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NASB | Job 21:15 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 21:15 'Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?' [Ex 5:2] |
Subject: Pragmatism is of the World |
Bible Note: Hello Karen; Forgive me for taking so long in getting back to you about the king issue concerning Jesus. You are very correct in that God cannot lie. Jesus was in fact the king of the Jews. The Jews were waiting for their Messiah to come for a long time thinking that at His coming He would rule from the throne of David as their king defeating their evil oppressors. This was all according to interpretation of OT prophesies. However, the prophecies referring to the messiah reigning as their king were not referring to His first coming but His second. His first coming was to redeem man from sin by His death on the cross. This is why the Jews missed it. They were looking for Him to do something that was not going to happen at that time. Was He still the king of the Jews? Yes. In Matt 1, the genealogy shows His ancestry as going back directly to David. He was David’s heir and as such had a right to sit on David’s throne and rule Israel. He was in fact the real king of the Jews but it was not His purpose to Rule at that time. You can see throughout the gospels He deliberately avoids being set up as king. And the only time He admits to being the king of the Jews is during His trials; once before the high priest who used His testimony as being the Messiah for a charge of blasphemy against Him when the testimony of the false witnesses were falling apart, and second before Pilot who would be obligated by Rome to eliminate the threat of a king that could possible cause the Jewish people to revolt against Roman authority. I hope I answered your question if not let me know. Blessing to you Aaron |