~ Messiah Would Be Spit On ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“I
gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the
beard; I did not hide My face
from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help Me; therefore I will not be
disgraced; therefore
I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed” (Isaiah
50:6-7).
The Messiah
“And the high priest arose
and said to Him, ‘Do You answer nothing?
What is it these men testify against You?’ But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him,
‘I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son
of God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘It is as
you said. Nevertheless, I say to you,
hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power,
and coming on the clouds of heaven.’ Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, ‘He has spoken
blasphemy! What further need do we have
of witnesses? Look, now you have heard
His blasphemy! What do you think?’ They answered and said, ‘He is deserving of death.’ Then they spat in His face and beat Him;
and others struck Him with the palms of their hands, saying, ‘Prophesy to us,
Christ! Who is the one who struck You?’”
(Matthew 26:62-68). “Then the soldiers of the
governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around
Him. And they stripped Him and put a
scarlet robe on Him. When they had
twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right
hand. And they bowed the knee before Him
and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ Then
they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. And when they had mocked Him, they took the
robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified’”
(Matthew 27:27-31).
~~~ 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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