~ Messiah Would Be A
Healer ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“Surely He has borne our
griefs and
carried our sorrows; yet
we esteemed Him stricken, smitten
by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities; the
chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by
His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:4-5).
The Messiah
“And He [Jesus] was handed
the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when
He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is
upon Me,
because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the
poor; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery
of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord.’ Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat
down. And the eyes of all who were in
the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He
began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing’”
(Luke 4:17-21).
“Jesus answered and said to
them, ‘Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: the blind see and the lame
walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to
them. And blessed is he who is not
offended because of Me’” (Matthew 11:4-6). “Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and
mute; and He healed him, so that the
blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
And all the multitudes were amazed and said, ‘Could this be the Son of
David’?” (Matthew 12:22-23). “Then great multitudes came
to Him, having with them the lame, blind,
mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made
whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of
Israel” (Matthew 15:30-31).
“He [a blind man who had
received his sight] answered and said, ‘Whether He is a sinner or not I do not
know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see’” (John
9:25).
~~~ 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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