Lamb & King

By David Maas
{JESUS THE SON OF GOD}

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{THE LAMB}

  1. Exaltation of the Lamb - {PDF Copy} - (The exaltation of the lamb is based on his past Death and Resurrection, the immovable foundation of his present reign)
  2. Beginning of the Creation - (Revelation looks forward to the reign of Jesus in the New Creation, a reality inaugurated by his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Shepherd King - (The Lamb’s reign commenced with his death and resurrection, and since then, he has been shepherding the nations) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Worthy is the Lamb - {PDF Copy} - (The central figure of the book is the slain Lamb who alone is worthy to open the Sealed Scroll)
  5. The Lamb Overcomes Babylon - (The Lamb overcomes the Beast and Babylon because he is the “Lord of lords, and King of kings” – Revelation 17:14-18) - {PDF Copy}

{KING AND REALM}
  1. Anointed King and Son - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the anointed Son of God. From the start, his life is characterized by the empowering presence of the Spirit)
  2. Supremacy over the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (The faithful witness, Jesus, now reigns supreme over the kings of the earth and even his enemies)
  3. The Unsealed Book - The Time of Fulfillment - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus received royal authority to open the Sealed Scroll because of his past Sacrificial Death)
  4. Shepherding the Nations - {PDF Copy} (Jesus is the promised ruler from the line of David, the King who is shepherding the nations)
  5. The Restless Nations -{PDF Copy} - (In the New Testament, the conspiracy by the earth’s kings to unseat God's Son is applied to the plot to murder Jesus)

{HIS RETURN}
  1. Unlocking Prophecy - {PDF Copy} - (The interpretive key to understanding the book of Revelation is Jesus, the sacrificial Lamb)
  2. Final Note - {PDF Copy} - (The arrival of Jesus will mark the end of the present order and the commencement of the age to come and the New Creation)
  3. Coming on the Clouds - {PDF Copy} - (The whole earth will observe the “Son of Man” arriving on the clouds to gather his “elect” to himself –Mark 13:21-27)
  4. The Son of Man - {PDF Copy} - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man and his authority)

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