~ Messiah’s Disciples
Would Be Scattered ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The
Scripture
“‘Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the Man who is My
Companion,’ says the Lord of
hosts. ‘Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; then I will
turn My hand against the little ones’” (Zechariah 13:7).
The Messiah
“And the whole crowd who
came together to that sight, seeing what had been done, beat their breasts and
returned. But all His acquaintances, and
the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood
at a distance, watching these things” (Luke 23:48-49). “Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning,
they, and certain other women with them, came to
the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the
tomb. Then they went in and did not find
the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were
greatly perplexed about this, that
behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their
faces to the earth, they said to them, ‘Why do you seek the living among the
dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still
in Galilee, saying, “The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”’ And they remembered His words. Then
they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all
the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna,
Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things
to the apostles. And their words seemed
to them like idle tales, and they did not
believe them. But Peter arose and
ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed,
marveling to himself at what had happened” (Luke 24:1-12).
Note Also: “Later Jesus appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of
heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had
risen. And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. He who
believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned. And these signs will follow
those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with
new tongues; they will take up
serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them;
they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover’” (Mark
16:14-18).
~~~ 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.
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