And the Government Will Be on His Shoulders Part 1

1. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and
the government will be on his shoulders.”
Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
HOPE

2. THIS ADVENT SEASON FINDS MANY OF US
IN A DARK MOOD AND HORRIBLY
DIVIDED

3. LONG AGO, GOD’S PEOPLE HAD LIVED IN A DARK,
HOPELESS, AND DIVIDED STATE FOR CENTURIES.

4. THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY IN THE PROMISED LAND,
THE JEWISH PEOPLE STRUGGLED WITH CONFLICT
AMONG THE TWELVES TRIBES.

5. THE SEEDS OF THEIR DARKNESS AND DIVISION HAD
BEEN PLANTED DURING JACOB’S TIME AS PATRIARCH.

6. GENESIS 37 - SEEDS OF DIVISION
2 Here is the story of the family line of Jacob.
Joseph was a young man. He was 17 years old. He
was taking care of the flocks with some of his
brothers. They were the sons of Bilhah and the
sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father Jacob.
Joseph brought their father a bad report about his
brothers.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other
sons. That’s because Joseph had been born to him
when he was old. Israel made him a beautiful robe.
4 Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him
more than any of them. So they hated Joseph. They
couldn’t even speak one kind word to him.
5 Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his
brothers, they hated him even more.

7. KING DAVID WAS ABLE TO UNITE ALL TWELVE TRIBES.
BUT SON ABSALOM MADE HIMSELF KING AND DREW
MANY ISRAELITES AWAY FROM HIS FATHER AND THE
TRIBE OF JUDAH.

8. EVENTUALLY THE PEOPLE OF THE
TEN NORTHERN TRIBES WOULD
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
TRIBES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN.
From the 10th - 6th Century BCE

9. Ahaz was twenty years old
when he succeeded his
father King Jotham to the
throne of Judea.
He was a weak and
idolatrous king.
Soon great troubles and
misfortunes fell upon the
land of Judah and King
Ahaz.
Israel’s King Pekah and
Aram’s King Rezin joined
forces to attack Jerusalem,
Judah’s capital.

10. King Pekah
of Israel
King Rezim
of Aram
King Ahaz
of Judah
King Tiglath-pileser
of Assyria
+

11. King Pekah
of Israel
King Rezim
of Aram
King Tiglath-pileser
of Assyria
+
King Ahaz
of Judah

12. ISAIAH 9:1 BUT THERE WON’T BE ANY MORE SADNESS FOR THOSE
WHO WERE SUFFERING. IN THE PAST THE LORD BROUGHT SHAME ON
THE LAND OF ZEBULUN. HE ALSO BROUGHT SHAME ON THE LAND OF
NAPHTALI. BUT IN DAYS TO COME HE WILL HONOR GALILEE, WHERE
PEOPLE FROM OTHER NATIONS LIVE. HE WILL HONOR THE LAND
ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. AND HE WILL HONOR THE
TERRITORY EAST OF THE JORDAN RIVER.

13. ISAIAH 9:2 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW LIVING IN
DARKNESS WILL SEE A GREAT LIGHT.
THEY ARE NOW LIVING IN A VERY DARK LAND. BUT A LIGHT
WILL SHINE ON THEM.

14. ISAIAH 9:3 LORD, YOU WILL MAKE OUR NATION LARGER. YOU WILL
INCREASE THEIR JOY. THEY WILL SHOW YOU HOW GLAD THEY ARE.
THEY WILL BE AS GLAD AS PEOPLE ARE AT HARVEST TIME.
THEY WILL BE AS GLAD AS WARRIORS ARE WHEN THEY SHARE THE
THINGS THEY’VE TAKEN AFTER A BATTLE.

15. ISAIAH 9:4 YOU SET ISRAEL FREE FROM MIDIAN LONG AGO. IN THE SAME
WAY, YOU WILL BREAK THE HEAVY YOKE THAT WEIGHS ISRAEL DOWN.
YOU WILL BREAK THE WOODEN BEAMS THAT ARE ON THEIR SHOULDERS.
YOU WILL BREAK THE RODS OF THOSE WHO STRIKE THEM DOWN.

16. ISAIAH 9:5 EVERY FIGHTING MAN’S BOOT THAT HE WORE IN BATTLE
WILL BE BURNED UP.
SO WILL EVERY PIECE OF CLOTHING COVERED WITH BLOOD.
ALL OF THEM WILL BE THROWN INTO THE FIRE.

17. ISAIAH 9:6 A CHILD WILL BE BORN TO US. A SON WILL BE
GIVEN TO US. HE WILL RULE OVER US. AND HE WILL BE
CALLED WONDERFUL ADVISER AND MIGHTY GOD.
HE WILL ALSO BE CALLED FATHER WHO LIVES FOREVER
AND PRINCE WHO BRINGS PEACE.

18. ISAIAH 9:7 THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT TO HOW GREAT HIS
AUTHORITY IS. THE PEACE HE BRINGS WILL NEVER END.
HE WILL RULE ON DAVID’S THRONE AND OVER HIS
KINGDOM. HE WILL MAKE THE KINGDOM STRONG AND
SECURE.

19. ISAIAH 9:7 HIS RULE WILL BE BASED ON WHAT IS FAIR AND
RIGHT. IT WILL LAST FOREVER.
THE LORD’S GREAT LOVE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
HE RULES OVER ALL.

20. FAITH IN OUR RULERS OR
FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS
THE KING OF KINGS AND
RULER OF ALL?

21. WHY WOULD
YAHWEH
CHOOSE A
BABY
TO DELIVER
HIS PEOPLE?
14 The Lord himself will give you a sign. The virgin
is going to have a baby. She will give birth to a son.
And he will be called Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 (NIV)
HOPE

22. YAHWEH’S USUAL
PRACTICE IS TO USE AS
HIS INSTRUMENT
SOMEONE WHO HAS
NOTHING TO OFFER EXCEPT
YAHWEH’S
BLESSING

23. learning to hope while waiting

24. HOPE725 more years
WONDERFUL
COUNSELOR
MIGHTYGOD
PRINCEOF
PEACE

25. “AND THEN, JUST WHEN EVERYTHING IS
BEARING DOWN ON US TO SUCH AN
EXTENT THAT WE CAN SCARCELY
WITHSTAND IT, THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
COMES TO TELL US THAT ALL OUR IDEAS
ARE WRONG, AND THAT WHAT WE TAKE TO
BE EVIL AND DARK IS REALLY GOOD AND
LIGHT BECAUSE IT COMES FROM GOD.
OUR EYES ARE AT FAULT, THAT IS ALL…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is In the Manger
HOPE

26. Rev. Dietrich Boenhoeffer (1906 -1945)
Pastor | Theologian | Anti-Nazi dissident | Prison & Camp | Plotted to kill Hitler | Hung
WONDERFULCOUNSELOR
MIGHTYGOD
PRINCEOFPEACE

27. “...GOD IS IN THE MANGER, WEALTH
IN POVERTY, LIGHT IN DARKNESS,
SUCCOR IN ABANDONMENT. NO EVIL
CAN BEFALL US; WHATEVER MEN
MAY DO TO US, THEY CANNOT BUT
SERVE THE GOD WHO IS SECRETLY
REVEALED AS LOVE AND RULES THE
WORLD AND OUR LIVES.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is In the Manger
HOPE

28. “THE MYSTERIOUS, INVISIBLE
AUTHORITY OF THE DIVINE CHILD
OVER HUMAN HEARTS IS MORE
SOLIDLY GROUNDED THEN THE
VISIBLE AND RESPLENDENT POWER
OF EARTHLY RULERS. ULTIMATELY
ALL AUTHORITY ON EARTH MUST
SERVE ONLY THE AUTHORITY OF
JESUS CHRIST OVER HUMANKIND.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is In the Manger
HOPE