The Morning Star of Prophecy 

Intro

Astronomers estimate that the total number of known stars in the universe is seventy sextillion, or seventy thousand million, million, million, but one luminous body stands supreme above them all. I’ll be back in a moment with the prophetic perspective on “The Morning Star of Prophecy.”

Message

Hello, this is Cody Francis with Prophetic Perspectives. Stars have played an important role in human history from the earliest of times. Stars have been used to create calendars, guide a lost traveler home, and navigate the wide open oceans. Many cultures have worshipped various stars or their gods whom they thought resided in the stars. Visible stars in close proximity were grouped into convenient constellations such as a big dipper, a hunter, a cross, a bear, et cetera. For millennia man has looked up into the night sky and pondered the beauty and amazement of it all. It is estimated that around 3,000 stars are visible with the naked eye at a given point, but the number of actual stars in the sky keeps growing the more and more luminous bodies and galaxies are discovered. There is one luminous object in the sky that has been especially captivating throughout the years. It is actually not a star but a planet, but as it glimmers at dawn or dusk it is the most luminous object in the night sky apart from the moon. It is the planet Venus, frequently referred to as the morning or evening star depending on what time of year it is and thus when it is visible. This well known occurrence of the morning star has been utilized by Bible prophecy, as well. What is this morning star of prophecy? What is the significance of the bright and morning star in our lives today?

Outline

I.        Jesus is the bright and morning star.

A.     II Pet. 1:19

1.      Prophecy is as a lighthouse

2.      Reason study prophecy

B.     Jesus is the morning star – Rev. 22:16

1.      Real reason study prophecy

2.      Jesus is the “star” of prophecy

II.     He rises in our hearts by experiencing the everlasting gospel.

A.     Through the everlasting gospel – Rev. 14:6

1.      “Neither do I condemn” – John 8:11

a.       Jesus death forgive past sins – Rom. 3:24-26

b.      Chose take our sins upon Him – Is. 53:6

c.       Our sins drove spikes hands

d.      Made to be sin for us – II Cor. 5:21

e.       Repent & confess, freely pardoned – I John 1:9

2.      “Go & sin no more” – John 8:11

a.       Free from sins – John 8:32-36

b.      Not only forgive, but cleanse

c.       Gospel change worst criminal – II Cor. 5:17

d.      Rescue plan – overcoming

e.       Jesus took our nature – Heb. 2:17, 18

1)      Tempted all points – Heb. 4:15, 16

a)      Tempted so much it hurt?

b)      Jesus bore all of our temptations

2)      Proved obedience possible – I Pet. 2:21, 22

f.        I’ve seen nearly every vice overcome

3.      Everlasting gospel is not “once your saved, your always saved”

a.       Must continue to be saved – Acts 2:47

b.      Must continue abiding in the vine – John 15:4-6

c.       Only saved, if we endure to the end – Matt. 24:13

d.      Saved, if we keep in memory what we’ve heard – 1 Cor. 15:2

e.       Possible to have forgiveness removed – Matt. 18:35

f.        Better to not have known than to turn back – 2 Pet. 2:20

B.     Transformation is the new birth – John 3:3

1.      New thoughts, words, actions, motives

2.      Daily struggle – Luke 9:26

a.       Baby learning to walk

b.      Must continue to surrender & be saved