26:26] and fulfill

[00:26:27] six major prophecies

[00:26:29] that would lead

[00:26:29] into the special

[00:26:30] messianic era

[00:26:32] Jesus may have

[00:26:33] claimed to be king

[00:26:34] however

[00:26:35] Jesus was never

[00:26:37] anointed king

[00:26:38] by a prophet

[00:26:39] therefore he failed

[00:26:41] to fulfill

[00:26:41] this messianic

[00:26:43] criteria

[00:26:43] and is therefore

[00:26:44] eliminated from

[00:26:45] messianic consideration

[00:26:46] now think about this

[00:26:48] and he's absolutely

[00:26:49] right in what

[00:26:50] he's saying here

[00:26:51] the requirement

[00:26:51] for a king of Israel

[00:26:52] was to be anointed

[00:26:54] by a prophet

[00:26:54] it had to happen

[00:26:56] that way

[00:26:57] we see this

[00:26:57] beginning right

[00:26:58] from the beginning

[00:26:59] when the first king

[00:27:00] in Jewish thought

[00:27:01] remember

[00:27:02] anointing

[00:27:03] primarily had to do

[00:27:04] with either prophets

[00:27:05] priests or kings

[00:27:06] it was one of those three

[00:27:07] a prophet

[00:27:08] a priest

[00:27:08] and a king

[00:27:09] you see

[00:27:10] we see those three things

[00:27:11] fulfilled in Jesus

[00:27:12] don't we

[00:27:13] a prophet

[00:27:13] and a priest

[00:27:13] and a king

[00:27:15] this is what I'm getting

[00:27:16] at here

[00:27:17] you think of Saul

[00:27:18] you think of Solomon

[00:27:19] you think of David

[00:27:20] the three kind of

[00:27:21] archetypal

[00:27:22] kings of Israel

[00:27:23] you could say

[00:27:24] it was commanded

[00:27:25] right at the beginning

[00:27:26] remember when

[00:27:28] the nation asked

[00:27:29] for a king

[00:27:30] Samuel was told

[00:27:31] Samuel was the prophet

[00:27:33] at the time

[00:27:33] he was told

[00:27:34] to go and anoint

[00:27:35] Saul

[00:27:35] I'll read it for you

[00:27:37] 1 Samuel 10 1

[00:27:39] then Samuel took

[00:27:40] a flask of oil

[00:27:41] and poured it

[00:27:42] on his head

[00:27:42] and kissed him

[00:27:43] and said

[00:27:43] has not the Lord

[00:27:45] anointed you

[00:27:46] to be prince

[00:27:47] over his people

[00:27:49] Israel

[00:27:50] and then also

[00:27:51] with King Solomon

[00:27:53] then King David

[00:27:54] said

[00:27:55] call me

[00:27:56] Zadok the priest

[00:27:57] and Nathan the prophet

[00:27:58] and Benaiah the son

[00:28:00] of Jehoiada

[00:28:00] and they came

[00:28:01] into the king's presence

[00:28:02] and the king said

[00:28:03] to them

[00:28:04] take with you

[00:28:04] the servants

[00:28:05] of your lord

[00:28:06] and have my son

[00:28:07] Solomon ride

[00:28:08] on his own mule

[00:28:08] and bring him

[00:28:09] down to Gihon

[00:28:10] let Zadok the priest

[00:28:11] and Nathan the prophet

[00:28:13] anoint him there

[00:28:14] as king

[00:28:15] over Israel

[00:28:16] and blow the trumpet

[00:28:17] and say

[00:28:18] long live

[00:28:19] the king

[00:28:20] now interestingly

[00:28:21] some of you may have

[00:28:22] just watched

[00:28:22] the coronation

[00:28:23] of a king

[00:28:23] that chapter

[00:28:25] this little part

[00:28:25] I've just read to you

[00:28:26] is where

[00:28:27] the coronation

[00:28:27] all of the liturgy

[00:28:29] of our coronation service

[00:28:30] comes from this

[00:28:30] you remember

[00:28:31] they had the anointing ceremony

[00:28:33] as a central part

[00:28:34] then they blow the trumpets

[00:28:35] for the king

[00:28:36] and then everyone says

[00:28:37] long live the king

[00:28:38] or it used to be

[00:28:38] long live the queen

[00:28:39] that's where they get this from

[00:28:40] it's a copy here

[00:28:41] of what happened

[00:28:41] with Solomon

[00:28:43] but let's talk about

[00:28:44] this actual anointing here

[00:28:45] so we have this requirement here

[00:28:47] that Jewish kings

[00:28:49] who were rightful heirs

[00:28:51] to the throne

[00:28:51] of David

[00:28:52] had to be anointed

[00:28:54] for their service

[00:28:54] by a prophet

[00:28:56] and as we see with Solomon

[00:28:57] actually a prophet

[00:28:58] and a priest

[00:28:59] both did that anointing

[00:29:01] what was this anointing

[00:29:03] this was done

[00:29:03] with oil from Jerusalem

[00:29:05] now however

[00:29:06] these are not

[00:29:08] kings in the same sense

[00:29:09] as Messiah

[00:29:10] is a king

[00:29:11] this is Saul

[00:29:11] David and Solomon

[00:29:12] they are merely human

[00:29:13] but what did the oil represent

[00:29:16] we get this

[00:29:17] it's a common picture

[00:29:18] it represents the Holy Spirit

[00:29:19] doesn't it

[00:29:20] oil represents

[00:29:21] the Holy Spirit

[00:29:22] the ultimate reality

[00:29:24] of this anointing

[00:29:25] when you see them

[00:29:26] physically pouring it

[00:29:27] over a king

[00:29:27] is that it is the Holy Spirit

[00:29:29] who is to anoint that king

[00:29:30] for service to the nation

[00:29:32] or to the world

[00:29:33] you could say

[00:29:33] in Messiah's sense

[00:29:35] that is what we have

[00:29:36] being pictured

[00:29:37] when a king

[00:29:38] is anointed

[00:29:38] with oil

[00:29:40] and when you come

[00:29:41] to the book of Isaiah

[00:29:42] Isaiah 61

[00:29:43] the Messiah says this

[00:29:44] the spirit of the Lord God

[00:29:46] is upon me

[00:29:47] because the Lord

[00:29:48] has anointed me

[00:29:49] to bring good news

[00:29:50] to the afflicted

[00:29:52] that's Messiah saying that

[00:29:53] prophesying in Isaiah

[00:29:55] now we are worshipping one

[00:29:57] who claimed to be

[00:29:57] the king of the Jews

[00:30:00] Messiah

[00:30:00] he is also the anointed one

[00:30:02] but ask yourself this

[00:30:04] if he is the king of Israel

[00:30:06] the king of the Jews

[00:30:08] he had to be anointed

[00:30:09] by a prophet

[00:30:10] when was he anointed

[00:30:12] by a prophet

[00:30:13] as king

[00:30:14] for his kingship

[00:30:16] there is no other event

[00:30:17] except the baptism

[00:30:18] of Jesus Christ

[00:30:19] where we see something

[00:30:20] even comparable to that

[00:30:21] remember that little phrase

[00:30:22] where Jesus said

[00:30:23] to John the Baptist

[00:30:24] this must be done

[00:30:25] to fulfil all righteousness

[00:30:26] I believe he was actually

[00:30:28] expressing what he was

[00:30:29] referring to there

[00:30:30] the term fulfil all righteousness

[00:30:31] is being used in the sense of

[00:30:33] do things in their proper order

[00:30:34] according to the Old Testament manner

[00:30:36] and fulfilling that properly

[00:30:37] and one of those things was

[00:30:39] that a king

[00:30:40] had to be baptised

[00:30:42] by a prophet

[00:30:43] at that time

[00:30:45] not at that time

[00:30:46] in all time

[00:30:46] that was always what happened

[00:30:47] so when was Jesus

[00:30:49] anointed by a king

[00:30:50] I believe that is

[00:30:51] what is happening here

[00:30:52] at the baptism of Jesus

[00:30:53] in addition to all of those

[00:30:55] other things

[00:30:56] do you remember

[00:30:57] it had to be at this time

[00:30:59] John the Baptist

[00:30:59] was the last of the prophets

[00:31:01] this was the only time

[00:31:02] that could ever happen

[00:31:03] from the first century

[00:31:05] up until now

[00:31:05] if Jesus didn't do this

[00:31:07] he wouldn't fulfil

[00:31:08] the requirements for Messiah

[00:31:09] he wouldn't have been

[00:31:10] anointed king

[00:31:10] by a Jewish prophet

[00:31:11] there was only one

[00:31:12] Jewish prophet left

[00:31:13] remember even Jesus

[00:31:14] mentions this

[00:31:15] Luke 16 16

[00:31:16] the law and the prophets

[00:31:17] were proclaimed

[00:31:18] until John

[00:31:20] he was the last one

[00:31:21] of the prophets

[00:31:22] who could possibly

[00:31:23] do this

[00:31:23] and also what else

[00:31:24] do we know about John

[00:31:25] we studied this

[00:31:26] remember in the

[00:31:27] infancy narratives

[00:31:28] who was John's father

[00:31:30] Zacharias

[00:31:30] what was Zacharias

[00:31:33] he was a priest

[00:31:33] wasn't he

[00:31:34] so John the Baptist

[00:31:35] is both

[00:31:36] a prophet

[00:31:37] and a priest

[00:31:38] at this time

[00:31:39] so it's no surprise

[00:31:40] that he had to be the one

[00:31:41] to fulfil those prophecies

[00:31:43] and anoint Jesus

[00:31:44] with the Holy Spirit

[00:31:46] for his kingship

[00:31:47] basically

[00:31:48] and for me

[00:31:49] that gives us

[00:31:50] a much fuller picture

[00:31:51] I believe

[00:31:52] of what is happening

[00:31:52] with this event

[00:31:53] at the baptism of Jesus

[00:31:55] because you'll notice

[00:31:56] people are kind of vague

[00:31:57] about why he had to get baptised

[00:31:59] what was actually going on there

[00:32:00] purely just identification

[00:32:02] with the nation

[00:32:02] yes

[00:32:03] but I believe

[00:32:04] it's more to it than that

[00:32:05] I believe it's actually

[00:32:06] that was his anointing

[00:32:07] for kingship

[00:32:08] now let me back that up

[00:32:09] with a few more

[00:32:10] strands of evidence

[00:32:12] so we have a king

[00:32:13] being anointed

[00:32:14] by a prophet priest

[00:32:15] this is a royal event

[00:32:16] in some ways

[00:32:17] that we have here

[00:32:17] I believe that

[00:32:18] gives us justification

[00:32:19] for believing

[00:32:20] why the heavens

[00:32:21] are opened

[00:32:21] and the voice of God

[00:32:22] is heard

[00:32:23] it's a very crucial event

[00:32:25] but let's just revisit

[00:32:26] what he said

[00:32:27] out of heaven

[00:32:28] remember he quoted

[00:32:30] this is my beloved son

[00:32:31] from Psalm 2

[00:32:32] yes

[00:32:33] now

[00:32:34] we know that's a messianic psalm

[00:32:35] but one thing about that psalm

[00:32:37] it's not only a messianic psalm

[00:32:39] it's also what they call

[00:32:40] a royal messianic psalm

[00:32:41] so it's not just speaking

[00:32:43] of the Messiah

[00:32:44] as the suffering servant

[00:32:45] it's a psalm

[00:32:46] that speaks of Messiah

[00:32:47] the son

[00:32:47] as king

[00:32:48] let me read it to you

[00:32:49] from the beginning

[00:32:51] Psalm chapter 2

[00:32:52] it says

[00:32:53] why are the nations

[00:32:54] in an uproar

[00:32:55] and the peoples

[00:32:56] devising a vain thing

[00:32:57] the kings of the earth

[00:32:59] take their stand

[00:32:59] and the rulers

[00:33:00] take counsel together

[00:33:01] against the Lord

[00:33:03] and against his anointed

[00:33:05] saying

[00:33:05] let us tear their fetters apart

[00:33:07] cast away their cords

[00:33:08] from us

[00:33:09] he who sits in the heavens

[00:33:10] laughs

[00:33:11] the Lord scoffs at them

[00:33:12] then he will speak

[00:33:14] to them in his anger

[00:33:14] terrify them in his fury

[00:33:16] saying

[00:33:16] as for me

[00:33:17] I have installed

[00:33:18] my king

[00:33:19] upon Zion

[00:33:20] my holy mountain

[00:33:21] I will surely tell

[00:33:23] of the decree of the Lord

[00:33:24] he said to me

[00:33:25] you are my son

[00:33:25] today I have begotten you

[00:33:27] so in this psalm

[00:33:28] not only does he identify him

[00:33:29] as the Messiah

[00:33:30] as the anointed one

[00:33:31] as the son

[00:33:32] but also as the king

[00:33:34] so this psalm

[00:33:35] the actual text

[00:33:36] that we're pointed back to

[00:33:37] by the voice from heaven

[00:33:38] is a royal psalm

[00:33:39] and it's putting

[00:33:40] the whole royal element

[00:33:41] into this picture here

[00:33:42] he was the king

[00:33:43] and what you're seeing now

[00:33:44] is his anointing for service

[00:33:45] and for me

[00:33:48] pushback could come

[00:33:49] you say yeah

[00:33:50] but he's not ruling

[00:33:51] in that sense

[00:33:51] yet

[00:33:52] and we've studied that

[00:33:53] he's not

[00:33:54] he's not ruling

[00:33:54] from the throne of David

[00:33:55] in that sense

[00:33:56] and having the nations

[00:33:57] given to him

[00:33:58] the devil is still loose

[00:33:59] and active in that sense

[00:34:00] and is the god of this world

[00:34:01] in a small way

[00:34:02] however this still fits

[00:34:04] the typology that we find

[00:34:05] particularly with King David

[00:34:06] and King Jehu

[00:34:08] and a few other ones

[00:34:09] but remember King David

[00:34:10] he was anointed

[00:34:12] as king

[00:34:13] before he took the throne

[00:34:14] wasn't he

[00:34:15] you remember

[00:34:16] he was anointed as king

[00:34:17] whilst another king

[00:34:18] was still ruling

[00:34:18] on the throne

[00:34:19] a king whose divine authority

[00:34:21] had been taken away

[00:34:22] but he was still on the throne

[00:34:23] there was an interval of time

[00:34:25] between the anointing

[00:34:26] and the taking of the throne

[00:34:27] King Saul

[00:34:28] was still on the throne

[00:34:29] at this time

[00:34:31] he was a usurper

[00:34:32] of the throne

[00:34:32] after that time

[00:34:33] one day David

[00:34:35] would take his throne

[00:34:36] but actually when he was

[00:34:37] first anointed

[00:34:37] there was an interval

[00:34:38] of time

[00:34:39] and for me this parallels

[00:34:40] exactly where we are now

[00:34:42] Jesus was anointed

[00:34:43] as king

[00:34:44] back there in the first century

[00:34:45] and we are in that

[00:34:46] interval still

[00:34:47] where there is a usurper

[00:34:49] still on the throne

[00:34:50] this is what we've studied

[00:34:52] in the whole of the book

[00:34:52] of Revelation

[00:34:53] isn't it

[00:34:53] the time will come

[00:34:55] when God says

[00:34:55] enough is enough

[00:34:56] and he will evit

[00:34:57] that usurper

[00:34:58] but at this moment

[00:34:59] we're still in that

[00:34:59] interval period

[00:35:00] but he still had to have

[00:35:02] this whole thing happen

[00:35:03] he still had to have

[00:35:04] the anointing

[00:35:05] with the last prophet

[00:35:05] and that had to be

[00:35:06] in the first century

[00:35:07] because John the Baptist

[00:35:08] was the last

[00:35:09] so much meaning

[00:35:11] to this one specific event

[00:35:13] that we get here

[00:35:13] and this is just right

[00:35:14] at the beginning

[00:35:15] of Jesus' ministry

[00:35:16] almost every event

[00:35:17] we're going to study

[00:35:18] is pregnant with meaning

[00:35:19] like this

[00:35:20] the word of God

[00:35:21] is just so rich

[00:35:22] but for me

[00:35:23] I'll share that with you

[00:35:24] that's my take

[00:35:24] on the baptism

[00:35:25] of Jesus there

[00:35:26] so yeah

[00:35:27] praise the Lord

[00:35:28] let's pray

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