~ Messiah Would Convict With Words ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“But with righteousness
He shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the
earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked” (Isaiah
11:4).
The Messiah
The Messiah said, “Judge not, that you be not judged.
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the
measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your
brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me
remove the speck from your eye;’ and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite!
First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly
to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:1-5).
The Messiah also said,
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the
judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever
is angry with his brother without a cause
shall be in danger of the judgment.
And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the
council. But whoever says, ‘You
fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire”
(Matthew 5:21-22).
Jesus Christ also said, “You
have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has
already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:27-28).
“Then Jesus said to them
again, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and
will go in and out and find pasture. The
thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that
they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The
good shepherd gives His life for the sheep’” (John
10:7-11).
~~~ 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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