~ Messiah Would Die
Voluntarily ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The
Scripture
“Therefore
I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He [Jesus Christ] poured out His soul unto
death, and
He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for
the transgressors” (Isaiah 53:12).
The Messiah
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). “Again, a second time, He [Jesus Christ] went
away and prayed, saying, ‘O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me
unless I drink it, Your will be done’” (Matthew 26:42).
“Therefore, when He came
into the world, He said: ‘Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body
You have prepared for Me. In burnt
offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, “Behold, I have come—in the volume of the book it is written of Me—to do Your will, O God”.’ Previously saying, ‘Sacrifice and offering,
burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in
them’ (which are offered according to the law), then He said, ‘Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.’ He takes away the first that He may establish
the second. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:5-10).
~~~ 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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