Prophesies of the Messiah to Come

The Old Testament is full of prophesies about the Messiah, the Christ, to come.  It would be impossible to cover all of these in this short blog.  But we will mention a couple to give examples.

Psalm 22 was written by King David many hundreds of years before Christ, yet it refers to the words that would be spoken by the Christ as He approached His death.  "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?  ...dogs have surrounded Me; The assembly of the wicked has enclosed Me.  They pierced My hands and My feet; I can count all My bones.  They look and stare at Me.  They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots."   This, of course, is exactly what happened as Jesus was about to die, as we read in the NT. 

Another good example of the OT prophesies is Isaiah 53.  Isaiah was a prophet, spokesman, for God approximately 700 years before Christ.  He may not have understood what he was writing, but listen to his words about the coming Christ:  "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief......He was despised and we did not esteem Him.  Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.  But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities.....and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."

In the NT, we find an Ethiopian nobleman reading this passage from the book of Isaiah, (Acts 8), and asking Philip, 'who is this talking about?'  Philip proceeds to explain that this is Jesus.  And he preached to him about Jesus.  As they rode along on the nobleman's chariot, he asked to be baptized.  Then it says that they "went down into the water, and he baptized him."

These passages show the continuity of the Bible, the continuity of God's plan, the fulfillment of prophecy that only God could accomplish....and it gives us increased faith that our God is real; and as Hebrews 11:6 says, "...and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." 

Now that is Power.  God is Powerful.  Jesus is real.  And we are blessed.  May God bless you this week as you continue to fight the devil and serve our God and Savior.  Praise be to Him!