History from Moses to Jesus I
Israel Becomes a Nation
After Jacob’s victory, he is given a new name: Israel. The man Israel had established the foundation for the messiah and thus, Jesus will be born in the “House of Israel.” However, though the foundation for the messiah was accomplished by Jacob, the messiah does not appear until 2000 years later. Instead, God sends Moses to lead the tribes of Israel toward the ideal of building a nation. Now the nation of Israel, the Israelites will move toward blessing or curse contingent on their adherence to the laws, decrees and commandments of God. Play video
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History from Moses to Jesus II
Prophets Prepare a World for the Coming of Christ
The nation of Israel enters its “golden era” during the time of Solomon. Now the King will be the defining line for blessing or curse, “if” he can keep faith in the laws, decrees and commandments of God. When the King falters God sends prophets to prepare the nation and world to receive Christ and establish his everlasting kingdom. Play video
Purpose of the Messiah I
The 1600 years from Moses to Jesus was to prepare a nation that could recognize “the time” of God’s appointed hour for the arrival of the Messiah. Jesus begins his public ministry by calling for faith, stressing that the “work of God” would be done if “they believed in him whom He had sent.” For the first two years of his ministry, Jesus implores the people that the “Kingdom of Heaven was at hand.” Far from resigning himself to the way of the cross, we discover that the Kingdom was a potential that was to be fulfilled in Jesus’ lifetime on earth. When the providence turns from the Kingdom to the Cross, it is because “faith such as this, I have not found, no not in Israel.” Play video
Purpose of the Messiah II
Jesus said in Luke 24:25 “ought not Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?” Certainly the suffering of Christ is the rightful root of our faith, but even so, the way of the cross was a path necessitated by the faithless response of the people. God had intended another good in anticipation of Christ being received in Israel. Discover unequivocal Biblical proof, that when Jesus was compelled to announce his suffering to come, it was a new message and a stark departure from what the apostles had anticipated and for what God had planned. Play video
Purpose of the Messiah III
If Jesus had been received in Israel and had not gone to the cross, how would we have been saved? What is the Kingdom? The Kingdom is the realm of God’s uncontested sovereignty. Had Adam and Eve fulfilled the “Three Blessings” that world would have been realized. The primary mission of the messiah, as the new Adam, is to fulfill that very purpose of Creation and to offer to God his “godly seed,” that is, a lineage under the uncontested sovereignty of God. Yes, Jesus was to take a bride and establish the position of True Parents in Israel. Thus, Jesus’ grief in Gethsemane was rooted in the knowledge that he, as God’s filial Son, would not be able to offer to God his very own lineage. When Jesus shed his blood on Calvary’s cross, it was the sacrifice of much more than a single man. It was the sacrifice of God’s family and lineage “as numerous as the stars in the sky, as countless as the sand upon the seashore.” Play video
Purpose of the Messiah IV
John the Baptist mission was “to make a people prepared for the Lord.” Whether or not he fulfills this task will determine the destiny of blessing or curse for the chosen people. We begin our examination of John’s mission by examining the intense effort God makes to prepare the House of Joseph and the House of Zechariah for the mission of their two providential sons (Jesus and John). The archangel Gabriel paves the way and the Father of John is informed that his son, John, will be the “Elijah” to come. Yet, it appears that all the preparation was for naught as only months later, Jesus is born in a stable and Joseph and Mary take him and flee for their lives. Where was Zachariah, the chief priest? Would his apparent change of heart affect John, his son, thirty years later? It appears that it did. When John is asked if, indeed, he is the Elijah and he responds, “I am not.” Play video
The Purpose of the Messiah V
John begins his ministry of testifying directly to Christ upon the occasion of observing the spirit come down as a dove and remain on Jesus. John’s initial testimony to Jesus is spectacular and stirring, yet strangely John indicates were it not for the vision, “he would not have known him.” Of course, he should have known him given the intense knowledge that was already imparted to his parents and to his relatives in the House of Joseph. Jesus was John’s second cousin. Thus as time passes, John’s initial testimony is never as strongly uttered. In fact, John divided mind about Jesus is revealed in his message from prison sent to the Lord, “are you the one who is to come or shall we look for another?” Not only words of doubt, they were words of indecision. Thus the real impact of John toward bringing the nation in line with Jesus was almost nil. Play video
