Isaiah 11 “Promises Kept”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." “I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi…..will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.”

“I have a dream that one day… “I have a dream that one day…..the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” ….we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.“”

Isaiah 11 “Promises Kept”

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“I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.” Psalm 2:6

“Get out of your country…To a land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1

Galatians 6:7 (JB Phillips) Galatians 6:7 (NKJV) Do not be deceived. God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. Galatians 6:7 (JB Phillips) Don’t be under any illusion: you cannot make a fool of God! A man’s harvest in life will depend entirely on what he sows.

“But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.” Isaiah 6:13

God’s Promises to Abraham (and his descendants) in Genesis 12 Land Abraham’s descendants would become a great nation God would bless the nations of the world through them

God’s Promises to David in 2 Samuel 7 God will establish a kingdom for one of David’s descendants That kingdom will last forever

“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse…” Isaiah 11:1

Whose Son Is the Messiah? (Luke 20:41-44) Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean. He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth. Isaiah 11:11-12

….but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth….The wolf will live with the lamb,…..The infant will play near the cobra’s den,….They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,… Isaiah 11

….for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:9 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. Psalm 72: 8

“Pax Jesus”

And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:6-8

All these people were still living by faith when they died  All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. Hebrews 11:13

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 1:20

For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face… 1 Corinthians 13:12