the fourteenth chapter of the
book of Zechariah and we're going to be dealing tonight with that
ninth verse now just keep in mind all of this is connected divisions have been put in here
chapter divisions have been put in here verse divisions have
been put in here but as we go through this fourteenth chapter
as we did most of Zechariah verse by verse we notice in here that
the Lord It says, And the Lord shall be king over all the earth. In that day shall there be one
Lord, and His name one. We'd like to look at that verse
tonight and kind of look at it in two aspects. The first part
is the Lord shall be king over. And that word shall is something
that has to do with all the time, you know. In the days of Abel,
the Lord shall be king. In the days of Noah, the Lord
shall be king. And in the days of Moses, the
Lord shall be king. And we're going to find that
this was written about throughout the Old Testament. I almost made
a comment here, like Dr. Hawker, Robert Hawker, who wrote
that wonderful commentary. This is just so obvious, there's
no need for comments, but there are a number of verses that I'd
like to bring in with regards to this. And if you'd start with
me, when we look at the Lord as the King, the Lord as the
King, would you start with me in the book of John chapter 19?
John chapter 19 the Lord shares a great deal about this now we're
going to find out that the Lord is the absolute ruler and controller
of this earth as it is a physical place but much greater for our
benefit is he the king over a spiritual he's the king over the spiritual
as he brings out here in the book of John chapter 18 verse
36 John chapter 18 and verse 36
we have this, it says, Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of
this world. If my kingdom were of this world,
then would my servants fight? that I should not be delivered
to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from hence." What a statement
he is making here with regard to his kingdom. It is not of
this world and therefore when he saves his people, they're
not of this world. It's a spiritual relationship
that God has established in the new birth that we don't get from
this world. Even as he shared with Nicodemus,
it must be from above. This birth must be from above.
This relationship must be from a spiritual realm and is not
given to us on a physical realm, an earthly realm. In fact, that's
where religion and the message of the gospel differentiates. The world the religions of the
world have everything coming from this earth we can talk people
into it we can do it we can accomplish it and yet we find out that the
scriptures are so plain that the Lord's kingdom is not of
this world spiritual things are not of this world we don't gain
it from this world it all has to come from God and then he
goes on to tell us there in verse thirty seven and Pilate therefore
said unto him art thou the king? Jesus answered Thou sayest that
I am a king, and to this end was I born, and for that cause
came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." What a wonderful
statement that even in this great time of trial for our Savior
as he's talking to or being questioned by Pilate and answers him with
spiritual results, It didn't hit Pilate, but it certainly
does hit us, that everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice,
and they hear that he is the king over his kingdom. Now, let
us go to the Old Testament for two or three or four verses here
that share with us the same truth about him being the king. He's
the Lord. The Lord is the king over all
things. The Lord shall be king over all
the earth. in every age that is the true statement well here
in the book of exodus chapter 15 we find just after the lord
takes care of all the egyptian army and pharaoh in the red sea
he's accomplished a wonderful purpose here to show us that
not only does he take care of us physically but spiritually
he's going to take care of every enemy of the church just like
this he's the one that does it he's the one that accomplishes
it he's the one that puts the enemies aside he defeats the
enemies on the behalf of the church and here in the book of
exodus chapter fifteen as moses is as elated and singing about
this great defeat of egypt he shares with us in Exodus chapter
15 and verse 8 these words verse 18 excuse me verse 18 the
Lord shall reign forever and ever now Moses saw his reign
and what he did as the lord as the king he watched it in egypt
he watched it as he came across uh... out of egypt and up to
the red sea and the lord told moses stand still and see the
salvation of the lord so the lord is the actual king over
all things he was a king over that water he was able to hold
it up Nobody helped him. He was the king over the dirt.
They walked across on dry land. He was the king over the Egyptian
Pharaoh. He put in his heart to follow the children of Israel. He was the king over those chariots
and all the other men. And when it was a proper time,
he caused those chariots to drag heavily. they held up and stopped
the armies as they came in and then he was the king over the
water and released it and he was the king over Moses as he
sang about this great victory and we see that throughout the
scriptures that this is the one who is the king over all things
he's the victor in all things he's the victor at the cross
he is the king in the book of first chronicles we find david
saying these words first chronicles there in chapter twenty nine
First Chronicles chapter 29 verse 11. David shares this. He understood
this. You know, there is a truth about
this. When the Lord reveals Himself
to us, we recognize the fact that He is the Lord. He is the
King. The words out of Saul of Tarsus' mouth mean so much. Lord,
what will you have me to do now? He had never looked at this one
the Lord Jesus as the Lord he had looked at Old Testament Thoughts
about God as Lord, but he'd never been confronted with this one
the Lord Jesus and He said who art thou? I'm Jesus whom thou
persecute us. Well, he knew a lot about Jesus
and but he had never known him as Lord. What a glorious thing
takes place when God reveals his Son to us in salvation. Well, here in the book of 1 Chronicles
chapter 29, there in verses 11 and 12, it says, Thine, O Lord,
is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty, for all that is in heaven and in the earth
are Thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord,
and Thou art exalted as head above all. The church exalts
Him as head above all, and so does the Father, and so does
the Son, and so does the Holy Spirit. We do it as a result
of what God has done in us. His kingdom is not of this world.
His kingdom is a spiritual kingdom, and when He does the revelation
of Jesus Christ, To every one of those whose names are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life, there is a consciousness in them that
He is Lord. Now if He's not Lord of all,
He's not Lord of anything. So here we find that David is
so braggadocious about the Lord. He's exalting the Lord, declaring
the Lord. And verse 12, both riches and
honor come of thee. and thou reignest over all, and
in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make
great and to give strength unto all." What a statement David
hears by revelation he realizes these great truths. Now we find
that the Lord is the Lord, He's the blessed and only potentate. Here in the book of 1 Timothy
chapter 6 and verse 15, He's the blessed and only potentate
King of kings and Lord of lords. What a statement Paul writes
to Timothy and what courage those words, what courage that very
promise that the Lord has made to the church that He is the
King, that He is the ruler over all. If you haven't seen the scenes
of that flood down there where Brother John is in rescue, try
to get a hold of it. Nancy will show the folks at
church because she's got it on her phone. But you know who was
in charge of that river that overflowed? The Lord is the Lord
of all things. He's the Lord over that creek
and most of the year it's just a trickle down through there.
and yet at this time it was a tremendous rushing mighty torrent and came
into the fellowship hall there and ruined the rug. He's the
Lord over it though. He is the Lord over those things.
In the book of Revelation I'd like to look at two passages
of scripture because in this book of Revelation we continuously
find the Lord is over all. Every time there is an issue
that comes up We find the Lord is the victor. We love the accounts
of the Lord being victor over all. He's a victor over sin.
He's a victor over death. He's a victor over hell and the
grave. And here in the book of Revelation
chapter 17, Revelation chapter 17, There in verse 14, this whole
book is filled with incidents like this. The Lord is the Lord. He's the ruler. He's the king.
He's the Lord of lords. He's the king of kings. He has
that great place of being in all things, having the preeminence. He is Lord of lords and king
of kings. And here in the book of Revelation
chapter 17 and verse 14, these shall make war with the lamb.
Oh, what's going to happen when these we were read previous to
this we'd find out These shall make war with the lamb. Well,
they it's been an ongoing war since the very beginning but
look at this and the lamb shall overcome them for he is Lord
of lords and king of kings and And they that are with him are
called and chosen and faithful. And then saith he unto them,
the waters which thou sawest, where the horse sitteth, are
peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues, and he shall overcome
them. The gospel is going to overcome
all error for those that he has written in the Lamb's book of
life. He will lose none of them. They will not stay put in that
nonsense. They will not stay put in that
religion. They will be brought out. And then in the book of
Revelation chapter 19, two more chapters here in the book of
Revelation. And there are many times in the
book of Revelation, this type of passages found that shares
with us the greatness of the Lord and the power of the Lord.
And it's wonderful that Zechariah had a grasp of this and he was
led by the Holy Spirit to write about this when he said, and
the Lord shall be king over all the earth. Nothing is outside
of his realm. He is an absolute monarch over
all things and here in the book of Revelation It tells us about
the this wonderful Lord verse 15 and out of his mouth out of
the Lord's mouth goes a sharp two-edged Sword if you've ever
been saved you've been touched by that sword That's the Word
of God God has used his word out of the mouth of the Lord
goes a sharp sword that with it he should smite the nations,
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he treadeth the
winepress of the fiercest of the wrath of Almighty God. And
he hath on his vesture and on his thigh the name written, notice
that, King of kings and Lord of lords. Now, one of my favorite
places in the Old Testament is what Nebuchadnezzar had to say
about the Lord. There in Daniel chapter 4, Nebuchadnezzar
was put out to pass. We've mentioned this many times,
but I just continue to go back there because Nebuchadnezzar
in Daniel chapter 4 shares with us a great deal about this God
that Zechariah has been writing about. You know, it's interesting
to find out in the Old Testament that some 235 times the Lord
is called the Lord of hosts. And here, in this book of Daniel,
chapter 4, we have a definition of what it is to be Lord of hosts.
The hosts of the armies, the armies of heaven, the inhabitants
of the earth. So if you'd turn with me to the
book of Daniel, chapter 4, This is the one that Zachariah is
writing about and encouraging the saints in his day. And every
time this passage of scripture was read down through the ages,
even tonight as we read it, what great encouragement he gives
to us as he declares that he is Lord of lords. He's King of
kings and Lord of lords. And here in the book of Daniel
chapter 4, we have this Nebuchadnezzar, a pagan king, put out to pasture
by the Lord for his arrogancy. How easy that was, you know,
to almost make him insane, to put him out to pasture, let his
hair grow long, his fingernails grow long, out there for seven
years. Now, I've read some commentaries
that said that this didn't actually happen. It was just a euphemism
or, you know, I'm going to believe what the Lord said. It happened
to Nebuchadnezzar, and this is what he had to say when the Lord
brought him out of that stupor, brought him out of that insanity,
if you please. He makes the most sane statement
that he could ever make. At the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar,
verse 34 of Daniel chapter 4, Verse 34, it says, I, Nebuchadnezzar,
lifted up my eyes into heaven, and mine understanding returned
unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored
him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and his kingdom is from generation to generation, and all the inhabitants
of the earth, from the very beginning, this very moment in time, yesterday,
the day before, last year, ten years ago, ten years in the future
if it should happen, if we get there, all the inhabitants of
the earth are reputed as nothing and he doeth his will He doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven and among the
inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand or say
unto him, What doest thou? What a statement we read here
in the book of Daniel. And this is just a way of saying
what Zechariah said in Zechariah chapter 14 and verse 9. And the
Lord shall be king over all the earth. Excuse me. The second part of our message
tonight is the second part of that verse of scripture It tells
us going back to the book of Zechariah Zechariah chapter 9
there in verse 14, excuse me, Zechariah chapter 14 verse 9.
There we go The Lord shall reign the Lord shall be king over all
the earth whether you are in the days of of Adam and Eve and
the days of Able in the day in the days of Cain in the days
of Noah in the days whatever day he shall reign and he is
reigning He is the sovereign reigning ruler over all things
He's the ruler over every snowflake the over every drop of rain over
every bug over well, we just we can't explain enough well
here goes on to say in that day shall there be one lord and his
name one there shall be one lord we find in the new testament
that this subject is brought up in the book of ephesians turn
with me if you would to the book of ephesians What wonderful words
are found in the first chapter. And they give us reason to rejoice
in the second chapter. And they give us reasons to rejoice
in the third. And now the fourth chapter of
the book of Ephesians. For in Ephesians chapter 4 we
read these words about the Lord. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 4. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 4. I've read in some commentaries
recently about the Lord is going to take all of the religions
of the world and he's going to put them together and make one.
And I thought, you know, the man does not know what he's talking
about. The Lord doesn't take air and
mix it with the truth and say, this is my people. It tells us
here, there is one body. That's the body of Christ. and
one spirit and this spirit doesn't share different things with different
people this spirit shares the same gospel truths has shared
the same gospel truths from the very beginning he will not change
he is God God changes not the gospel changes not and the reason
for that is man does not change well there's one body and one
spirit even as you are called in one hope of your calling one
Lord One faith. One baptism. Now we have a typical
picture of that, and that's when we immerse somebody. But the
true baptism is the baptism that the Spirit gives us into Christ
Jesus the Lord. One God and father of all who
is above all and through all and in you all And then we also
find in the book of Colossians just jump ahead just a little
bit to the book of Colossians Colossians chapter 3 in Colossians
chapter 3 this just sums it all up Colossians chapter 3 what
a statement is made here in It tells us in this verse of
scripture that Christ is all. Let's read verse 11. Where there
is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all and in all. He's the one that makes the difference. he's the one that makes the difference
he is the king of kings he's the lord of lords and he's the
one that makes the difference christ is all there is one lord
there's one god there's one spirit there's one and he doesn't have
universal messages he has one message and that is summed up
in the gospel of the lord jesus christ now the holy spirit directed
through inspiration of himself, of the scriptures. He directed
the Old Testament writers, and many of these writers were to
share names of the promised seed of the woman. And we find it
throughout the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament,
many different names for the Lord, but his name shall be one
in this one. There is but one Lord and his
name is one. Now, all of the names point to
one person. Oh, I, I remember seeing a TV
program where in the middle of his camp, was a signpost. And on that signpost was lots
of arrows pointing out. One of them was to Tokyo, and
one was to New York, and one was to Pittsburgh, and one was
here and there and there and there. And maybe you've seen
that type of thing that tells about the direction that that
city is and how far away it is. Well, that's not what the gospel
writers of the Old and New Testament did. They're standing out here
in their day and in their time and every one of them is pointing
inward. Everyone is pointing, their message
is pointed to this one, the Lord Jesus Christ. There's not many
Christs, now there are false Christs, but there's only one
Christ, there's only one Son, there's only one Lord, there's
only one God. Here we have the spirit directed
by inspiration of the scriptures many of the writers to share
many names of this promised seed of the woman. We have revealed
to us that there is only one. All of these names reflect on
only one. You have no doubt we have no
doubt that as these writers wrote they're speaking of the very
same person you know we have this summed up by john the baptist
in john chapter one john chapter one all of the writers are pointing
towards this one from the very beginning in genesis we have
Moses wrote by inspiration. In fact, the Lord brings it out
in the New Testament. Moses wrote of me. Search the scriptures, for in
them ye think ye have eternal life, but they are they which
testify of me. They're all pointing to one person. Every name of God is pointing
to one person. This one, the Lord Jesus Christ.
And in the book of John, John the Baptist brings this up. John
chapter 1 verse 29. John chapter 1 verse 29. He brings
this very thing up. When he tells his disciples,
now he's not pointing to some far off place. He is the last
of the prophets. That's what we read. The prophets
were until John. And right here, he says, the
next day, John seeth Jesus coming unto him and saith, Behold the
Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. He is like
a marker pointing to this one that takes away the sin of the
world and then in verse 36 of that same Chapter he says looking
upon jesus as he walked. He says behold the lamb of god
and the two disciples heard him speak and they followed jesus
What a statement is made here. Zachariah was privy to this wonderful
truth about the lord jesus being the only lord and his name is
one All of those names given throughout the Old Testament
pointed to one, and all the names in the New Testament pointed
to one. All of the prophecies we've mentioned this in the past
It was given to me just after I was saved about the thumbnail
sketch about the scriptures Old Testament someone's coming. They
all pointed to someone coming and The Gospels Matthew Mark
Luke and John pointed to someone is here They pointed to Christ
and from Acts to the book of Revelation Someone's coming back
and the same someone is being pointed at all the time As we
are in his word and we are shown more and more of his names, we
come to the conclusion that they are all pointing to the same
one and reflect some great glorious message about him. Now, for a
few years I taught school and I always had trouble with names, particularly when I was subbing.
I'll never forget going into a classroom And on the roll sheet was this
name. It was spelled A-B-C-D-E. That was the first name. A-B-C-D-E. And this little girl raised her
hand. She said, that's me. My name is Abcde. I said, thank
you for helping me out. Well, can you imagine going into
a large classroom of students and you start calling the names
on the roll sheet? And as you call for attendance,
every name you call, only one person in that classroom answers
here to every name. And now, I just said that to
say this. All of the names of God in the
Old and New Testament point to one, the Lord Jesus. His name is one. We go through a list of names,
and there's lists you can find. You can go through the Bible
and write them down. It would be a glorious study.
Books have been written about the names of God. They're tremendous. Investigations about the name
but his he is one Lord and his name is one He has one Objective
the salvation of his people. He has one objective the glory
of the church the glory of God now We find in the beginning
there wasn't Adam. I But the Apostle Paul was led
by the Holy Spirit to share with us that there is a last Adam. There's the second Adam. What
a name is given. This is the A name. One name
about him. He is the last Adam. And that's
found. I'd like you to turn with me
to the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 15. 1 Corinthians chapter
15. If we were going to have a list
of the names of our Savior, His name is one, all of these names
are pointing to the same one, when we call out Adam, second
Adam, or last Adam, or Advocate, or Almighty, we're finding out
there's only one person that can answer to all those names.
We have to keep our hands down, because we're not those things.
Now, there are a few verses of Scripture that share with us
some names, and there were some individuals that picked up that
name. but the truth about it was Him
who lives on high, the Lord Jesus. Here in the book of 2 Corinthians
chapter 15 we have this 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and
there in verse 45 first corinthians chapter 15
verse 45 so and so it is written we go back to the old testament
the first man adam was made a living soul the last adam was a quickening
spirit verse 47 the first man is of the earth earthly the second
man is the lord of heaven the last Adam, our Savior, the Lord
Jesus. And we could go down through
a long list of names that are given throughout the scriptures.
I'm just going to pick out a few of them in our travels. But he
has so many that are given in scripture. He is the Advocate. He's the Almighty. He's the Alpha
and Omega. He's the Beginning and the Ending.
He's the Apostle of our profession. These are his names and titles.
that tell us about one being, one person, the Son of God. He's
the arm of the Lord. He's the author and finisher
of our faith. Would you turn with me to the
book of Isaiah 51? It shares with us this previous
name that I just used, the arm of the Lord, and it just sits
here in such a statement, Isaiah has a number of wonderful titles
and names for our Savior, the Lord Jesus. In Isaiah chapter
51 verse 9 we have this one given here. Isaiah chapter 51 verse 9. Awake! Awake! Put on strength, O Arm
of the Lord! What a statement about His power!
We read a few verses from the Old Testament, as well as the
New Testament, about Him being King. He has all power, all authority
in heaven and in earth. And this, this O Arm of the Lord,
He is the mighty power of the Godhead. Awake! As in the ancient
times, in the generations of old, art thou not yet that hath
cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon." The names continue on. He's the
author of eternal salvation. He is the beginning of the creation. Now, that word beginning there
is a misnomer. Many people pick up on that.
Religions have picked up on that and say, see, he's the very beginning
of God's creation. No, he's the architect. That's
what that word comes from, beginning. He's the architect of the creation
of God. He's the designer. He's put the
nucleus in the atom and he's created the largest star in heaven
by him, by his word of his mouth, where the world's created. We
have great statements about him. He is the beloved son. He's the blessed and only potentate. I have a good friend that's in
a club and they have a potentate and I says, oh my goodness, if
they only knew what they're saying there there's only one blessed
and holy potentate and that's the lord of glory he's called
the branch he's called he called himself the bread of life i'm
the bread of life i'm the captain of our salvation i'm the chief
shepherd i am the christ of god i'm the messiah sent by almighty
god by the godhead to come to this earth and take the place
of all his people He's called the consolation of Israel. He's
the cornerstone and he's the counselor. Turn with me, if you
would, in Isaiah again. Isaiah chapter 40 and verse 5. His name shall be one. Every
name that we read in scriptures about the God of heaven is pointing
to this one. Pointing to the Lord Jesus. Is
not this the Savior? Peter said, Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the Living God. What a statement! It was revealed
to him. The Lord said, in fact, flesh and blood did not reveal
this unto you, but my Father which is in heaven. And that
same truth is revealed to every believer that Jesus Christ is
the Son of the Living God. He is alive. He is the Son. He is the Savior. And here in
the book of Isaiah chapter 40, Isaiah chapter 40, we read these
words, Isaiah chapter 40 and verse 5, it says, And the glory
of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. What do we have here?
The glory of the Lord. It's brought out in the New Testament
too, that in Him is the Godhead bodily. Here is God bodily. He is the God-man. He is the
Emmanuel. He is the Good Shepherd. He is
the Great High Priest. He is the Head of the Church.
He is the Holy Child. He is the Holy One. He is the
Holy One of God. Name after name after name only
points out one. They shall call His name Jesus,
for He shall save His people from their sins. He is the only
one. He is Emmanuel, which being interpreted
is God with us. He is the Christ, the Messiah,
the Promised One, the One that was promised in the Garden of
Eden. He is Jehovah. You know, every time we find
in the Old Testament the capital L capital O capital R capital
D that is Jehovah that's how the translators let us know that
this is the name of God Jehovah well here in the book of if you
look with me to the book of Isaiah chapter 26 Isaiah chapter 26
we have this name mentioned here
Isaiah chapter 26 and verse 4 his name shall be one There's one
Lord and His name shall be one. In Isaiah chapter 26 and verse
4, the author, the Holy Spirit, gave the secretary, the prophet
Isaiah, these words, trust ye in the Lord, that is Jehovah,
forever, for in the Jehovah Jehovah is everlasting strength. This
is one of the few times that that word is actually transliterated
into our language. But trust ye in Jehovah forever,
for in Jehovah, Jehovah is everlasting strength. What a wonderful name,
points to his eternality, his omnipotence, his greatness, his
power. He is able to save and quick
to save. He is able to keep that which
he has saved. All of this shares with us such
wonderful, wonderful truths about our Savior. He is the just one. He's called that in the New Testament.
Turn with me to the book of Acts, if you would. The book of Acts.
He is the only just one that ever walked on the face of the
earth. We come, we need to be justified, we need to be just,
but we're not by nature. We have great discrepancies. In fact, the scriptures tell
us that the heart, our very makeup, our internal thoughts and processes,
heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.
Who can know it? We need someone who doesn't have
that problem. The just one. Here in the book
of Acts chapter 5. Acts chapter 5. Let's read here.
Acts chapter 5 and there in verse 52. Acts chapter 5. Chapter 7, excuse me. Chapter
7 and verse 52. Acts chapter 7. Verse 52. Which of the prophets have not
your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them which
showed before of the coming of the just one, of whom ye have
been now the betrayers and murderers. The just one, the only just one
that ever walked in the face of the earth. Now there was a
time that Adam did not have that fallen nature. He chose that
fallen nature. He chose to go against God. He's the only man that has ever
walked this earth that had a completely free will. We have none of that. We can't make that choice. It's
been made for us. We are already sinners by nature,
by choice. But this Just One, He is the
Righteous One. He is the Lord our righteousness. What a wonderful thing to find
in the Scriptures that the King that we have is the just one. He is the King of kings and Lord
of lords. There in the book of Zechariah,
we read that passage that's found in the New Testament in the book
of Luke too, about your King shall come riding upon a donkey. Your King. What a statement is
made here for the church. Your King is coming. He's the
King of... King Eternal. He's the King of
the Jews. He's the King of Saints. He's
the Lawgiver. He's the Lamb. And on and on
the names go from beginning to end. Completely. From Bible chapter,
after chapter, after chapter, we have these names given. He's
called the seed of the woman. I never find record in the scriptures
where he called his mother, mother. He called her woman. And it takes
us right back to the book of Genesis there in chapter 3 and
verse 15. The seed of the woman. He called
us. We have record that I know of
at the turning of the water to wine. Woman, what do I have to
do with thee? And at the cross he told his
disciple that woman this is your son those disciples uh this is
your mother so he called her that he's the son of david he's
the son of the blessed he's the son of the highest he's the sun
s-u-n of righteousness he's the true light he's the way the truth
in the life he's the true witness he's the word He is Logos John
chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning was the Word,
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He is the Word
of God. Turn with me to the book of Revelation.
The book of Revelation. Once again, as we go to this
concluding book of the New Testament in the book of Revelation chapter
19. The book of Revelation chapter 19. And we read here in verse
13. And he was clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood. How pictorial, how figurative
we have this. He shed his blood for his family. He shed his blood for his children.
He shed his blood for the elect. He shed his blood for all his
lost sheep. He said he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood and his name is called the word of God. He is one Lord and his name is
one. The scriptures testify of me.
That's what the Lord Jesus said. Search the scriptures for in
them you think you have eternal life and they are they which
testify of me. And Moses, God said this through
the Lord Jesus, God said this. The Holy Spirit said if you believe
Moses you would believe me for Moses wrote of me what a word
his name shall be one all 66 books are surrounding this one
in the center and they all point to this one his name is one he
is the Lord there's one Lord His name is one and all of these
66 books are all pointing to the center where He is in the
preeminence. He has the preeminent name. I've known a number of students
that have the name Jesus. Well, this one, this Jesus, shall
call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
He has the preeminence. He is God. Come in the flesh
to save his people, to save his people from their sin. This is
this one that Zechariah wrote about so long ago. There in the
book of Zechariah chapter 14, he said, the Lord shall be king
over all the earth. will not quibble over that he's
the king over all the earth in that day shall there be one lord
and his name one now we found so often that that word then
that in that day that's the gospel day The day that the Lord revealed
Christ to us. It's the gospel day. When we
saw Christ. When we bowed before Him. We didn't raise our fists and
say, we'll not have this one reign over us. We bowed before
Him. Lord, we said. Our hearts were
so in tune with Him. And as He continues that. So,
this one, behold the Lamb of God. His name, One. his name one what a statement
Zachariah brought out now Lord willing let's go back there to
the book of Zachariah for just a moment and then we'll close
our study tonight the book of Zachariah chapter 14 and there
in verse 9 it says and the Lord shall be king over all the earth
and in that day shall there be one Lord and his name one no
not is one, his name one. All pointed to that. Well, Lord
willing, we'll look at verses 10 and 11 next week. All the
land shall be turned as the plain. We're going to see that God makes
things level. Verse 11, the men shall dwell
in it and there shall be no more utter destruction, but Jerusalem
shall be safely inhabited. What a blessing to be in the
new Jerusalem. All right, we're going to stop
there for tonight.