Sermon on the Mount; Messiah; Kingdom of Heaven; Son of David; Emmanuel; Baptism; Anointed; Holy Spirit; Wilderness TrialOverview of Matthew 1-4 leading up to the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew wrote to a primarily Jewish audience and focuses on the Messiah/Christ being a descendant of Abraham through the line of King David. Jesus is Emmanuel "God with us" who announces that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand and begins to teach about what the citizens of that kingdom should be like

by Greg Surles