Jesus The Christ, Prophet, Priest, And King.

Matthew 1:16 “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”

As we take time to look at this wonderful passage of scripture we want to notice the Jesus is the Christ, His name was not Jesus Christ it was Jesus The Christ or God with us and the Anointed One. The name Jesus was not an uncommon name among the Jews and being anointed was not uncommon of the Jews. But this Jesus was different He is The Christ or the Messiah or God Incarnate. He is the One sent from God the Father to give His life on the cross for our sins that we might have eternal life. No other Jesus, Prophet, Priest, or King had this ability outside of Jesus The Christ.

In verse 23 it says “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” This was the biggest clue God gave mankind, that Mary would be the mother of Jesus The Christ. If we will remember God foretold in Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” This is one of a kind of clue that was overlooked by the Jews and the world because they were not looking for their Saviour just as the world is not looking for His return.

Notice in verse 21 “…thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Who are his people? Not all of the people of the world neither did He die for all of the people of the world, but rather a small number or small as compared to the number that have been born compared to the number that are saved. There is no doubt that salvation is limited to a certain number because it is clearly told in God’s word. Let us notice in John 17:6 “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.” There is no doubt that before the world was created God chose a certain number of souls that would be saved and in the “eternal agreement or covenant” made before the foundation of the world the Father gave the Son this number of souls as a gift and these are the one’s Jesus died for on the cross. These people recognize who Jesus is and praise His name as the Saviour of mankind. We do not use His name as a swear word as most of mankind does but we hold it in reverence, because to us Christians it has a blessed meaning to it.

So to us who know Jesus The Christ as our Saviour understand that He died for our sins, and through His blood we have eternal forgiveness of our sins. No other name given among mankind has ever had this ability. Only Jesus The Christ could have died because it is He who lived the law to the fullest and it was He that shed His blood on the cross. No other sacrifice would ever have worked because God only accepts perfection and He was the perfect sacrifice of justification. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world before man or sin was ever created.

Let us together lift up His name above every other name and praise Him for His glorious gift of salvation that He has given to us the elect of the Father. Psalms 69:30 “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. “