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Thy Kingdom Come
Psalm 2, Isaiah 2, Daniel 2
and Joel 2 point to Acts 2
Psalm 2
Outline of Psalm 2
V. 1-3 presents the view and deeds of the
heathen to the Lord and His Anointed.
V. 4-6 outline the attitude and actions of
the Lord.
V. 7-9 anointed Son speaks, outlining His
claims and credentials.
V. 10-12 narrator’s instructions and
warning
Psalm 2
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth
set themselves,
And the rulers take
counsel together,
Against the LORD and
against His
Anointed, saying,
The Anointed of Psalm
2:2 is identified as
Jesus.
Acts 4:23-28
Psalm 2
Psalm 2:6
“Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of
Zion.”
The King of Psalm 2:6
is Jesus.
Acts 2:29-36
Psalm 2
Psalm 2:7
“I will declare the
decree:
The LORD has said to
Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have
begotten You.
The Son is Jesus, the
King and Christ.
Acts 13:27-33
Psalm 2
The Son would send
forth His decree, or law
(Psalm 2:7)
The decree of 2:7 is the
law of Isaiah 2:3:
Many people shall come and say,
“I will declare the
decree:
The LORD has said to
Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten
You.
“ Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD,
To the house of the God of
Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His
paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth
the law,
And the word of the LORD
from Jerusalem.
Psalm 2
The decree of 2:7 is the law of Isaiah 2:3
Which is the gospel of Acts 2, the word of
the Lord that began to be preached unto all
nations beginning at Jerusalem.
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Luke 24:47-49
Luke 24:47-49
and that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name to all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And
you are witnesses of these things. 49
Behold, I send the Promise of My Father
upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem
until you are endued with power from on
high.”
Psalm 2
The decree of 2:7 is the law of Isaiah 2:3
Which is the gospel of Acts 2, the word of
the Lord that began to be preached unto
all nations beginning at Jerusalem.
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Luke 24:47-49
Acts 1:4-8, 2:1-5
Psalm 2
Jesus is called the Messiah, the Son of God, the
King of Israel.
John 1:41 He first found his own brother Simon,
and said to him, “We have found the Messiah”
(which is translated, the Christ).
John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said to
Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are
the King of Israel!”
Psalm 2
Jesus is called the Messiah, the Son of God, the
King of Israel.
Confirmed by the Hebrew writer
1:5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:
“ You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?
And again:
“ I will be to Him a Father,
And He shall be to Me a Son”?
Psalm 2
Jesus is called the Messiah, the Son of God, the
King of Israel.
Confirmed by the Hebrew writer
1:8 But to the Son He says:
“ Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of
Your kingdom.
Psalm 2
Jesus is called the Messiah, the Son of God, the
King of Israel.
Confirmed by the Hebrew writer
1:13 But to which of the angels has He ever said:
“ Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?
2:9 But we see Jesus…
Psalm 2
The Kingdom is the church.
Matthew 16:18-19 And I also say to you that
you are Peter, and on this rock I will build
My church, and the gates of Hades shall
not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you
the keys of the kingdom of heaven,…
Psalm 2
Psalm 2 points to Acts 2, where Jesus, who
is both Lord and Christ, is said to be sitting
at the right hand of God on the throne of
David.
Acts 2:29-36
Isaiah 2:1-3
When?
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem.
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the LORD’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
What?
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
“ Come, and let us go up to the mountain Who?
of the LORD,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
Where?
And we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2
When? – The Last Days
Joel 2 speaks of the last days.
Peter says by the Spirit that things to happen in the
last days were then happening.
Acts 2:16-17
But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 ‘ And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
Isaiah 2
When? – The Last Days
Acts 3:24-26 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel
and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have
also foretold these days. 25 You are sons of the
prophets, and of the covenant which God made with
our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all
the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 To you
first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent
Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you
from your iniquities.”
Isaiah 2
These days are called the beginning of the time that
repentance and remission of sins began to be
preached in the name of Jesus.
Luke 24:46-47 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written,
and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and
to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached
in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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Acts 2:38
Acts 11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon
them, as upon us at the beginning.
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established
and exalted.
Daniel 9:16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your
anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy
mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.
Joel 3:17 “ So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
Zechariah 8:3 “Thus says the LORD:
‘ I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.’
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established
and exalted.
Mountain is used in other places to describe earthly
governments
Jeremiah 51:24-25 “ And I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.
25 “ Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the LORD.
“ And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
And make you a burnt mountain.
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established and exalted.
It is the rule of God through Christ in the
kingdom, the church.
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Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory
and the express image of His person, and
upholding all things by the word of His power, when
He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the
right hand of the Majesty on high,
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established and exalted.
It is the rule of God through Christ in the
kingdom, the church.
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Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son He says:
“ Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of
Your kingdom.
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established and exalted.
The Lord’s house is the church
1 Timothy 3:15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you
may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the
house of God, which is the church of the living
God,…
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established and exalted.
It is a spiritual house
1 Peter 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built
up a spiritual house,…
John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of
this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my
servants would have been fighting, that I might not
be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is
not from the world.”
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established and exalted.
It is a spiritual house comprised of Christians.
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Hebrews 3:6 but Christ as a Son over His own
house, whose house we are if we hold fast the
confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the
end.
Isaiah 2
What? - The mountain of the Lord’s house shall
be established and exalted.
We are His kingdom, His house, the church
over which He rules.
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Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all things under His
feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the
church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him
who fills all in all.
Isaiah 2
Who will come to God’s house?
All nations
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Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of
all the nations,
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say,
“Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And
let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely.
Isaiah 2
Who will come to God’s house?
All nations
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Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the LORD
Shall be saved.’
Acts 2:38-39, Mark 16:15-16
Isaiah 2
Where was this to commence? From Jerusalem
Luke 24:47 and that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name to all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
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Thus the command to wait in Jerusalem. Luke 24:49, Acts
1:4
Men from every nation were there
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Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout
men, from every nation under heaven.
Isaiah 2
v. 3 He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
The law, the word of the Lord, is the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 2
The gospel is the law that was to go forth.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it
is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has
made me free from the law of sin and death.
James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and
continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the
work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
Isaiah 2
We are governed by the law of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:21 To those outside the law I
became as one outside the law (not being
outside the law of God but under the law of
Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so
fulfill the law of Christ.
Isaiah 2
Isaiah 2 fulfilled in Acts 2
The Lord’s rule established.
All nations subject to it.
The law went forth from Jerusalem.
Daniel 2:31-45
Four kingdoms identified:
1. Head of gold - Babylon
Daniel 2:37-38 You, O king, are a king of kings.
For the God of heaven has given you a
kingdom, power, strength, and glory; 38 and
wherever the children of men dwell, or the
beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven,
He has given them into your hand, and has
made you ruler over them all—you are this
head of gold.
Daniel 2:31-45
2.
Chest and arms of silver – Medo-Persians
Daniel 5:18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar
your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor.
Daniel 5:25-28 25 “And this is the inscription that was written:
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has
numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27 TEKEK: You
have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28
PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the
Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 2:31-45
3.
The belly and thighs of bronze – Greece
Daniel 8:5-8 And as I was considering, suddenly a male goat
came from the west, across the surface of the whole
earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a
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heaven.
Daniel 2:31-45
4. The legs of iron and feet partly of iron and
partly of clay – Roman Empire
Rome is not named, but we know from history
that Rome followed Greece.
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings the God of
heaven will set up a kingdom which shall
never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people; it shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand forever.
Daniel 2:44
The ministry of John the Baptist and Jesus and the
establishment of the church occurred during the
reign of the Caesars.
Luke 3:1-3
John 19:12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but
the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are
not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king
speaks against Caesar.”
Acts 11:28 28 Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up
and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a
great famine throughout all the world, which also
happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.
, Acts 25:10-12
Daniel 2:44
The kingdom was at hand according to John
the Baptist.
Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Daniel 2:44
The kingdom was at hand according to Jesus.
Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach
and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand.”
Mark 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in
the gospel.”
Luke 10:9 And heal the sick there, and say to them,
‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
Daniel 2:44
The kingdom was at hand according to
Jesus.
Mark 9:1 And He said to them, “Assuredly, I
say to you that there are some standing
here who will not taste death till they see
the kingdom of God present with power.”
Daniel 2:44
Mark 9:1 points to Acts 2.
The apostles were to receive power after the Holy
Spirit came upon them.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Daniel 2:44
If we know when the HS came upon the apostles and gave them
power, we know when the kingdom came, for it was to come with
power.
Acts 2:1-4 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were
all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a
sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the
whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to
them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of
them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Daniel 2:44
The kingdom of God prophesied by Daniel, came with
power with the coming of the HS upon the apostles.
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of
darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the
Son of His love,
Revelation 1:9 I, John, both your brother and
companion in the tribulation and kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ
Daniel 2:44
Daniel said the kingdom would never be destroyed. This is true of
the church.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Luke 1:32-33 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the
Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father
David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
Daniel 2:44
Daniel said the kingdom would never be
destroyed. This is true of the church.
Hebrews 12:28 Therefore let us be grateful for
receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and
thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with
reverence and awe,
Ephesians 3:21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Joel 2
Acts 2:16 – Clearly ties Joel 2 and Acts 2
But this is what was spoken by the prophet
Joel:
Joel 2:28-32
Joel 2
As late as the last week of the Lord’s life the Holy Spirit
had not come as the prophets and Jesus had
predicted.
John 7:39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit,
whom those believing in Him would receive; for the
Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not
yet glorified.
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name, He will teach you all
things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I
said to you.
Joel 2
As late as the last week of the Lord’s life the Holy Spirit
had not come as the prophets and Jesus had
predicted.
John 15:26 But when the Helper comes, whom I shall
send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who
proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your
advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the
Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send
Him to you.
Joel 2
After the Lord’s resurrection but before His
ascension to the right hand of the Father, the
Holy Spirit had not yet come.
Luke 24:49 Behold, I send the Promise of My
Father upon you; but tarry in the city of
Jerusalem until you are endued with power
from on high.”
Acts 1:1-8
Joel 2
Acts 2:1-4 The Holy Spirit came as promised.
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At this time, Jesus came into His glory, for the Holy
Spirit was not to come until He had been glorified.
John 7:39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit,
whom those believing in Him would receive; for
the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus
was not yet glorified.
Joel 2
Acts 2:1-4 The Holy Spirit came as promised.
At this time, Jesus came into His glory, for the Holy
Spirit was not to come until He had been glorified.
He was to be in His glory when He came into His
kingdom.
Matthew 20:21 And He said to her, “What do you wish?”
She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit,
one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your
kingdom.”
Mark 10:37 They said to Him, “Grant us that we may sit, one on
Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory.”
Joel 2
When the Holy Spirit came in Acts 2
As spoken in Joel 2
The apostles received power
The kingdom came with power
Jesus entered His kingdom and glory
Joel 2:28-32; Mark 9:1; Luke 24:47-49; Acts
1:8, 2:1-4, 21, 36-38; 1 Peter 1:10-12
Summary
Psalm 2 – The Lord would set His Son, the Anointed,
on the throne to reign as King.
Isaiah 2 – In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s
house would be established. All nations would flow
unto it, and the word of the Lord would go forth from
Jerusalem.
Daniel 2 – in the days of the Roman empire, the Lord
would set up an everlasting kingdom.
Joel 2 – The Holy Spirit would be sent from the Lord.
Jesus would enter His glory, His kingdom.