Special Biblical References
&
Presentation
Of
JESUS CHRIST
Christ of God
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were
with him: and he asked them, saying,
Whom say the people that I am?
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and
others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
He said unto them, But Whom say ye that I am? Peter answering
said, The Christ of God.
And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man
that thing;
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected
of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the
third day.
Luke 9:18-22 KJV
In Peter’s declaration of Who Jesus is, there is
great revelation: Christ of God, means “The Anointed of God”; “The Promised
Messiah".
It is matter of unspeakable comfort to us that our
Lord Jesus is God's Anointed, for then He has unquestionable Authority and
Ability for His undertaking; for His being anointed signifies His being both
appointed to it and qualified for it. Now one would have expected that Christ
should have charged his disciples, who were so fully apprized and assured of
this Truth, to publish it to everyone they met with; but no, He strictly
charged them to tell no man that thing yet, because there is a time for all
things.
After His resurrection, which completed the proof of
it, Peter stated clearly to the people of Israel, that God had made this same
Jesus who they crucified, both Lord and Christ [The Anointed One] (see Acts
2:36); but as yet the evidence was not ready to be summed up, and therefore it
must be concealed for a while.
The Spirit Of The Lord God is upon Me; because The Lord hath
anointed me to preach Good Tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim Liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable Year of The Lord, and The Day of Vengeance
of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them
beauty for ashes, the Oil of Joy for mourning, the garment of Praise for the
spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of Righteousness, the
planting of The Lord, that He might be glorified.
Isa 61:1-3 KJV
In the season while the Son of man was still at the
work of The Father here on earth—‘preaching the Good News to the poor’, restoring
the lost sheep of Israel, restoring the blind, setting the captives free, and bestowing
the favors of The Lord—Jesus strictly charged His disciples that they must not
yet preach that he was the Christ, because the wonders that would attend his
death and resurrection would be the most convincing proof of his being The
Christ of God. It was by his exaltation to the Right Hand of The Father that he
was fully declared to be The Christ, and by the sending of The Holy Spirit
thereupon (Acts 2:33); and therefore they had to wait till that is done.
Christ of God—The Messiah, had to suffer in the
hands of men; be rejected by the Jewish leaders-the elders, chief priests, and
teachers of the Law-and be killed; and three days later be raised back to Life!