Category: Messiah

Empires, Kingdom, Nations, Politics

An Idolatrous Conceit

David R Maas

‘Christendom’ is the idolatrous term used to invoke God to support national and political institutions, programs, agendas, and ideologies.

The English term ‘Christendom’ in popular usage refers to “that part of the world in which Christianity prevails,” either because most of the nation’s citizens claim to be “Christian,” or because a specific church is recognized by the State as its official religion. That nation becomes identified as “Christian,” it is one of the “Christian nations” of the world as opposed to the less enlightened peoples and cultures of the planet.

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Kingdom, Messiah, Priestly Kingdom, Uncategorized

Christus Rex

David R Maas

The New Testament applies messianic promises from the Psalms to the present reign of Jesus. He is CHRIST THE KING!

Since his Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, Jesus has reigned as absolute sovereign over the Earth, indeed, over the Cosmos. He is seated on the Messianic Throne of David and rules from “Mount Zion” as promised. Because of his “obedience until death,” Christ is the “Ruler of the Kings of the Earth.” Before his Ascension, he declared, “I have all authority in Heaven and on Earth.” His present sovereignty is limitless.

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Messiah, Son of Man

The Son of Man

David R Maas

The one like the Son of Man in Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man and his royal authority.

The term “Son of Man” is the self-designation found most often on the lips of Jesus. It is derived from Daniel’s vision of the one “like a Son of Man” who received the “dominion and kingdom” from the “Ancient of Days.” All the tribes of the Earth will mourn when “they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of Heaven.”

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Kings of the Earth, Messiah, Son of God

The Conspiracy

David R Maas

The prophesied plot of the Earth’s kings to unseat God’s Son is applied by the New Testament to the conspiracy to destroy Jesus – Psalm 2:1-6.

The Second Psalm is a key Messianic passage applied to Jesus in the New Testament, but when were its predictions fulfilled, and is the Messiah reigning on David’s Throne now? Is the Church waiting for a future date for his accession to the Throne? What about the “revolt” of nations and kings against the “Anointed One”?

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