~ Messiah Would Possess the Spirit of
Might ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the Lord”
(Isaiah 11:2).
The Messiah
“Then Jesus returned in the power of the
Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding
region. And He taught in their
synagogues, being glorified by all” (Luke 4:14-15).
“But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
‘Why do you think evil in your hearts?
For which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven you,” or to say,
“Arise and walk?” But that you may know
that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins’—then He said to the
paralytic, ‘Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.’ And he arose and departed to his house. Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and
glorified God, who had given such power to men” (Matthew
9:4-8).
“But immediately, when Jesus perceived in
His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, ‘Why do
you reason about these things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, “Your sins are forgiven you,”
or to say, “Arise, take up your bed and walk?”
But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive
sins’—He said to the paralytic, ‘I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go
to your house.’ Immediately he arose,
took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were
amazed and glorified God, saying, ‘We never saw anything like this!’” (Mark
2:8-12).
“But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He
answered and said to them, ‘Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are
forgiven you,” or to say, “Rise up and walk?”
But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive
sins’—He said to the man who was paralyzed, ‘I say to you, arise, take up your
bed, and go to your house.’ Immediately he rose up
before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house,
glorifying God. And they were all
amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, ‘We have seen
strange things today!’” (Luke 5:22-26).
Jesus said, “Therefore My Father loves Me, because
I lay down My life that I may take it again.
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power
to take it again. This command I have received
from My Father” (John 10:17-18).
~~~ 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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