~ Messiah Would Be Spoken To
Directly By God His Father ~
“Search
the Scriptures—they testify of Me.”
— Jesus Christ (John 5:39)
The Scripture
“‘I have
installed My King on Zion, My holy hill.’ I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. Ask of Me, and I will
make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of
the earth Your possession. You will rule them with an iron scepter; You will dash them to pieces like pottery’” (Psalm 2:6-9).
The
Messiah
“God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has
raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You’” (Acts 13:33).
“For to which of the
angels did He ever say: ‘You are My
Son, today I have begotten You?’ And again: ‘I will be to Him a
Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?’” (Hebrews 1:5).
“When He had been
baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens
were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from
heaven, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased’” (Matthew 3:16-17).
“And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the
heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice
came from heaven, ‘You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased’” (Mark
1:10-11).
“And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him,
and a voice came from heaven which said, ‘You are My beloved Son; in You I am
well pleased’” (Luke 3:22).
“While he was still
speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came
out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Hear Him!’” (Matthew 17:5).
“And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of
the cloud, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!’ Suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no one anymore,
but only Jesus with themselves” (Mark 9:7-8).
“And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ‘This
is My beloved Son. Hear Him!’” (Luke
9:35).
~~~ 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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