ROOTS: THE ROOT OF JESSE || ISAIAH 11:1-5


ISRAEL’S HISTORY FROM JESSE


1. Jesse is born in Bethlehem (1150 BC)
2. Saul is the first King of Israel (1050 BC)
3. Jesse’s son, David is born (1040 BC)
4. God sends Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint David as King (1030-1025 BC)
5. David becomes King at age 30 (1010 BC)
6. David’s son, Solomon, becomes King (970 BC)
7. Israel divides into Northern and Southern kingdoms (930 BC)
8. Isaiah’s ministry as a prophet begins (740 BC)
9. Israel (Northern Kingdom) falls to the Assyrians (722 BC)
10. Judah (Southern Kingdom) falls, Jerusalem is destroyed, Exiles to Babylon (586 BC)


JESUS COMES FROM THE ROOT OF JESSE

There were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. —Matthew 1:17

“He told me

I ever did.” —John 4:39

“No one has ever

the way he does.” —John 7:46

“You do not

Him, but I know Him,” —John 8:55