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Death of the Messiah
The Messiah paid the price for our sins.
He was wounded because of our transgressions. He suffered in our
place. With His stripes we are healed both physically and within our
inner soul. Since the body eventually dies, it is the soul that is
saved when we come to Christ. Then we await the resurrection where
we receive new bodies. The ultimate healing. Physical miracles of
healing in this life is only a preview of the awesome things to come. With the beatings He took on
His back, we are healed. Our peace comes about because of His
sufferings. We now can have peace and reconciliation with God.
Fulfillment recorded in the New Testament
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Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in
due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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7 For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even
dare to die.
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8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The just died for the unjust. God loved us
so much that He allowed His Son to come in the flesh and be one of
us. He didn't sin in all that time so He was able to become the
perfect sacrifice for the sins of as many as will believe this.
Jesus Christ fulfilled this prophecy when He died on the cross. He
could have avoided all this by using His power to become King of
Israel then and there. He could have just kept quiet and not said
anything about people's sins. He could have called the angels to
rescue him from the cross. He stayed there in order to save us from
sin. Had He came down, no flesh would be saved. All of us would have
to suffer eternal damnation and separation from God in Hell.
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Psalms 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly
of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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17 I
may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
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18 They part my
garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Imagine what Jesus went through. He was
not killed in a private execution chamber. He was stripped of all
outer garments. Presented naked before the world in a humiliating
position. He was nailed by His hands and feet and lifted up for all
to see Him in this terrible condition. Yet He bore it all for our
sakes that we might be saved. The soldiers even divided His clothing
to give out and gambled for His vesture. This fulfilled the prophecy
in the Psalms.
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Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of
supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and
shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his
firstborn.
The prophecy in
Zechariah is yet to be
fulfilled in part. Some of it has already been fulfilled in that the
spirit of grace and supplications have already started in those that
have already believed since He came into the world the first time.
For the most part it will take place in the future when Israel sees
that the one their ancestors pierced was the very Messiah that Moses
and the prophets prophesied of years ago and whom their ancestors
rejected and ordered to be crucified. They will one day look upon
that Messiah and mourn for their previous unbelief. Then God will
pour out His grace and mercy upon them. Israel will be restored back
to God and then receive the promise given to Abraham.
Fulfillment in the New Testament
- John
19:18 Where they crucified him, and two other
with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
He died with criminals but one found
salvation, the other did not.
- John 19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs
of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
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when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they
brake not his legs:
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pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
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he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth
that he saith true, that ye might believe.
- 36 For these things were
done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall
not be broken.
All scripture concerning Jesus was filled and
will be filled at His Second Coming
- Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I
myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones,
as ye see me have.
- 40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his
hands and his feet.
Notice verse 29 below. A special blessing
awaits all who have not seen Jesus in the flesh yet believe.
- John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach
hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy
hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but
believing.
- 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God.
- 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet
have believed.
Jesus appeared to His disciples after
His resurrection and showed Him that He was alive and real. Thomas
had said previously that he would not believe that Jesus was alive
unless he felt of His hands and saw the nail prints. Jesus appeared
to him and showed Him the nail prints and where His side was pierced
with the soldier's sword.
Jesus also stated that those that
didn't see Him and still believed would be blessed. Many of us today
will receive that blessing if we have not seen Jesus with out eyes
but believe anyway.
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Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him:
and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even
so, Amen.
Jesus will return in the clouds and all
who are on the earth will see Him. Those whose ancestors had pierced
Him will wail and cry out. Just imagine for one moment what they may
say. "Oh No, you mean this Jesus was really our Messiah all this
time." "Our ancestors killed our very King."
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Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a
portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he
was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of
many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
It was prophesied that the Messiah
would be killed along with sinners or transgressors. He also would
bear the sins of many. He would make intercession for sinners. This
Jesus did.
Fulfillment recorded in the New Testament
- Mark 15 27 And with him they crucify
two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his
left.
- 28 And the scripture was
fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the
transgressors.
Again and again the Old testament prophecies
are fulfilled concerning Jesus.
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Exodus 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten;
thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the
house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
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Psalms 32:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one
of them is broken.
In the Psalms it is prophesied that no
bones of the Messiah would be broken. At the Passover in Exodus the
bones of the sacrifice was not to be broken. This was a prophecy
concerning the future sacrifice of the Messiah. Not one bone was to
be broken.
The Messiah loves His enemies
The Messiah loved His enemies and
prayed for them
Fulfillment recorded in the New Testament
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his
raiment, and cast lots.
Not only did Jesus suffer for all our
sins but during His suffering He asked God to forgive those who were
doing this to Him because they did not understand what they were
doing.
Many times we stir up trouble against
another person and do not realize the consequences of our words and
actions. One dynamic speech from an eloquent speaker can kill and
destroy with words and stir up a mob to violence. If we can overcome
the power of the tongue and use our speech for good instead of evil,
we would be greater than a might army.
Let us receive this wonderful savior
who died that we might live. Who was resurrected that we also could
be resurrected. Eternal life and a life free from sin awaits all who
believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, calling on Him and
repenting of sins and you will inherit eternal life and also lead
your family and friends to eternal life.
You will never regret giving your life
to Jesus Christ. Never, for His is truly the promised Messiah who
was to save the world. You can be part of this great Kingdom of God.
Messiah Index
Messiah part 30
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Son of Abraham
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5The
Anointed One
part 1
part 2
part 3
The Messiah's Birth
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
The Forerunner
part 1
part 2
part 3
The Son of God
part 1
part 2
His Ministry
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
Prophet & Priest
part 1
part 2
Suffering Messiah
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
Death & Resurrection
part 1
part 2
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