Kingship of Christ in the Gospels

Driving home: Jesus of Nazareth is king of Israel, who sits upon David's throne as the continuation of the Davidic dynasty.

Martin uses the example of the Stuart dynasty to explain that a dynasty ceases when the family no longer rules, contrasting it with God's promise that David's dynasty would be perpetuated through a ruling seed.

Now you see, a dynasty is a ruling family that exists as long as that family rules. And when the member of that family no longer rules, we say that was the end of the Stuart dynasty in England. When the Stuarts no longer reigned, they may have continued to have children, but there was no dynasty. Well, the Old Testament predictions were very clear that David's seed would not merely be perpetuated as a family tree.

14:42 - 15:15 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin directly challenges the dispensational view (e.g., Schofield Bible) that Christ's Davidic kingship is postponed until His second coming. He asserts there is no exegetical…

Martin quotes the Schofield Bible's introduction to the Gospels, which posits that the Davidic covenant of blessing through power awaits Christ's second coming, using it as a point of theological correction.

upon the earth for a thousand years and then that will end. You say would anyone dare to teach that? That has been taught that has been believed and that position is being violently defended by those who see increasingly serious questions cast over it. I read this morning on page 990 of the Schofield Bible in the introduction to the Gospels and I do not do this to be nasty to be unkind to throw stones but to give a word of corrective that bears upon the glory of Christ.

25:35 - 26:15 Read in full sermon

Driving home: They see a humble little Jewish boy in a Palestinian dwelling and they prostrate themselves and they are under spiritual worship. Why? Because the same God who had implanted that hope in their hearts through the Scriptur…

Martin describes Matthew's account of the Magi as a 'marvelous stroke of genius' for highlighting Gentile worship of Christ, which challenges Jewish expectations and fulfills Old Testament prophecy.

the kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall render tribute the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts yea all kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him and here God as it were in this marvelous stroke of genius by Matthew and James who filled the Israel's hope is Israel's hope and if Gentiles ever become a part of it it will be so insignificant as not to be accounted and the first record of anyone paying homage to their king is not Jews it's Gentiles from afar who come into a humble Palestinian dwelling and they look upon an ordinary little Jewish boy and what do they se...

37:50 - 38:49 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Concluding with John 1:43-49, Martin analyzes Nathanael's confession, 'Thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel,' and Jesus' acceptance of it. He explains that Nathanael…

Martin alludes to the common understanding of 'under the fig tree' as a place of private prayer and meditation, using it to emphasize Jesus' supernatural knowledge of Nathanael's inner spiritual life.

Jesus answered and said unto him before Philip called thee when thou wast under the fig tree I saw thee and oh how I must resist the temptation to open up what that under the fig tree might be but I will resist the temptation. But he said I saw thee I saw thee and in that sight I knew all that you were Nathanael you thought you were shut up in the privacy of the intercourse of your own heart with God feeding the springs of a guileless spirit by prayer and meditation but I saw thee I beheld you I beheld you I saw you Nathanael answered him Rabbi thou art the Son of God thou art King of Israel a...

45:25 - 46:52 Read in full sermon