PT-4 “ARE YOU THE COMING ONE?

 

MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/18/2026 9:41 AM

PT-4 “ARE YOU THE COMING ONE?

I will continue quoting from John MacArthur’s sermon on this section (Luke 7:18-23).

On the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, a sacrifice was made and blood was sprinkled inside the Holy of Holies to atone for sin, the blood of the sacrificed animal.  That was just a picture of the final sacrifice, the true propitiation, the true hilastērion, the true covering for sin, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose substitutionary death satisfied God, and God met sinners at the mercy seat of the cross and forgave their sin because Jesus paid for it by His blood.

The Expected One is also the ultimate great High Priest pictured in Aaron and all the priests who mediated between men and God.  The Coming One is seen in all of the offerings of the book of Leviticus.  He is the true offering for sin, the true burnt offering, the sweet-smelling savor that rises to God and a sacrifice that pleases Him and atones for sin.  He is the ultimate offering who goes outside the camp and bears away the sin and reproach of sinners.  The Coming One is also pictured in the brazen serpent that was lifted up. You remember, when the snakes bit the people they were told, in Numbers 21, to raise up a serpent on a pole and everybody who looked would be healed. And that was a picture of the one who would be lifted up on a cross to whom sinners suffering guilt and judgment could look and be forgiven.  He is the Prophet of all prophets of Deuteronomy of which Moses wrote; that He would come and be perfectly faithful to the law of God and command people to obey the Word of God and He would warn those who didn't that they would be condemned.

All the judges and all the deliverers of Israel are humble illustrations of the Coming One who is the all-glorious Deliverer of His people.  The angel of the covenant who appeared to Joshua and to Gideon may well have been the Coming One in a pre-incarnate appearance.  And the man, Boaz, who was known in the book of Ruth as the kinsman redeemer who literally redeemed Ruth, taking her to himself in her destitution, is but a picture of the true Kinsman Redeemer who became one of us that He might rescue us from our deprivation.

You come into the historical books of Kings and Samuel, the Chronicles and you meet King David and King David is the great illustration of the Messiah because David is a shepherd king.  What a magnificent combination.  Therein you have the care and the tenderness, as well as the sovereignty and the authority is blended in David. But there is a greater Son of David, the Coming One, the Expected One who on a far greater scale is our Shepherd and our King.

When Solomon finished building the temple, the glory of God filled the temple but it was only a glimpse of the glory of God that came in the person of Jesus Christ who was full of grace and truth and we beheld His glory.

The Coming One is the Redeemer that Job said would live.  "I know," he said, "my Redeemer lives."  The Coming One is the theme of many of the psalms.  He is the King and Son of Psalm 2.  He is the resurrected one of Psalm 16.  He's the crucified one of Psalm 22.  And He is the Shepherd of Psalm 23.  And I could go on and on.

He is the personification, the living reality of the wisdom of the Proverbs.  He is the voice of truth crying in the streets.  And when you've gone through all of that, you come to the prophets and the prophets write so marvelously about Him.  Isaiah looked and saw Him as a great light who would shine on the people that walked in darkness.  And as he looked closer he saw that that light would come born of a virgin and it would be a child and a son.  And He would have the most amazing names, Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Eternal Father, and the Prince of Peace.  He would be a wonder of a counselor because He could perfectly diagnose the heart of every person and He knew the perfect cure for every issue.  He would be the Mighty God. That is He would be powerful, omnipotent to accomplish everything He desired in every soul.  That's why His name would be Emmanuel. Isaiah said His name would be Emmanuel which means in Hebrew, "God with us."  He would be everlasting Father, the eternal Protector, the eternal support and provider of His beloved.   He and the Father are one.  And He would be the Prince of Peace. The New Testament says He is our peace.

The prophet also saw that He would eventually sit on the throne of His father, David, and He would spread out the kingdom promised to Abraham and to David.  He would be born in the royal line and Jesus was. His genealogy proves it. In Luke and in Matthew it's recorded.  But, and probably what John didn't see, before the time of His glory there would be a time of humiliation.  The prophets saw it.  They said He would come. Isaiah said He would come as a shoot out of a stock of Jesse and that when He came there would be no comeliness and no beauty that we would desire Him.  And you get a glimpse of His poverty and His lowliness.  Micah says, for example, He would be born in a nondescript place called Bethlehem.   On the other hand, Isaiah saw the adoration of the magi.  Jeremiah prophesied that at the time the Messiah comes babies will be slaughtered, and they were by Herod.  Hosea prophesied in the 11th chapter of his prophecy that the family of the Messiah would have to flee to Egypt.  "Out of Egypt,” he said, “have I called My Son."  Isaiah writes of the meekness and gentleness of Christ, of the wisdom and knowledge which the Messiah would manifest through His life.  The psalmist said that He will be angry and zealous for the holiness of God and that the reproaches that have fallen on God and zeal for God's house would eat Him up, and that's what happened when He went into the temple.  He was eaten up by zeal for the house of God which should have been a house of prayer and He took a whip and cleaned it, right?  Just as the psalmist had said.  Isaiah said when He comes He'll preach good news to the meek, the humble, the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed, the brokenhearted, the captives.  He'll bring the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.  He'll turn mourning into joy.  And He did that for those who embraced His gospel.  Isaiah even pictured the sweet scene of the Good Shepherd blessing the little children. You remember when Jesus picked them up in His arms and blessed them?  Isaiah said, "He will gather the lambs in His arms and carry them in His bosom."  And Zechariah saw that there would be great rejoicing for a lowly king would enter Jerusalem riding on an ass's colt.  That's exactly how Jesus entered the city.  And you remember on that occasion little babies were praising Him, do you remember that?  Little children were praising Him and that's what Zechariah said and that's what the psalmist said in Psalm 8, "Out of the mouths of babes and suckling’s hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies and Thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger."

            It look’s like there will be one more SD from this sermon, and Lord willing I will do it this evening.

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