~ Messiah Would Be an Eternal King,
2 ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“And
it shall be, when your [David] days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with
your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons;
and I will establish His kingdom. He shall build Me a house, and I will establish His throne forever. I
will be his Father, and He shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away
from Him, as I took it from Him who was before you. And I will establish Him in
My house and in My kingdom forever; and His
throne shall be established forever” (1 Chronicles 17:11-14).
The Messiah
“He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and
the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob
forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:32-33).
~~~ 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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