~ Messiah Would Suffer for the Sins
of Others ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“Those who hate Me
without a cause are more than the hairs of My head; they are mighty who would destroy Me, being My enemies
wrongfully; though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it” (Psalm 69:4).
The
Messiah
“Now it was not written
for His sake alone that it was imputed to Him, but also for us. It shall be
imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, Who was delivered up because of our offenses,
and was raised because of our justification” (Romans 4:23-25).
“For I delivered to you
first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He
was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures”
(1 Corinthians 15:3-4).
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,
that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
~~~ 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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