The Kingdom Grows

King?

Rome

Isaiah 40:9-11

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news;

lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news;

lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah,

“Behold your God!”

Isaiah 40:9-11

10Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might,

and his arm rules for him;

behold, his reward is with him,

and his recompense before him.

Isaiah 40:9-11

11He will tend his flock like a shepherd;

he will gather the lambs in his arms;

he will carry them in his bosom,

and gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 52:7-10 (ESV)

How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of him who brings good news,

who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,

who publishes salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Isaiah 52:7-10 (ESV)

8 The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice;

together they sing for joy;

for eye to eye they see

the return of the LORD to Zion.

Isaiah 52:7-10

9Break forth together into singing,

you waste places of Jerusalem,

for the LORD has comforted his people;

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 52:7-10

10 The LORD has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations,

and all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.

Exekiel 34:23-28

And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken.

Exekiel 34:23-28

25 “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.

Exekiel 34:23-28

27 And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Exekiel 34:23-28

28 They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them. They shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

Psalm 80: 1-3 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

stir up your might and come to save us! 3Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!

Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given;

and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

and his name shall be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6-7 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace

there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it

with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.

Isaiah 9:6-7 The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

Luke 4:18-21 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has

anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year

of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-21 20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to

the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 13:18-21 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God

like? And to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”

Luke 13:18-21 20 And again he said, “To what shall I compare the

kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O

people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.

The kingdom is the rule and the reign of God.