Dave’s Monday Blast – March 9, 2026

Lots of VERY interesting things are transpiring in our world. Lots of “Wars and Rumors of War”. Lots of “Gathering of nations” with common objects specific to Israel (Ezekiel 38) war.  Lots of odd things happening in the Land of Israel like the gathering of 170 some odd birds of prey staging perhaps as the “clean up crew”. Foxes have appeared on the temple mount, fish have been seen in the dead sea. Lots of signs pointing to the near return of our Lord and Savior. Is the Church age about over? What an amazing time to be alive!

The last two weeks we have been examining some passages from Philippians chapter 2 concerning the humanity and Deity of Jesus. Scripture is clear throughout, but again affirmed in Philippians that Jesus was, and is who He claimed to be, and all of Scripture affirms and is thereby worthy of our worship. In Him we find unshakeable peace and joy in the midst of the chaos of this world.

Two weeks ago we spoke of His Incarnation (vs 5 – 7) noting that He was born like us, grew up like us, was tempted to sin like us, and then suffered like us. We referred to this as “unprotected humanity” as He took on this incarnate state. He did by surrendering His Deity, which we referred to as “undiminished Deity”. 

Last week we mentioned that He is revealed and then fulfilled His “rescue mission” of all humankind by the shedding His blood for us on the cross and then resurrecting from the grave. This fulfillment prophetic Scripture demonstrated (Romans 5:8) His unmatched and unconditional love for us all His death resolved our sin problem as nothing else could (1 Peter 2:24).

This leads us to a conclusion:

3. He is worthy of our exaltation!  In vs 9 – 11 we observe the following:
a. His resurrection – out of the tomb with a new body (lowest place)
b. His ascension – seated now at the right hand of God (highest place) with a new name (Lord Jesus Christ). 600 ish times throughout the Bible, Jesus is referred to as LORD. In Acts 4:12 we hear that His name is the “saving name” and the “supreme” name.

What does each human being need to do with this information in light of the shortness of our days? The question is not if all humankind will name Jesus as LORD…it is when and in what manner? We have the opportunity to do this now by faith with a joyful and grateful heart, or in fear as the sentence of eternal separation from His presence and all that it entails is pronounced on the day of judgement!