~ Messiah Would Bring
Peace, 2 ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The
Scripture
“David My servant shall be
king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in
My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. Then they shall dwell in the land that I have
given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell
there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My
servant David shall be their prince forever.
Moreover I will make a covenant of
peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will
establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst
forevermore” (Ezekiel 37:24-26)
The Messiah
“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down
the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that
is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself
one new man from the two, thus making
peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the
cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
And He came and preached peace
to you who were afar off and to those who were near” (Ephesians
2:14-17).
The Future Complete Fulfillment
“He shall judge between
many peoples, and rebuke strong nations afar off; they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall
not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore. But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree,
and no one
shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. For all people walk each in the
name of his god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
forever and
ever” (Micah 4:3-5).
“The wolf also shall dwell
with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
the calf and
the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them” (Isaiah
11:6).
~~~ 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.
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