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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,'1-');">Isa 11</a> - The Branch and Root of Jesse</h2>
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<p><span>A. The character of the King.</span></p>
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<p class="c1"><span>1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,1);">1</a>) A stem sprouts forth from the stump of Jesse.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <a onclick="return mV('Isa',10,'33-34');">Isa 10:33-34</a> left with the idea of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> chopping down the proud as if they were mighty trees. Now, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> is looking over the stumps, and causes <b><span class="c3">a Branch</span></b></span> to grow out of one of them, the root of the family of Jesse, David's father.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Indeed, Jesus did come from the <i>stump</i> of Jesse. The royal authority of the house of David had lain dormant for 600 years when Jesus came as King and Messiah. When Jesus came forth, it was like a new green <b><span class="c3">Branch</span></b> coming from an apparently dead stump.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. The <span class="c6">Lord</span> wanted Judah to know that even though the Assyrians and others would come and bring judgment, God would still use them and bring forth life from them. Even if they looked like a long-dead stump, God can bring forth life.</p>
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<p class="c5">iii. "We see a bare, withered tree stump, robbed of its trunk and top, and it looks as though the stump will never bear any fruit any more. But, a small shoot sprouts from the root of this dry stump which is the Davidic dynasty. Because of its unsightliness and misery, it is not named after David but after his father. When Christ was born, there was nothing royal about that dynasty. But a new shoot sprang from this old stem." (Bultema)</p>
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<p class="c4">b. In calling the Messiah <b><span class="c3">a Rod from the stem of Jesse</span></b>, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> is emphasizing the humble nature of the Messiah. Jesse was the much less famous father of King David. It is far more humble to say "from Jesse" than to say "from King David."</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,2);">2</a>) The spiritual empowerment of the Messiah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>The Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. The <i>Branch</i></span> that comes from the apparently dead stump isn't just barely alive. It is full of life, and full of the <b><span class="c3">Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b>. The Messiah has seven - the number of fullness and completion - aspects of the <b><span class="c3">Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. He has the <b><span class="c3">Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b>. It is not a false spirit or a deceiving spirit or even the spirit of a man. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b> God of Israel rests upon the Messiah. Once Jesus rebuked the disciples saying, <i>You do not know what manner of spirit you are of</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Luk',9,55);">Luk 9:55</a>). Jesus was of the <b><span class="c3">Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b>, and He knew it.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of wisdom</span></b> is upon the Messiah. Jesus is perfectly wise in all things. He showed it among us during his earthly ministry, and He shows it now in His ministry towards us in heaven. <a onclick="return mV('1Cr',1,30);">1Cr 1:30</a> says that Jesus <i>became for us wisdom from God</i>. It isn't just that Jesus <i>has</i> wisdom; He <i>is</i> wisdom!</p>
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<p class="c5">iii. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of...understanding</span></b> is upon Him. Jesus understands all things, and He understands us perfectly. He is perfectly suited to be our sympathetic High Priest in heaven (<a onclick="return mV('Hbr',4,'15-16');">Hbr 4:15-16</a>). <b><span class="c3">Understanding</span></b> in Hebrew has the idea of a sharp sense of smell. Trapp says it describes Jesus' "Sharpness of judgment in smelling out a hypocrite...His sharp nose easily discerneth and is offended with the stinking breath of the hypocrite's rotten lungs, though his words be never so scented and perfumed with shows of holiness."</p>
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<p class="c5">iv. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of counsel</span></b> is upon Jesus. He has perfect <b><span class="c3">counsel</span></b> to give us at all times. He has both the <b><span class="c3">wisdom</span></b> and the <b><span class="c3">understanding</span></b> to be a perfect counselor!</p>
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<p class="c5">v. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of...might</span></b> is upon Jesus. He has the power to do what He desires to do. Many would help us if they could, but are powerless. Others may have the power to help us, but don't care about us. Jesus has both the love and the <b><span class="c3">might</span></b> to help us.</p>
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<p class="c5">vi. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of knowledge</span></b> is upon Jesus. He knows everything. He knows our hearts, He knows all the facts. Many times we have made decisions that seemed strange or wrong to others because they didn't have the <b><span class="c3">knowledge</span></b> that we have. Jesus has <b><span class="c3">knowledge</span></b> that we don't have, so it shouldn't surprise us that sometimes His decisions seem strange or wrong to others.</p>
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<p class="c5">vii. The <b><span class="c3">Spirit of...the fear of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b> is upon Jesus. He willingly kept Himself in a place of submission, respect, and honor to God the Father.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>b. These seven aspects of the Spirit of God are not the only characteristics of the Holy Spirit. But they are grouped together in a "seven" to show the fullness and perfection of the Holy Spirit.</span></p>
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<p class="c5"><span>i. This passage is behind the term <i>the sevenfold Spirit of God</i> used in <a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,4);">Rev 1:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,1);">3:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',3,5);">4:5</a>, and <a onclick="return mV('Rev',5,6);">5:6</a>. It isn't that there are seven different spirits of God, rather the Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> has these characteristics, and He has them all in fullness and perfection.</span></p>
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<p class="c5"><span>ii. The seven-branched lampstand that held the oil lamps for the tabernacle is also an illustration of the seven aspects of the Holy Spirit. </span>"This candlestick had one stem in the center from which protruded three branches to the right and three to the left. Similarly, in this text, three pairs of the names of the Spirit are grouped around the central stem." (Bultema)</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>c. Jesus lived and ministered as a man filled with the Spirit of God. The <b><span class="c3">wisdom</span></b></span>, <b><span class="c3">understanding</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">counsel</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">might</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">knowledge</span></b>, and <b><span class="c3">fear of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b> Jesus displayed in His ministry flowed not from His "own" deity, but from His reliance on the Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> who filled Him.</p>
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<p class="c5"><span>i. In His "own" deity, Jesus had all these attributes from eternity. But when He emptied Himself at the incarnation, he allowed the Holy Spirit to fill Him as a man, being an eternal example <i>to</i> us and a sympathizer <i>with</i> us.</span></p>
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<p class="c5"><span>ii. Jesus displayed the fruit of the Spirit to the uttermost, because He was a perfect vessel. Jesus received the Spirit without measure (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,34);">Jhn 3:34</a>).</span></p>
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<p class="c5"><span>iii. There seems to have been times when Jesus did operate beyond what a Spirit-filled man could do, such as when He was transfigured or when He performed some of His miracles over nature. But certainly, Jesus fought all His battles as a man filled with the Holy Spirit.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>d. These seven characteristics describe the nature of the <b><span class="c3">Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b></span>. They also describe the nature of Jesus. There is no difference between the nature of Jesus and the nature of the Holy Spirit. When we see Jesus, we see the Father (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',14,9);">Jhn 14:9</a>). When we see the Spirit of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> at work, it should look like the ministry and the nature of Jesus.</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>3. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,'3-5');">3-5</a>) The perfect character of the Messiah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>His delight <i>is</i> in the fear of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears; but with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, and faithfulness the belt of His waist.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">His delight is in the fear of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b></span>: Nothing pleased Jesus more than doing the will of His Father. <i>My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work</i>. (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',4,34);">Jhn 4:34</a>)</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>b. <b><span class="c3">With righteousness He shall judge</span></b></span>: Jesus did not rely on outward appearance, or by the mere words that someone said. He judged with <b><span class="c3">righteousness</span></b>. He didn't cheat the poor justice, and if the poor and the weak are given justice, then all will be.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth</span></b>: The mere words of Jesus have the power to judge the wicked. He only has to announce a judgment and it is done.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Bultema quotes Dr. V. Hepp on <b><span class="c3">with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked</span></b>: "From of old, the Rabbis have adhered to the first interpretation and seen in this wicked (one)...the Jewish Antichrist...this prediction of the wicked (one) may be unhesitatingly applied to the Antichrist." Dr. V. Hepp makes this remark in light of <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,8);">2Th 2:8</a>: <i>And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming</i>.</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><span class="c3">Righteousness</span></b> and <b><span class="c3">justice</span></b> are so close to Jesus they are like belts around His waist. Everything He does is touched by His <b><span class="c3">righteousness</span></b> and <b><span class="c3">justice</span></b>.</p>
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<p><span>B. The glorious reign of the King.</span></p>
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<p class="c1"><span>1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,'6-9');">6-9</a>) The new ecology of the reign of the Messiah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> as the waters cover the sea.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">The wolf also dwell with the lamb</span></b></span>: When the Messiah reigns, nature will be transformed. No longer will there be predators among the animals, and seemingly all animals will be only herbivores (<b><span class="c3">the cow and the bear shall graze...the lion shall eat straw like the ox</span></b>).</p>
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<p class="c5">i. <a onclick="return mV('Rom',8,'19-22');">Rom 8:19-22</a> says: <i>The earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now</i>. Nature is waiting for the transformation that will come when the Messiah reigns and believers are glorified.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">And a little child shall lead them</span></b>: Not only will the way animals relate to each other be changed, but the way they relate to humans will be changed. <b><span class="c3">A little child</span></b> will be safe and able to lead a <b><span class="c3">wolf</span></b> or a <b><span class="c3">leopard</span></b> or a <b><span class="c3">young lion</span></b> or a <b><span class="c3">bear</span></b>. Even the danger of predators like cobras and vipers will be gone.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. In <a onclick="return mV('Gen',9,'2-3');">Gen 9:2-3</a>, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> gave Noah, and all mankind after him, the permission to eat meat. At the same time, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> put the <i>dread</i> of man in animals, so they would not be effortless prey for humans. Now, in the reign of the Messiah, that is reversed. For this reason, many think that in the reign of the Messiah, the Millennium, humans will return to being vegetarians, as it seems they were before <a onclick="return mV('Gen',9,'2-3');">Gen 9:2-3</a>.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>c. <b><span class="c3">For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> as the waters cover the sea</span></b></span>: The <b><span class="c3">knowledge of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> - </span></b>in a relational sense, not merely an intellectual sense - will cover the entire earth. The Millennial reign of the Messiah will be glorious!</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,'10-12');">10-12</a>) The new Exodus of the Millennial reign of the Messiah</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>"And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner to the people; for the Gentiles shall seek Him, and His resting place shall be glorious." It shall come to pass in that day <i>that</i> the <span class="c6">Lord</span> shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush, from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the islands of the sea. He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">For the Gentiles will seek Him</span></b></span>: The glory of the reign of the Messiah will be not only for the Jew, but for the Gentile also. He <b><span class="c3">shall stand as a banner to the people</span></b>, lifted high to draw all peoples to Him.</p>
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<p class="c5"><span>i. </span>The banner was used before to call the nations to judgment against Israel (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',5,26);">Isa 5:26</a>). Now the banner calls the nations to the blessings of the Messiah.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>b. <b><span class="c3">The second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left</span></b></span>: In the reign of the Messiah, there will be another Exodus of the Jewish people, delivering them not only from Egypt, but from all nations where they have been <b><span class="c3">dispersed</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>3. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,'13-16');">13-16</a>) The peace of the reign of the Messiah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2"><span>Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; together they shall plunder the people of the East; they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the people of Ammon shall obey them. The <span class="c6">Lord</span> will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; with His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, and strike it in the seven streams, and make <i>men</i> cross over dry-shod. There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who will be left from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.</span></p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">Ephraim shall not envy Judah...Judah shall not harass Ephraim</span></b></span>: In the reign of the Messiah, the nations will not go to war any more. Conflicts will be justly and swiftly settled by the Messiah and His government. Disobedient nations (here, described as <b><span class="c3">the Philistines</span></b> and <b><span class="c3">Edom and Moab</span></b> and <b><span class="c3">the people of Ammon</span></b>, traditional enemies of Israel) will be punished.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">There will be a highway for the remnant of His people</span></b>: Any obstacle to the gathering of those dispersed among the nations will be taken away. Nothing can oppose the government of the Messiah!</p>
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