The authority of Yah'shua
The Authority of Yah’shua
When did Yah’shua receive his authority?
Did he receive his authority upon birth, at his immersion, or some other time?
Yah’shua as a Youth
Luk 1:31 “And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name Yah’shua. 32 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And YHWH Elohim shall give Him the throne of His father Dawiḏ. 33 “And He shall reign over the house of Yaʽaqoḇ forever, and there shall be no end to His reign.”
In these verses describing the soon coming child Yah’shua. Miriam is told that her child would be great and would be given the throne of David and the rule over the people of Isra’El forever; a gift of the Eternal. Was he given this authority at his birth? It is not stated or insinuated that he received it upon his conception.
In the following years we are given scant information of the Yah’shuas youthful days. What we are shown does not hint that the authority has been granted. And would not be likely due to his age.
Immersion to Ascension
The next phase of Yah’shua’ life begins at his immersion by Yochanan the immerser.
Mat 3:13 Then Yah’shua came from Galil to Yoḥanan at the Yardĕn to be immersed by him. 14 But Yoḥanan was hindering Him, saying, “I need to be immersed by You, and You come to me?” 15 But Yah’shua answering, said to him, “Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fill all righteousness.” Then he permitted Him. 16 And having been immersed, Yah’shua went up immediately from the water, and see, the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of Elohim descending like a dove and coming upon Him, 17 and see, a voice out of the heavens, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I did delight.”
We see that there is recognition of Yah’shua by the Father at this point in his life. And thus he begins his journey, performing the will of the Father. He is given limited powers over demons, sickness, and even death, yet he still does not receive the authority that was promised to him.
He has ascended
Luk 24:19 And He said to them, “What?” And they said to Him, “Concerning Yah’shua of Natsareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before Elohim and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and impaled Him. 21 “We, however, were expecting that it was He who was going to redeem Yisra’ĕl. But besides all this, today is the third day since these matters took place. 22 “But certain women of ours, who arrived at the tomb early, also astonished us, 23 when they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of messengers who said He was alive. 24 “And some of those with us went to the tomb and found it, as also the women had said, but they did not see Him.” 25 And He said to them, “O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 “Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these and to enter into His esteem?” 27 And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.
The report that is given is this: The followers of Yah’shua expected him to assume the authority during his time on earth with them and restore the Kingdom. This obviously did not occur. Yah’shua rebukes them for their lack of faith and instructs them from the TaNaKh on what must occur before he received the promised authority. We have a hint that Yah’shua has attained his esteem. Yah’shua spends forty days with the followers and then he is taken up into a cloud. In Acts 1 we are given this report….
Act 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Master, would You at this time restore the reign to Yisra’ĕl?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 “But you shall receive power when the Set-apart Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehuḏah and Shomeron, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And having said this, while they were looking on, He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
Once again we see that Yah’shua could quite possibly have received the promised authority, though the time might not have been right for the restoration of the Kingdom. He was taken up into the clouds and his followers earnestly await his return.
So has he finally been granted the authority? Lets look to the TaNaKh to see what passages Yah’shua might have used to instruct his followers regarding his receiving his authority.
Dan 7:13 “I was looking in the night visions and saw One like the Son of Enosh, coming with the clouds of the heavens! And He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. 14 “And to Him was given rulership and preciousness and a reign, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His rule is an everlasting rule which shall not pass away, and His reign that which shall not be destroyed.
In this prophetic vision, Yah’shua is seen coming with the clouds of heaven. His destination…Not earth, but to the Father! Yah’shua is brought before the Father and he is given the promised authority. Is this the only prophetic scripture regarding this? Lets look further…
Zec 3:1 And he showed me Yehoshua the high priest standing before the messenger of YHWH, and Satan standing at his right hand to be an adversary to him. 2 And YHWH said to Satan, “YHWH rebuke you, Satan! YHWH who has chosen Yerushalayim rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” 3 And Yehoshua was dressed in filthy garments, and was standing before the messenger. 4 And He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and shall put costly robes on you.” 5 And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” Then they put a clean turban on his head, and they put garments on him. And the messenger of YHWH stood by. 6 And the messenger of YHWH witnessed to Yehoshua, saying, 7 “Thus said YHWH of hosts, ‘If you walk in My ways, and if you guard My duty, then you shall also rule My house, and also guard My courts. And I shall give you access among these standing here. 8 ‘Now listen, Yehoshua the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are men of symbol. For look, I am bringing forth My Servant – the Branch.
The Father cleanses him, places clean garments upon him, and then grants him the promised authority, which is the rule over his House “The Temple”, and over His Courts “The sovereignty over “the Chosen ones”
The coming of our princely leader
Mat 24:30 “And then the sign of the Son of Aḏam shall appear in the heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Aḏam coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and much esteem.
Mat 26:64 Yah’shua said to him, “You have said it. Besides I say to you, from now you shall see the Son of Aḏam sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of the heaven.”
Act 1:10 And as they were gazing into the heaven as He went up, see, two men stood by them dressed in white, 11 who also said, “Men of Galil, why do you stand looking up into the heaven? This same Yah’shua, who was taken up from you into the heaven, shall come in the same way as you saw Him go into the heaven.”
Rev 1:5 and from Yah’shua Messiah, the trustworthy witness, the first-born from the dead, and the ruler of the sovereigns of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us sovereigns and priests to His Elohim and Father, to Him be esteem and rule forever and ever. Amĕn. 7 See, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of Him. Yes, Amĕn.
Summary:
Yah’shua inherited his authority upon his ascension to the Father.
Yah’shua did not have a literal authority given to him until that time.
Yah’shua went to the Father in the clouds and will return with them.
Yah’shua will receive the throne of David and rule the people perpetually from the right hand of the Father.
Yah’shua is the High Priest as shown in Zakar’Yah.
Yah’shua is the first-born of those who will be like him.
Yah’shua is called a prophet by his followers in Luke 24.
Any comments?,
When did Yah’shua receive his authority?
Did he receive his authority upon birth, at his immersion, or some other time?
Yah’shua as a Youth
Luk 1:31 “And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name Yah’shua. 32 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And YHWH Elohim shall give Him the throne of His father Dawiḏ. 33 “And He shall reign over the house of Yaʽaqoḇ forever, and there shall be no end to His reign.”
In these verses describing the soon coming child Yah’shua. Miriam is told that her child would be great and would be given the throne of David and the rule over the people of Isra’El forever; a gift of the Eternal. Was he given this authority at his birth? It is not stated or insinuated that he received it upon his conception.
In the following years we are given scant information of the Yah’shuas youthful days. What we are shown does not hint that the authority has been granted. And would not be likely due to his age.
Immersion to Ascension
The next phase of Yah’shua’ life begins at his immersion by Yochanan the immerser.
Mat 3:13 Then Yah’shua came from Galil to Yoḥanan at the Yardĕn to be immersed by him. 14 But Yoḥanan was hindering Him, saying, “I need to be immersed by You, and You come to me?” 15 But Yah’shua answering, said to him, “Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fill all righteousness.” Then he permitted Him. 16 And having been immersed, Yah’shua went up immediately from the water, and see, the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of Elohim descending like a dove and coming upon Him, 17 and see, a voice out of the heavens, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I did delight.”
We see that there is recognition of Yah’shua by the Father at this point in his life. And thus he begins his journey, performing the will of the Father. He is given limited powers over demons, sickness, and even death, yet he still does not receive the authority that was promised to him.
He has ascended
Luk 24:19 And He said to them, “What?” And they said to Him, “Concerning Yah’shua of Natsareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before Elohim and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and impaled Him. 21 “We, however, were expecting that it was He who was going to redeem Yisra’ĕl. But besides all this, today is the third day since these matters took place. 22 “But certain women of ours, who arrived at the tomb early, also astonished us, 23 when they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of messengers who said He was alive. 24 “And some of those with us went to the tomb and found it, as also the women had said, but they did not see Him.” 25 And He said to them, “O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 “Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these and to enter into His esteem?” 27 And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.
The report that is given is this: The followers of Yah’shua expected him to assume the authority during his time on earth with them and restore the Kingdom. This obviously did not occur. Yah’shua rebukes them for their lack of faith and instructs them from the TaNaKh on what must occur before he received the promised authority. We have a hint that Yah’shua has attained his esteem. Yah’shua spends forty days with the followers and then he is taken up into a cloud. In Acts 1 we are given this report….
Act 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Master, would You at this time restore the reign to Yisra’ĕl?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 “But you shall receive power when the Set-apart Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehuḏah and Shomeron, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And having said this, while they were looking on, He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
Once again we see that Yah’shua could quite possibly have received the promised authority, though the time might not have been right for the restoration of the Kingdom. He was taken up into the clouds and his followers earnestly await his return.
So has he finally been granted the authority? Lets look to the TaNaKh to see what passages Yah’shua might have used to instruct his followers regarding his receiving his authority.
Dan 7:13 “I was looking in the night visions and saw One like the Son of Enosh, coming with the clouds of the heavens! And He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. 14 “And to Him was given rulership and preciousness and a reign, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His rule is an everlasting rule which shall not pass away, and His reign that which shall not be destroyed.
In this prophetic vision, Yah’shua is seen coming with the clouds of heaven. His destination…Not earth, but to the Father! Yah’shua is brought before the Father and he is given the promised authority. Is this the only prophetic scripture regarding this? Lets look further…
Zec 3:1 And he showed me Yehoshua the high priest standing before the messenger of YHWH, and Satan standing at his right hand to be an adversary to him. 2 And YHWH said to Satan, “YHWH rebuke you, Satan! YHWH who has chosen Yerushalayim rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” 3 And Yehoshua was dressed in filthy garments, and was standing before the messenger. 4 And He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and shall put costly robes on you.” 5 And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” Then they put a clean turban on his head, and they put garments on him. And the messenger of YHWH stood by. 6 And the messenger of YHWH witnessed to Yehoshua, saying, 7 “Thus said YHWH of hosts, ‘If you walk in My ways, and if you guard My duty, then you shall also rule My house, and also guard My courts. And I shall give you access among these standing here. 8 ‘Now listen, Yehoshua the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are men of symbol. For look, I am bringing forth My Servant – the Branch.
The Father cleanses him, places clean garments upon him, and then grants him the promised authority, which is the rule over his House “The Temple”, and over His Courts “The sovereignty over “the Chosen ones”
The coming of our princely leader
Mat 24:30 “And then the sign of the Son of Aḏam shall appear in the heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Aḏam coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and much esteem.
Mat 26:64 Yah’shua said to him, “You have said it. Besides I say to you, from now you shall see the Son of Aḏam sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of the heaven.”
Act 1:10 And as they were gazing into the heaven as He went up, see, two men stood by them dressed in white, 11 who also said, “Men of Galil, why do you stand looking up into the heaven? This same Yah’shua, who was taken up from you into the heaven, shall come in the same way as you saw Him go into the heaven.”
Rev 1:5 and from Yah’shua Messiah, the trustworthy witness, the first-born from the dead, and the ruler of the sovereigns of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us sovereigns and priests to His Elohim and Father, to Him be esteem and rule forever and ever. Amĕn. 7 See, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of Him. Yes, Amĕn.
Summary:
Yah’shua inherited his authority upon his ascension to the Father.
Yah’shua did not have a literal authority given to him until that time.
Yah’shua went to the Father in the clouds and will return with them.
Yah’shua will receive the throne of David and rule the people perpetually from the right hand of the Father.
Yah’shua is the High Priest as shown in Zakar’Yah.
Yah’shua is the first-born of those who will be like him.
Yah’shua is called a prophet by his followers in Luke 24.
Any comments?,
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Garrett on -
You have a profound and pure love for Yah'shua don't you? My experience would tell me that He received his authority when he heard the voice of the Father declaring him to be His son. You might say that at this moment he became fully aware of his identity. We are all waiting to hear "you are my son and in you I am well pleased" and until we (those who would come after Him) become aware of this we really do not have any authority coming from within.
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Permalink Reply by Jean DeRoest on -
The bible does mention him as a child about 12 when he stayed in the temple with the scribes and priests teaching. He states he is in his fathers house. I agree that he was not given full authority on earth while he lived. I also think that his death much more then forgiveness of our sins. He came to show the way which is mentioned repeatedly through out the old testament. He came to fullfil prophecy. In Mathew chapter 24 he states that all things have to come to pass before he can return.
Thanks so much for your insight. I enjoyed it.
Jean
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Permalink Reply by Marlon J. Broussard on
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Dear Brethren,
Submitted in love and honor to you.
Yah'shua is H'Meshiach Ben Elohim - the Anointed One , son of the living God.
His anointing covers the 4 anointed offices mentioned in the TaNaKh:
Prophet
High Priest
King
Judge
With the execution of each office, authority is necessary; the authority that can only come from YHVH.
He executed his prophetic office, in accordance with Moses' prophesy (Duet 18:15-18), with full authority.
Mt 7:29 -
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Mt 21:23 -
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Mt 21:24 -
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mt 21:27 -
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Mr 11:29 -
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mr 11:33 -
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mr 1:22 -
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mr 1:27 -
And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
Lu 4:36 -
And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Mr 13:34 -
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Lu 9:1 -
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Lu 20:2 -
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
Lu 20:8 -
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Joh 5:27 -
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
1Co 15:24 -
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
The Spirit of YHVH Elohim is upon him to do the will of the father (Luke 4, Isiah 61) with the authority required to accomplish those tasks.
Yah'shua also had glory with the Father from the beginning - I feel this is the highest signifier of the authority he had, but you may believe otherwise.
Joh 17:5 -
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
I hope this helps in perspective, he did have a literal authority from the beginning, it lasted throughout his ministry and he gave it to his disciples, and he will exercise the various aspects of that authority at the appropriate times, then return all of it back to YHVH.
Shalom - Marlon
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