This that cometh from Edom with
stained garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his
apparel. He didn't come as a lamb here
in the likeness of sinful flesh, he's glorious in his apparel. Traveling in the greatness of
his strength, he didn't need a forerunner. He came alone this
time in his sovereignty, power, judgment. First time he came
to die, this time he comes to judge. I speak in righteousness. Everything I say will be accomplished
because I'm the one mighty to say it. Well, the greatest Who is this? This is Christ Jesus we're talking
about here. This is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now the greatest mystery of godliness, which we are taught to believe
and which we do believe, is that Jesus Christ is God Almighty,
though he is a man. That's what the scripture says
in 1 Timothy. Without controversy, great is
the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh,
seen of the angels, justified in the spirit, preached to the
Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
God became a man. And the word became flesh and
dwelt among us, we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten, full of grace and truth. Jesus Christ is their God and
their God. How can we express it any clearer
than that? Co-equal, co-eternal, possessing
as the Father all divine attributes in the infinite degree, having
the Spirit without measure. He participated with the Father
in all the acts of God's purpose declared from ancient times.
Before He made the world, He said, I was there with Him, daily
His delight. The everlasting covenant of grace
was made with Him and in Him and for Him. And all things were
made by him and for him. All things that are made. And
when he became a man, he didn't cease to be God. When he was found in the womb,
he's God. When he came forth a man of sovereigns,
acquainted with grief, he's God. When he hung on the cross of
Calvary, he's God. And when he arose from the grave
and went back to glory, he's God. He's God now. Jesus Christ is
God now. Jesus Christ the man is God now. Exalted above all exaltation,
reigns above all principalities and powers, has all preeminence. He's worshipped by angels. And
there's only one mediator between us and God, and that's this man,
Jesus Christ. And we're not only taught to
believe that he's God, but he's man also. The scripture says, in the fullness
of time, God sent forth his son into the world. And on that day
appointed by the Father in the fulness of time, he came from
heaven. God came from heaven and took
upon himself the form of a servant and was made in the likeness
of sinful flesh. From a baby he grew to manhood. And during all that time, he's
bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh in every way except
one. He knew no sin. Tempted as we are, yet without
sin. And his hunger, his thirst, his
sorrow, his suffering, and his death are all clear proofs that
he is indeed a man. For God said unto us, a child
is born, but a son is given. And the government of the whole
universe is upon his shoulders. And his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father,
and the Prince of Peace. He did come into this world as
a man. the whole world this. And I tell
you this tonight, whosoever will have a clear view of our Redeemer,
of our Savior, of our Lord Jesus Christ, everyone who will have
a saving faith in him must realize God sent him and must not stumble
at either of his He's God and He's man. The first man is of the earth,
earthy. Who's the second man? The Lord
from heaven. And as we have borne the image
of the earthy, by His grace, we're going to bear the image
of the heavenly. And by that one man's sin, We
became sinners. By one man's sin, death passed
upon all men. By this one man's righteousness,
we become children of God. And God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself. Not imputing their trespasses
unto them, but imputing their trespasses to Christ Jesus. who
was made sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made
the righteousness of God in him. That's our Savior, in God's name. Well, he came. But he said, I'm
coming back. Before he went to the cross and
paid our sin then, he said to his disciples, he said, let not
your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also
in me. I go to prepare a place for you.
What was he talking about, I go to prepare a place? I go to the
cross. I go to the tomb. I go to the Father and prepare
for you a place. And when I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again. I will come again. I will. Job talked about that. The worms
destroy this body, yet in my flesh I'll see my God, because
I know my Redeemer liveth, and he'll stand on this earth in
the latter day, and I shall see him myself." Christ is coming
back. Our Lord came once, died on that
cross, buried and rose again, went back to the Father. He's
coming again. When he led his disciples out
to Bethany on the bow of the hill, and lifted up his hands
and blessed them. And then after he had blessed
them, the scripture said he was taken up into heaven. And they
watched him go. And then two men stood by them
in white apparel and said to them, ye men of Galilee, why
do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, this same Jesus,
that's over and over again in the book of Acts. It uses that
term, this same Jesus, not another. That's what Job said, not another,
see Him. This same Jesus. Peter said this
same Jesus whom you crucified, God has made both Lord and Christ.
This same Jesus. And that's what these angels
said, this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
will one day so come in like manner as you've seen Him go.
He's coming back just like he went away. The same Jesus is
coming back. It's going to be for a different
reason. And you look at chapter 64 a
minute now, 63 I mean, chapter 63. Here in chapter 63 verse
4, the day of vengeance is in my heart. Not redemption, the
day of vengeance. not to come as a lamb to die
the day of vengeance as a judge to judge. And the year of my
redemption, my redeem, my people, when they be raised from the
grave and taken to glory, this same Jesus, the shout of the
archangel, the trumpet of God of sound, and Christ shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, the
day in Christ will rise, We which are alive and remain shall be
chained and caught up together with them to meet the Lord in
the air. That's the second coming. That's exactly what we have in
these nine or ten verses. We have two comings. Who is this
that comes from Edom with his garment stained with blood? This is Christ. Who is this that
came the first time? To shed his blood, and his garments
be stained, not with their blood, but his own blood, is Christ,
King Christ. And that's what this is about.
Let's look back here at chapter 62 now, those three verses that
Brother Bob read. And I want you to hold Isaiah
63, and then I want you to turn back to Isaiah 40. Just hold
those two places. I read you about John the Baptist's
ministry. And he says here, now let's look
at chapter 62, verse 10. Chapter 62, verse 10. Go through,
go through the gates, out into the wilderness, city and town,
all the place, prepare ye the way of the people, prepare ye
the way of the Lord. Cast up, cast up the highway,
gather out the stones, lift up a standard, lift up a gospel. Now back to Isaiah 40. Verse
3, the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare you
the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a
highway for our God. Isn't that what we just read?
Every valley shall be exalted, every stone shall be rooted up,
every hill shall be made low, the crooked made straight, and
the rough places plain, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.
And all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord is
spoken in. That's John the Baptist talking about his first coming.
Right there, verse 10. Verse 10. Now look at verse 11
in 62. Let's read it. Behold, the Lord
hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter
of Zion, Behold, your salvation is coming. Behold, his reward
is with him, and his work before him. Isaiah 40, verse 9. O Zion, bring its good tidings,
get up to the mountain, the high mountain. O Jerusalem, bring
its good tidings, lift up your voice, lift it up now, be not
afraid. Say unto the cities of Judah,
Behold your God, behold the Lord, God will come with strong hand,
and his arm will his rewards with him, his works before him. This is John coming before Christ,
before the baby born in the manger, before the man Christ Jesus,
took upon himself human nature. John came to prepare the way
of the Lord, the high way of our God. Lift up a standard.
Lift up a standard. Lift up a gospel. Declare all
of the types and promises fulfilled in this person. That's what we're
talking about here. Now we'll go over to Psalm 62
again now. Verse 11 says, Behold the Lord
hath proclaimed unto the world, Say ye to the daughters of Zion,
Thy salvation cometh, the messenger, the covenant cometh, the redeemer
cometh. Behold, his reward's with him,
his work's before him. His work's going to be accomplished.
I finished the work you gave me to do. But he had to come
to this earth to finish that work. And that's what John's
telling us. He's coming to, got a work to
do, work to perform, his reward's with him. He's the reward. Who's
it for? Well, look at verse 12. And they shall call them the
holy people. Here's four ways in which his
elect, his sheep, his church, Zion, identified their holy people. They're not holy in themselves.
He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.
that we should be holy. And before him in love, he predestinated
us to be conformed to the image of his son. He's our holiness. He's made unto us wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption. Christ is our righteousness.
They're holy people. They're holy people. All right,
look secondly. They're the redeemed of the Lord. How are they redeemed? Well, we know we're not redeemed
with corruptible things such as silver and gold for my vain
conversation received by tradition for my fathers, but with the
precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot.
That's how we're redeemed. Having forgiveness of sin, redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sin. Redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of sin. They're holy people. They are
the redeemed people. I look next, and they shall be
called sought out. Sought out. He seeks them and
finds them. He said, the other sheep I have
which are not of this foal, them I must bring, and they'll hear
my voice, and they'll follow me, and there'll be one foal,
one shepherd. We're the call of Christ Jesus. We're sought
out. Whom he foreknew, he predestinated
to be conformed to the image of his Son. Whom he predestinated,
he called. Whom he called, he justified.
Whom he justified, he glorified. What else does it say about,
they're a city not forsaken. A city not forsaken. You'll love
this passage over here in Psalm, I beg your pardon, in Isaiah
62, it's verse 4. This is us. Here we are. In verse 3 it says, Thou shalt
also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, a royal diadem
in the hand of thy God, and thou shalt no more be termed forsaken,
neither shall thy land any more be termed desolate. But thou
shalt be called Hephzibah. Hephzibah. What's that mean?
My delights in her. And Beulah. You know what the
word Beulah land means? Married. That's what Beulah means.
Married. Married to whom? Married to the
Lord. That's right. For the Lord delighteth in you,
and you shall be married. That's right. He said you're
not going to... They are holy people. They're the redeemed
of the Lord. They're sought out. He'll find
them. He'll go into the highways and
the hedges and the byways and wherever, but he'll find them.
He'll find them with his gospel, and they'll hear that gospel,
and they'll believe that gospel, and they'll be married to the
Lord. No matter where they came from or what they were, they'll
never be forsaken, never be zealot. Don't try to pronounce this anymore,
I'm trying my best. Hepzibah. But I know I can pronounce
Beulah Land. Beulah Land. The Lord delights
in you. Why would he delight in me? Because
I'm in Christ. That's the reason he delights
in me. I'm in Christ. He's always delighted in us.
That's right. Our members were written in his
book before there were any of them. And we're married to Christ. And he said, you husbands love
your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it,
that he might make it without spot or blemish or any such thing. That's right. Well, he did come,
didn't he? And that's what he did. All right,
chapter 63, now we just finished those three verses. John the
Baptist ministering, John the Baptist the forerunner, John
the Baptist announcing Christ is coming, Christ came, loved
us, died for us, redeemed us, went back to glory. He's coming
back. Now then, who is this? Who is this that's coming from
Edom? What does Edom mean? Well, it means red, R-E-D, that's
just red. And Edom is where Esau lived,
Esau, of whom God said, I hate him. He said there'd be two people
in that room, Jacob ever loved and Esau ever hated. And Esau's
called Edom, red. Now turn to Genesis 25. Genesis
25, verse 25. Here's the first thing we read
about Mr. Esau. It says in Genesis 25,
you got with me? Genesis 25, verse 25. Here we
go. And verse 24 says, When her days to be delivered
were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb, and the
first came out red, all over like a hairy garment, and they
called his name Esau. Now look down at verse 29, Genesis
25, 29. And Jacob sawed porridge, that's
boiling stew of vegetables and meat, And Esau came from the
field, and he was faint. Esau said to Jacob, Feed me,
I pray thee, with that same red pottage, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called
Edom. Who is this coming from Edom?
Who is this coming from victory over his enemies? Who is this
coming from Bosia, that's the town in Edom, that's where the
Edomites live? These words are used, Edom, red,
identified with Esau, identified with all who hate the birthright. And Bozra is a town in Edom. It's used symbolically as Babylon
is used through the Old Testament. Babylon refers to any city that's
an evil city. That's Babylon, Babylon, Babylon.
Moab is used for anything that's vile or abominable in God's sight. So here he comes. Who is this
coming from Edom? From a conflict with his enemies.
Those who hate him. Salaam. Who is this? Well, let's see what it says
about him. It says he is glorious in his apparel. He didn't need a forerunner.
Here he comes, and he's glorious in his apparel. Well, let's read
about that apparel over here in Revelation chapter 1. Let's read about it. John saw him on the Isle of Patmos
in this apparel. In Revelation chapter 1. And verse 11 says, John says,
I turned to see the voice that spake with me, and being turned,
I saw seven golden candlesticks. Revelation 1, 13, in the midst
of the seven candlesticks, one like the Son of Man. Son of God,
Son of Man. Clothed with a garment down to
the foot, girded about the pep with a golden girdle. His head
and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his
eyes as a flame of fire. His feet, like unto fine brass,
as they burned in a furnace. His voice as the sound of many
waters. And he had in his right hand
seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword.
And his countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as a dead man. And he
laid his hand on me and said, Fear not, I am the first and
the last. I am he that liveth with death. And behold, I am
alive forevermore. I am the keys of hell and death.
And here he comes. Here he comes, glorious in his
apparel. And that's not all he says about
it. And he's traveling in the greatness of his strength. I'll
turn to Revelation chapter 19. Let's see what this strength
is, this traveling in the greatness of his strength. He said in Revelation
19, verse 11, And I saw heaven opened, behold, a white horse,
and he that sat upon it was called Faithful and True. And in righteousness
does he make war, and judge and make war." That's what he's coming
for. His eyes is a flame of fire, and his head are many crowns.
He has a name written that no man knew but himself. He's clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word
of God. And the armies which in heaven
followed him upon white horses' clothing fine linen, white and
clean, out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, that
with it he should smite the nation. And he'll rule with a rod of
iron, and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath
of God. Remember that now, he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God. And he had
on his vesture and on his star name, King of Kings and Lord
of Lords. That's who he is. What is this coming from the
camp of the enemy? While he's garments of glorious,
traveling in his strength. See what else he said? He said,
I speak in righteousness. I declare the end from the beginning.
Look at Isaiah, Isaiah 45. Let's look at this over here.
I speak in righteousness. Everything I say will be accomplished. It will be done. I speak faithfully. Here in Isaiah 45, let's look
at this over here. Isaiah 45, verse 19. Here he is. He said in Isaiah
45, 19, I've not spoken in secret in the dark places of the earth.
Hey, turn your ear this way. This is the Lord talking here.
I don't speak in secret places. I said to the seed, I said not
to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye in vain. I, the Lord, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Things that are right. Write it down. I'm a just God
and a Savior. I declare from ancient times
the things that are not yet done. That's my name. That's who I
am. Well, let's see what else he
says about him. He comes glorious in his apparel, traveling in
the greatness of his strength. I speak in righteousness, and
bless your heart, I might as a saint." Next time you hear a preacher
say, the Lord's done all he can do, fella, for you, you just
have to kind of let him do what he has his way, I might as a
saint. Mighty to say, that's what he
said over there. Let me just read you some of
this. Oh, that your eyes of your understanding be enlightened,
that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of the
glory of His inheritance, what is exceeding greatness of His
power to us who believe according to the working of His mighty
power, which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead
and set Him at His right hand in heavenly places. Who is this
coming from Edom, from Bozrah? It's the risen, exalted, redeemer,
Jesus Christ. But look at the next verse. Wherefore art thou red in thy
apparel, while your garments stain, like one who's been trampling
out the The master of the house doesn't
usually trample out the grapes, it's some underling. But here's
the master, and his garments are stained with blood. Stained with blood. Well, on that Mount of Transfiguration,
Moses and Elijah appeared and talked to him, and the disciples
saw him in his glory. His garments were stained with
blood. They were white and glistening
in glory. But then he went to the soldiers,
and they whipped him, scourged him,
and the blood ran all over his garments. And he put crown of
thorns on his brow, and he ran on his... His garments then were
stained with his own blood, which he shed for the remission of
our sins. But when he led his disciples out there by Bethany's
hillside and raised his hand to bless them, you don't reckon
they were stained then, do you? No. The scars were there. But that garment was white and
blistering, and he went to glory. Now here he's come back. And
they said, well how come this glorious apparel? I tell you
what, look at verse 3. I have trodden the winepress alone. And of the people, there was
none with me. When he came down here to save
us, there was nobody with him then. And when he comes down
here to deal with this rebellious, evil, wicked generation, nobody's
going to be with him then. All judgment's in the hands of
the Son. Read on. And I will tread them in my anger
like a person stomps the grapes. I'll trample them in my fury,
and their blood shall be sprinkled on my garments. And I will stain all my raiment
because the day of vengeance is here. The day of vengeance
is in my heart. The day of vengeance, the full
vengeance of God falling upon this generation of evil people. That's right, this is the day
of vengeance, but at the same time, It's the year of the redeemed. It's coming. That's what he talked
about over here in Romans chapter 8. His second coming is going
to be a day of gladness for us, a day of sorrow. They look upon
him whom they pierced and mourn as one mourned for an only son. But Romans chapter 8 verse Verse 20, you find it here, it's verse 20, 21. Let's start with 21. Because
the creature itself shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
We know the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together
until now. Not only they, But ourselves
also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we groan
within ourselves, waiting, waiting, waiting for the adoption, what?
The redemption of the body. That's what it is. And that's
what that chapter is. That's our Lord coming in his
second coming to redeem all of his elect out of the graves.
and to deal with sinners in judgment. And why is there none to help
him? Well, here's what one fellow said about verse 5. And I looked,
and there was none to help. And I wondered there was none
to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought
salvation unto me, and my fury did upheld me. The fellow said
this, here on earth when he came to save his people, there was
none in heaven or earth or under the earth who could assist him,
only the Father. So in his resurrection and glory
and the destruction of all evil and all enemies, it'll be his
work alone. He's the only one that can handle
it, because the Father gave it to him. But as Bob read, I want
to read the rest of this now. Verse 6 says, I'll tread down
the people in my anger, I'll make them drunk in my fury. Vengeance
is mine, I'll replace saith the Lord, I'll bring down their strength
to the earth. But I'm going to mention now
the loving kindness of the Lord and the praises of the Lord according
to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us. and the great goodness
toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercy, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindness. For he said, Surely they are
my people, children that will not lie. So he was their Savior. And in all their affliction he
was afflicted. And the angel of his presence
saved them in love In pity, his pity, he redeemed them and he
buried them and carried them all the days of old. That's what that is all about.
That's it. That's it. Came to redeem us. Coming back to judge. But bless
your heart when he judges Edom and the Edomites and the Bozerites.
Babylon's and he's gonna receive us. I hope that's a blessing to you.