7.  HIS RESURRECTION AND CORONATION.

(1) He was to rise from the dead.  “For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption” (Ps. 16:10).

(2) His ascension was also a subject of prophecy.  “Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; thou hast received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them” (Ps. 68:18).

(3) His coronation is foretold and described. “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.  And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him:  his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed” (Dan. 7:13, 14).

The above are only a few of the many predictions made by the Holy Spirit as to the character, life, sacrifice and dominion of our Lord.  We notice now the work of the Spirit in, upon and through him.

1.  HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.  “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise:  When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 1:  18).  “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee:  wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35).

2.  HE WAS ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.  “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water:  and lo, the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matt. 3:16, 17).  “And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.  And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:  and a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased” (Mark 1:9-11).  “Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased” (Luke 3:21, 22).  “And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him, and I knew him not:  but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit” (John 1:  32, 33).