Isaiah 55:4

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Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”

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  • Dan 9:25 : 25 So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.
  • Jer 30:9 : 9 But they will be subject to the LORD their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.
  • Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
  • John 18:37 : 37 Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
  • Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them– namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken!
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
  • Ps 18:43 : 43 You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.
  • Isa 49:8-9 : 8 This is what the LORD says:“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property. 9 You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture. 10 They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 and from Jesus Christ– the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 To the Church in Laodicea“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God’s creation:
  • Mic 5:2-4 : 2 A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past. 3 So the LORD will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel. 4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the LORD’s strength, by the sovereign authority of the LORD his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.
  • Matt 2:6 : 6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
  • Matt 28:18-20 : 18 Then Jesus came up and said to them,“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
  • John 3:16 : 16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • John 10:3 : 3 The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  • John 13:13 : 13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

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