His Matchless Ministry
v. 12 "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
The Monarch with the Matchless Ministry Note the:-
1. Compensation for His Ministry - "Therefore"
Note the:-
(a) Glorious Prize for His Ministry - "Will I divide Him a portion with the great."
i.e. enjoy the spoils of His victory
(b) Spiritual Profit from His Ministry - Matthew 12 v. 24 - 30 "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad." - Note - v. 29 "Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house."
Note:-
(1) The Reason for the Battle - deliverance
(2) The Right of Battle - i.e. for souls of mankind
(3) The Requirements in Battle - "bind the strong man"
(4) The Result of Battle - winners and losers - "spoil his house"
So we have deliverance by:-
(1) What Christ has done - "It is finished" - redemption
(2) What Christ is doing - Romans 8 v. 34 "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."
Hebrews 7 v. 25 "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them."
1 John 2 v. 1 & 2 "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
(3) What Christ will do -
Philippians 3 v. 20 & 21 "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."
1 Thessalonians 4 v. 16 - 18 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
Satan bound and destroyed forever
(c) Political prowess through His Ministry - "He shall divide the spoil with the strong"
Revelation 19 v. 6 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."
Revelation 19 v. 11 - 16 "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
Revelation 20 v. 1 - 3 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."
Revelation 20 v. 10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
(d) Universal Praise by His Ministry - "therefore" leads on from
"Wherefore" Philippians 2 v. 9 - 11 "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
i.e. v. 10 "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth"
(1) of things in heaven,(2) of things in earth,
(3) and things under the earth i.e. He is Lord of all
2. The Consecration to His Ministry - v. 12
"Because He hath poured out His soul unto death"
John 17 v. 4 "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do."
It was a:-
Colossal work, Costly work, Contentious work, but a Completed work
Note:- Its:-
(a) Cost - "He hath poured out His soul unto death"
"Without shedding of blood is no remission of sins"
John 19 v. 34 "But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water."
For my cleansing this I see,Nothing but the blood of Jesus
For my pardon, this my plea,Nothing but the blood of Jesus
(b) Company - "He was numbered with the transgressors" i.e.
Bearing shame and scoffings rude
In my place, condemned He stood
(c) Curse - He bare the sin of man - "He was made sin for us"
(d) Completion - "He made intercession for the transgressors"
Five bleeding wounds He bears received on Calvary
3. The Coronation of His Ministry -
v. 10 "When thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin."
All hail the power of Jesu's name! Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all.
Genesis 4 v. 3 - 5 "And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell."
Hebrews 11 v. 4 "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh."
