~ Messiah Would Suffer For
The Sins of Others, 4 ~
“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 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
“Now it was not written
for his [Abraham’s] 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 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). “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, and that He was seen
by Cephas, then by the twelve. After
that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater
part remain to the present” (1 Corinthians 15:3-6a).
~~~ 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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