LOGOS OF GOD: PART II

THE CONCEPT (logos) IN THE MIND OF GOD:

SEED ENMITY

THE logos PROPHESIED
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.
NOTE: Jesus had already been born, and the time of the Gentiles was now fulfilled, when God sent him on his mission, at about the age of thirty years. It was Jesus the man who was sent on the mission.
Rom 4:17 ...God...calleth those things which be not, as though they were.

ABRAHAM IS TO BE BLESSED OF GOD

THE logos PROPHESIED:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS:
John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathaniel and saith unto him, we have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Acts 13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus.

THE BRANCH

THE logos PROPHESIED
Isa 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: in him shall the Gentiles trust

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Rom 15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles;

JUDGEMENT

THE logos PROPHESIED
Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the in earth.
Jer 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of right- eousness to grow up unto David and he shall execute judgment and righteous- ness in the land.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained.......
John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT

THE logos PROPHESIED
Isa 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Isa 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Isa 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judg- ment.
1Jn 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1Ti 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Jas 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

JUDAH AND THE SCEPTRE

THE logos PROPHESIED
Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come;

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Heb 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah;

SERVANT

THE logos PROPHESIED
Zech 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Gal 4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all.
Mat 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

TEMPLE BUILDER

THE logos PROPHESIED
Zech 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Mrk 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS, WHO WOULD RAISE THE TEMPLE:
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY:
Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body...

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS STATEMENT; "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH:
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN A TEMPLE BUILT OF MEN:
1 Cor 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
1 Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN A TEMPLE USING LIVING STONES:
1 Pet 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN MEN, WHO ARE ARE BOTH PRIEST, AND SACRIFICE:
1 Pet 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS, THE CORNERSTONE OF THE TEMPLE OF GOD:
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow- citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

VIRGIN BIRTH

THE logos PROPHESIED
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JESUS
Mat 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is God with us.
Luk 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her.....that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

REMNANT TO BE SAVED

THE logos PROPHESIED
Mic 5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE CHURCH
Rom 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

FAMILIES OF EARTH BLESSED

THE logos PROPHESIED
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY
Acts 3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

ISAAC

THE logos PROPHESIED
Gen 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son in deed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Gen 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Gen 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN ABRAHAM, SARAH, AND ISAAC
Mat 1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Rom 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Gal 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Heb 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

THE logos PROPHESIED
Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE RESURRECTED CHRIST
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

COVENANT WITH JACOB

THE logos PROPHESIED
Gen 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN JACOB, THROUGH CHRIST
Rom 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Luk 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

ROOT OF JESSE

THE logos PROPHESIED
Isa 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN CHRIST
Rev 5:5...behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David. Rom 15:12 And again, Esaias saith There shall be a root of Jesse, (David's father) and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

THRONE OF DAVID

THE logos PROPHESIED
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever......
Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN CHRIST
Rom 14:10 ... for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Jhn 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Jhn 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Mat 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN HIS CHURCH
1 Cor 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1 Cor 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

CITY OF BETHLEHEM

THE logos PROPHESIED
Mic 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old (from everlasting).

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
Mat 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

GALILEE

THE logos PROPHESIED
Isa 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF GALILEE
Mat 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up.

SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS

THE logos PROPHESIED
Jer 31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

THE logos PERSONIFIED THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BABES, BY HEROD
Mat 2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

CHILD TO BE CALLED OUT OF EGYPT

THE logos PROPHESIED
Hos 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

THE logos PERSONIFIED
Mat 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, out of Egypt have I called my son.

PROPHET FROM AMONG ISRAEL

THE logos PROPHESIED
Deu 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN CHRIST
Acts 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

MELCHEZEDEKIAN PRIESTHOOD

THE logos PROPHESIED
Psa 110:4 The LORD hath sworn and will not repent, thou art a priest forever after the order of Meschizedek.

THE logos PERSONIFIED IN THE RESURRECTED CHRIST
Heb 5:6 As he saith also in another place Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedek.

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