~ Messiah’s Blood
Would Be Shed ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“When Moses went and told the people all the Lord's words and laws, they responded
with one voice, ‘Everything the Lord
has said we will do.’ Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of
the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of
Israel. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and
sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. Moses
took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on
the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people.
They responded, ‘We will do everything the Lord
has said; we will obey.’ Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people
and said, ‘This is the blood of the
covenant that the Lord has made
with you in accordance with all these words’” (Exodus 24:3-8).
The Messiah
“But
Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands,
that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with
His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained
eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a
heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve
the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by
means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first
covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal
inheritance. For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be
the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men are dead,
since it has no power at all while the testator lives. Therefore not even the
first covenant was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every
precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and
goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself
and all the people, saying, ‘This is the
blood of the covenant which God has
commanded you.’ Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle
and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things
are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should
be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better
sacrifices than these. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with
hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high
priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—He then
would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once
at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the
judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who
eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for
salvation (Hebrews 9:11-28).
~~~ EXPLANATORY
“MESSIAH” NOTES ~~~
(1)
Each Saturday ALN posts an example of a Hebrew
Scriptures prophecy (or foreshadowing) related to the coming Messiah which was
fulfilled in the birth, life, death, or resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(2)
While extensive it will not be a
complete list—there are hundreds of prophecies of the coming Messiah which have
been fulfilled by one man—Jesus Christ at His First Coming.
(3) It is important that there are many more
prophecies of the Messiah, yet unfulfilled, which Christians believe will be
fulfilled at the time of His Second Coming.
A particularly relevant Scripture verse in this regard is: “Do not
despise prophesies” (1 Thessalonians 5:20).
(4)
These posts will typically consist only
of Scripture—which speaks for itself. Sometimes
italicized or bold font will be used by ALN for emphasis.
(5)
The numbering of these fulfilled
prophecies of the Messiah is used to differentiate individual posts. It is not
chronological (either by time of the prophecy or by sequence in the life of the
Messiah). The posting sequence will, for
the most part, be in the order that the prophecies appear in Scripture.
(6)
Because of the chosen methodology (#5 above)
we will find many specific prophecies repeated multiple times throughout the
Scriptures.
(7) These serial posts are in addition to our
regular Tuesday ALN postings on random topics.
(8)
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