One in Messiah Congregation
Messiah, a Righteous Branch, in Zech. 23:5,6 is called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Isa.11
[1] And there shall
come forth a rod out of the stem of
Jesse, and a Branch
[2] And the
spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him
, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
[3] And shall make
him of quick understanding in the fear
of the LORD: and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his
ears:
[4] But with righteousness shall
he judge the poor, and reprove
with equity for the meek of the earth: and he
shall smite the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath of his
lips shall he slay the wicked.
[5] And righteousness shall
be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness the girdle of his
reins.
[6] The wolf also shall dwell
with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and
the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
[7] And the cow and the bear
shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat
straw like the ox.
[8] And the sucking child shall
play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the
cockatrice' den.
[9] They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain
: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as
the waters cover the sea.
[10] And
in that day there shall be a root of Jesse
, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to
it shall the Gentiles seek: and
his rest shall be glorious.
[11] And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the Lord shall
set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant
of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and
from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar,
and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
[12] And
he shall set up an
ensign for the nations, and
shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together
the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth
.
[13] The envy also of Ephraim
shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall
not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
[14] But
they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines
toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together:
they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall
obey them.
[15] And the
LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;
and with his mighty wind shall
he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams,
and make men go over dryshod.
[16]
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his
people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as
it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isa.4[ 2] In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Jer.23[
5] Behold, the days come, saith
the LORD, that I will raise unto David
a righteous Branch,
[6]
In his days Judah shall
be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is
his name
whereby he
shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
to grow up unto David; and
he shall execute judgment and
righteousness in the land.
cities in Hebrew are feminine
[16] In those
days shall Judah be saved, and
Jerusalem shall dwell safely:
and this is the name wherewith
she
shall be called, The LORD our righteousness
Zech.3[
8] Hear now, O Joshua the high
priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered
at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH
Talmud - Mas. Megilah 17b
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, may they prosper that love
thee. (35) And when Jerusalem is built,
David (36) will come, as it says.
(36) Mentioned in the next blessing, which
commences,
Cause to sprout quickly the shoot of David.
( Messiah )
Midrash Rabbah - Numbers XVIII:21
21. The letters menazpak1 have double forms,
and were instituted by the prophets. The double kaf hinted at Abraham, in the
expression, Lek leka--get thee out (Gen. XII, 1), which intimated that he would
have a child at the age of one hundred.2 The double mem hinted at Isaac, in
the expression, Ki azamta mimmennu me'od--for thou art much mightier than
we (ib. XXVI, 16), which intimated to him that he and his seed would be mighty
in both worlds. The double nun hinted at Jacob, in the expression, Hazzileni
na--deliver me, I pray Thee (ib. XXXII, 12), which informed him that He would
deliver him in both worlds. The double peh hinted at Israel, through Moses,
in the words, Pakod pakadti--I have
surely remembered you (Ex. III,16). The double zade is hinted at in the verse,
Behold, a man whose name is the
shoot (zemah), and who shall shoot up (yizmah), etc. (Zech. VI, 12).
This refers to the Messiah
, of whom it also says, I will raise
unto David a righteous shoot (zemah zaddik), and he shall reign as king and
prosper, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. The captain
of fifty (Isa. III, 3).3 There are
twenty-four books in Scripture. Add to them eleven of the minor prophets, excluding
Jonah which is a book by itself,4 the six orders and the nine chapters of Torath
Kohanim,5 and you obtain a total of fifty6 There are threescore queens (S.S.
VI, 8), i.e. sixty tractates of the Talmud; And fourscore concubines (ib.)
alludes to the eighty houses of study that flourished in Jerusalem, this number
corresponding to that of its gates; And maidens without
Midrash Rabbah - Leviticus XXXI:11
Lev. 405
Because it says, There will
I make a horn (1) to shoot up unto David
, there have I ordered a lamp for
Mine anointed (PS. CXXXII, 17), and it says, I rejoiced (2) when they said
unto me: Let us go unto the house of the Lord (Ps. CXXII, 1) 3
(1) Viz. the Messiah; metaphor.
(2) Joy and light are synonymous
.
(3) Sc. in the Messianic era when the divine
light shall shine again.
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