Isaiah 9:6-7
9:6 For a child has been born to us,
a son has been given to us.
He shoulders responsibility
and is called:
Extraordinary Strategist,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
9:7 His dominion will be vast
and he will bring immeasurable prosperity.
He will rule on David’s throne
and over David’s kingdom,
establishing it and strengthening it
by promoting justice and fairness,
from this time forward and forevermore.
The Lord’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.
Isaiah 49:6
49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,
to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the remnant of Israel?
I will make you a light to the nations,
so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
Psalms 2:6-9
2:6 “I myself have installed my king
on Zion, my holy hill.”
2:7 The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me:
‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!
2:8 Ask me,
and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
the ends of the earth as your personal property.
2:9 You will break them with an iron scepter;
you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”
Psalms 110:1-2
Psalm 110
A psalm of David.
110:1 Here is the Lord’s proclamation to my lord:
“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
110:2 The Lord extends your dominion from Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
Matthew 28:18
28:18 Then Jesus came up and said to them,
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
John 3:31
3:31 The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
John 5:22-23
5:22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge
anyone, but has assigned
all judgment to the Son,
5:23 so that all people
will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
Ephesians 1:20-23
1:20 This power
he exercised
in Christ when he raised him
from the dead and seated him
at his right hand in the heavenly realms
1:21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
1:22 And God
put all things under Christ’s
feet,
and he gave him to the church as head over all things.
1:23 Now the church is
his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Philippians 2:9-11
2:9 As a result God exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
2:10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow
– in heaven and on earth and under the earth –
2:11 and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God the Father.
Hebrews 1:3
1:3 The Son is
the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word,
and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Revelation 5:6-13
5:6 Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
5:7 Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,
5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).
5:9 They were singing a new song:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals
because you were killed,
and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God
persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
5:10 You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
5:11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand – thousands times thousands –
5:12 all of whom were singing in a loud voice:
“Worthy is the lamb who was killed
to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and praise!”
5:13 Then I heard every creature – in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them – singing:
“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!”