Isaiah 11:1-2

A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots. The Lord’s spirit will rest on him—a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

Once again in the Old Testament we find assurance that Jesus is the Messiah. The NLT says, “a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root”. The Holy Spirit will rest upon Christ and He will usher in a new covenant through His blood. For us, this is part of history, it has happened and we look back upon the cross with great hope of the promised eternal life in Him. Jesus Christ is everything: the fulfillment of the old covenant, and the bringer of the new.