The Promised Savior Is Coming

Who Is this Man?

Week 1 — The Promised Savior Is Coming

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1)

  1. God _________________ His coming.

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus [Ἰησοῦς (Ē-ā-soos)] Christ, the Son of God. 2 This is how it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you. 3 A voice of one calling out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.” (Mk 1:1–3)
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel. (Ge 3:15)

Daniel Duetschlander: Is it not astonishing to hear that God's own Son should be anointed for the work of saving us? After all, God doesn't have to save us; he would suffer no loss if he let us all perish. He would be completely within his rights if he demanded that we save ourselves and then sent us into eternal punishment when we failed to do it.

There is a contemporary tendency in some Christian, Messianic Jewish, and Hebrew-roots settings to emphasize calling Jesus Yeshua, sometimes with the claim or implication that it is more original, authentic, or spiritually preferable than “Jesus.”

This is what happened after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord. The Lord said to Joshua [יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (ya-hō-shū-a … Yehoshua)] son of Nun, the attendant of Moses (Jos 1:1)

The first part, יְהוֹ־ (Yeho (ya-hō)), is a ___________________ form of God's personal covenant _________: יהוה (YHWH (Yah-weh)) the Lord.

The second part is related to the Hebrew verb: יָשַׁע (ya-sha) which means: to _________, to deliver, to rescue.

Yeho (ya-hō)— + yasha à the _________ + _________ gives us the name יְהוֹשֻׁע — Yehoshua.

Therefore _____________ [יְהוֹשֻׁע — Yehoshua] means “The Lord ______________” or “The Lord is ___________________.”

So God replied to Moses, “I am [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)] who I am [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)].” He also said, “You will say this to the Israelites: I am [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)] has sent me to you.” (Ex 3:14)

אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh) is a form of the Hebrew verb הָיָה (ha-yah), which means to _____, to ___________, to _____________.

God also told Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: ‘The Lord [יהוה (YHWH)], the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.’ (Ex 3:15)

This is God’s _________________ _________________ name: יהוה (YHWH).

In our _______________ __________________________, יהוה (YHWH) is normally represented by the word _________ in capital letters.

God _________, “I am [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)].” … His people _______________, “He is [יהוה (YHWH)].”

[Moses says] Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt? (Ex 3:11)
Certainly I will be [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)] with you. (Ex 3:12)

The God who says, “_________ [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)]” is also the God who _________________: “I will be [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)] with you.”

Think about what that means:

  • He is _______________ with His people.

  • He _____________________ does what He _________________.

יָשַׁע (ya-sha) which means: to _________, to deliver, to rescue.

The God who says, “_________ [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)]” is also the God who _________________: “I will be [אֶהְיֶה (eh-yeh)] with you.” And the God who promises to be with His people is the God who ___________.

That is the thought carried in the Hebrew _________: _____________ [יְהוֹשֻׁע — Yehoshua] “The Lord ___________.”

Points to Ponder

  1. What is one thing that stood out for you from this week’s message?
  2. What three descriptions of our Savior does Mark give in Mark 1:1?
  3. What progression of the Savior's name did the sermon trace through different languages?
  4. Why is Matthew 1:21 so significant when we remember that Yehoshua carries the meaning “The LORD saves”?
  5. Why did our Savior need to be both truly human and truly God?
  6. Why can debates over whether Christians should say “Jesus” or “Yeshua” actually distract us from something much more important?
  7. Many people are comfortable calling Jesus a great teacher or moral example. Why is Mark's description of Jesus much more challenging?
  8. In practice, what are some ways Christians can treat Jesus as less than the Son of God even while verbally confessing that he is God?
  9. How does knowing that Jesus is both true God and true man give you confidence when your sins trouble your conscience?

Homework: Mark 1