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ISSUE NUMBER 12 Prophecies Fulfilled Through the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ
"Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done,...." (Isaiah 46:9-10a) --- --- --- --- --- [Jesus said] "... all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." (Luke 24:44b)
INTRODUCTION: I
discussed the
Passover
as a prophecy and confirmation
of the Messiah Jesus in the last
newsletter,
www.ProphcyNewsSearch.com/en011.html
. I wish to continue this detour
from an end-time prophecy
newsletter to discuss prophecies
fulfilled by Jesus' death,
burial, and resurrection. We
celebrate His resurrection on
Easter
(better term: "Resurrection
Day"),
which is recognized this year
(2009) by Protestant and Roman
Catholic faithful on Sunday,
April 12.
FULFILLED
PROPHECIES: I include
only some
of the Old Testament
prophecies which foretold
of Jesus' death, burial, and
resurrection.
Prophecy:
[The LORD God said to the
serpent-- Satan] "And I will put
enmity between you and the
woman, and between your seed and
her Seed; He [the Christ] shall
bruise your head, and you shall
bruise His heel."
(Genesis 3:15)
Fulfillment: This
passage, part of the Adamic
Covenant, is called the
"protevangelium," because it is
the first Gospel message of
Jesus. God made two promises:
(1) Satan will "bruise Jesus'
heel," which occurred at the
crucifixion. Satan appeared to
have a brief "victory" over
Jesus, but, as God planned,"
this "defeat" turned into
eternal victory, when Jesus'
blood sacrifice became the basis
of the
New Covenant
and when His resurrection proved
His promise that we, who follow
Him, will also be resurrected to
eternal life. (2) Jesus will
"bruise Satan's head" by
eternally consigning him to the
Lake of Fire-- the eternal Hell
built for him and those who
follow him (Revelation 20:10):
And the devil [Satan], who
deceived them, was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone where
the beast [Antichrist] and false
prophet are. And they will be
tormented forever and ever.
Prophecy:
[Moses
said] "If a man has
committed sin worthy of death,
and he is put to death, and you
hang him on a tree, his body
shall not remain overnight on
the tree, but you shall bury him
that day,...."
(Deuteronomy 21:22-23a)
Fulfillment:
Therefore,
because it was the Preparation
Day, that the bodies should not
remain on the cross on the
Sabbath..., the Jews asked
Pilate... that they [the bodies
of Jesus and the two thieves]
might be taken away.
(John 19:31)
Prophecy:
Come, and
let us return to the LORD; for
He was torn, but He will heal
us; He was stricken, but He will
bind us up. After two days, He
will revive us; on the third day
He will raise us up, that we may
live in His sight.
(Hosea 6:1-2)
-- AND --
For You
[LORD] will not leave my soul in
Sheol [abode of the dead], nor
will You allow Your Holy One
[the Messiah] to see corruption.
(Psalm 16:10)
Fulfillment:
Previously quoted are passages
from Isaiah, chapter 53,
concerning Jesus' body torn for
our sins; and Matthew, chapter
12, concerning Jesus' promise
that He would rise from the
dead.
-- AND --
... they
[two men in shining garments--
angels-- standing at the empty
tomb] said to them [the women
coming to prepare Jesus' body
for final burial], "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.
(Luke 24:5b-8)
Prophecy:
Now the
LORD had prepared a great fish
to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was
in the belly of the fish three
days and three nights.
(Jonah 1:17)
Fulfillment:
Then some
of the
scribes and Pharisees
answered, saying, "Teacher, we
want to see a sign from You."
But He [Jesus] answered and said
to them, "An evil and adulterous
generation seeks after a sign,
and no sign will be given to it
except the sign of the prophet
Jonah. For as Jonah was three
days and three nights in the
belly of the great fish, so will
the
Son of Man
be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
(Matthew 12:38-40)
-- AND --
And if
Christ is not risen, then our
preaching is in vain and your
faith is also in vain.
(1 Corinthians 15:14)
Prophecy:
"I [the
Messiah] gave My back to those
who struck Me, and My cheeks to
those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from
shame and spitting."
(Isaiah 50:6)
Fulfillment:
Then they
spat in His [Jesus'] face and
beat Him;....
(Matthew 26:67)
-- AND --
Then some
began to spit on Him
[Jesus],.... And the officers
struck Him with the palms of
their hands.
(Mark 14:65)
-- AND --
So then
Pilate took Jesus and scourged
Him. (John 9:1)
Prophecy:
He [the
Suffering Servant-- the Messiah]
is despised and rejected by men,
a
Man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief. And
we hid... our faces from Him; He
was despised, and we did not
esteem Him.
(Isaiah 53:3)
Fulfillment:
He
[Jesus] was in the world, and
the world was made through Him
and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own, and His own
did not receive Him.
(John 1:10-11)
Prophecy:
But He was
wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our
iniquities, the chastisement of
our peace was upon Him, and by
His stripes we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:5)
Fulfillment:
... and
[Jesus] cast out the spirits
with a word, and healed all who
were sick,....
(Matthew 8:16b)
-- AND --
But God
demonstrates His own love for
us, in that while were were
still sinners, Christ died for
us. (Romans 5:8)
-- AND --
... Christ
died for our sins according to
the Scriptures.
(1 Corinthians 15:3b)
-- AND --
... and
when he [Pilate] had scourged
Jesus, he delivered Him to be
crucified.... When they had
twisted a
crown of thorns,
they put it on His head.... Then
they spat on Him, and took the
reed and struck Him on the head.
(John 19:26, 29-30)
Prophecy:
He [Jesus]
was oppressed and He was
afflicted, yet He opened not His
mouth; He was led as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before its shearers is silent,
so He opened not His mouth.
(Isaiah 53:7)
Fulfillment:
But Jesus
still answered nothing, so that
Pilate marveled.
(Mark 15:5)
Prophecy:
And they
made His [the Suffering
Servant-- the Messiah] His grave
with the... rich at His
death,....
(Isaiah 53:9a)
Fulfillment:
Now when
evening had come, there came a
rich man from Arimathea, named
Joseph, who himself had also
become a disciple of Jesus. This
man went to Pilate and asked for
the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be given
to him. And when Joseph had
taken the body, he wrapped it in
a clean linen cloth, and laid it
in his new tomb which he had
hewn out of the rock;....
(Matthew 27:57-60a)
Prophecy:
... and He
[the Messiah] was numbered with
the transgressors,....
(Isaiah 53:12d)
Fulfillment:
With Him
[Jesus] they also crucified two
robbers, one on His ight and the
other on His left.
(Mark 15:27)
-- AND--
... they
crucfied Him [Jesus], and the
ciminals,one on the right hand
and the other on the left.
(Luke 23:33b)
Prophecy:
For You
[God] will not leave my soul in
Sheol [the abode of the dead],
nor will You allow Your Holy One
[Jesus the Messah] to see
corruption.
(Psalm 16:10)
Fulfillment:
[Peter
said] "Therefore, being a
prophet, and knowing that God
has sworn with an oath to him
that of the fruit of his body,
according to the flesh, He would
raise up the Christ to sit on
his throne, he, foreseeing this,
spoke concerning the
resurrection of the Christ, that
His soul was not left in Hades
[abode of the dead], nor did His
flesh see corruption."
(Acts 2:30-31)
Prophecy:
My God, My
God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping
Me, and from the words of My
groaning? O My God, I cry in the
daytime, but You do not hear;
and in the night season, and am
not silent.
(Psalm 22:1-2)
Fulfillment:
And about
the ninth hour Jesus cried out
with a loud voice saying, "Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?"
that is, "My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?"
(Matthew 27:46)
Prophecy:
He guards
all His bones; not one of them
is broken.
(Psalm 34:20)
Fulfillment:
Therefore,
because it was Preparation
Day... the Jews asked Pilate
that their legs might be
broken.... But when they [the
soldiers] came to Jesus and saw
that He was already dead, they
did not break His legs.
(John 19:31, 33)
Prophecy:
Even my
own familiar friend in whom I
trusted, who ate my bread, has
lifted up his heel against me.
(Psalm 41:9)
Fulfillment:
Then
Judas Iscariot,
one of the twelve, went to the
chief priests to betray Him
[Jesus]. (Mark
14:10)
Prophecy:
[The
LORD said] "Rejoice greatly,
O daughter of Zion! Shout, O
daughter of
Jerusalem! Behold,
your King is coming to you;
He is just and having
salvation, lowly and riding
on a donkey, a colt, the
foal of a donkey.
(Zechariah 9:9)
Fulfillment:
Then
they brought the colt to
Jesus... and He sat on
it.... And Jesus went into
Jerusaelm and the Temple.
(Mark 11:7, 11. See also
Matthew, chapter 21; and
John, chapter 12)
Prophecy:
Then I
said to them, "If it is
agreeable to you, give me my
wages; and if not, refrain." So
they weighed out for my wages
thirty pieces of silver.
(Zechariah 11:12)
Fulfillment:
Then one
of the twelve, called
Judas Iscariot, went to
the chief priests and said,
"What are you willing to give me
if I deliver Him to you?" And
they counted out to him thirty
pieces of silver.
(Matthew 26:14-15)
Prophecy:
[The
LORD said] "... then they
will look upon Me whom they
have pierced;...."
(Zechariah 12:10b)
Fulfillment:
But
one of the soldiers pierced
His [Jesus'] side with a
spear,....
(John 19:34a)
Prophecy:
And
the LORD said to me, "Throw
it to the potter"-- that
princely price they set on
me. So I took the thirty
pieces of silver and threw
them into the house of the
LORD for the potter.
(Zechariah 12:13)
Fulfillment:
Then
Judas... was remorseful and
brought back the thirty
pieces of silver to the
chief priests and elders,
saying, "I have sinned by
betraying
innocent blood." And
they said, "What is that to
us? You see to it!" Then he
threw down the pieces of
silver in the temple and
departed, and went and
hanged himself.... [The
chief priests] took counsel
and bought... the potter's
field to bury strangers in.
(Matthew 27:3-5, 7)
Prophecy:
"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........"
(Zechariah 13:7a)
Fulfillment:
...
Then all the disciples
forsook Him [Jesus] and
fled.
(Matthew 26:56b)
-- AND --
Then
Jesus said to them [the
disciples], "All of you will
be made to stumble because
of Me this night,...."
(Mark 14:27a)
Prophecy:
All
those who see Me laugh Me to
scorn; they shoot out the
lip, they shake the head,
saying, "He trusted in the
LORD, let Him rescue Him;
let Him deliver Him, since
He delights in Him."
(Psalm 22:7-8)
Fulfillment:
Likewise the chief priests,
also mocking with the
scribes and elders, said,
"He saved others; Himself He
cannot save. If He is the
King of Israel, let Him now
come down from the cross,
and we will believe Him. He
trusted in God; let Him
deliver Him now if He will
have Him; for He said, 'I am
the
Son of God.'"
Even the robbers who were
crucified with Him reviled
Him with the same thing.
(Matthew 27:41-44)
Prophecy:
My
strength is dried up like a
potsherd, and My tongue
clings to My jaws; you have
brought Me to the dust of
death.
(Psalm 22:15)
-- AND --
They
also gave me gall for my
food, and for my thirst they
gave me vinegar to drink.
(Psalm 69:21)
Fulfillment:
...
they gave Him [Jesus] sour
wine mingled with gall to
drink.... Immediately one of
them ran and took a sponge,
filled it with sour wine,
and gave it to Him to drink.
(Matthew 27:34, 48)
-- AND --
After
this, Jesus, knowing that
all things were now
accomplished, that the
Scripture might be
fulfilled, said, "I thirst."
Now a vessel full of sour
wine was sitting there; and
they filled a sponge with
sour wine, put it on hyssop,
and put it to His mouth.
(John 19:28-29)
Prophecy:
For
dogs have surrounded Me; the
assembly of the wicked has
enclosed Me. They pierced My
hands and My feet.
(Psalm 22:16)
-- AND --
... then they will
look at Me, whom they have
pierced;....
(Zechariah 12:10b)
Fulfillment:
And
[Pilate] said to the Jews,
"Behold your King!" But they
cried out, "Away with Him,
away with Him! Crucify Him!"
... So he delivered Him to
them to be crucified.
(John 19:14b-16a)
--AND--
The
other disciples therefore
said to him [Thomas, called
Didymus], "We have seen the
Lord." But he said to them,
"Unless I see in His hands
the print of the nails, and
put my finger into the print
of the nails,... I will not
believe."
(John 20:25)
Prophecy:
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.
(Psalm 22:17-18)
Fulfillment:
Then
the soldiers, when they had
crucified Jesus, took His
garments and made four
parts, to each soldier a
part, and also the tunic.
Now the tunic was without
seam, woven from the top in
one piece. They said
therefore among themselves,
"Let us not tear it, but
cast lots for it, whose it
shall be,"....
(John 19:23-24a)
Prophecy:
Even
my own familiar friend in
whom I trusted, who ate my
bread, has lifted up his
heel against me.
(Psalm 41:9)
Fulfillment:
And
immediately, while He was
still speaking, Judas, one
of the twelve,... came from
the chief priests and the
scribes and the elders. Now
His betrayer had given them
a signal, saying, "Whomever
I kiss, He is the One; take
Him and lead Him away
safely." And... immediately
he went up to Him and said
to Him, "Rabbi, Rabbi!" and
kissed Him.
(Mark 14:43-45)
- AND --
[Jesus
said] "I do not speak
concerning all of you. I
know whom I have chosen; but
that the Scripture may be
fulfilled, 'He who eats
bread with Me and lifted up
his heel against Me.'"
(John 13:18. Continue
reading John 13:21-30,
concerning
Judas' betrayal of Jesus.)
Prophecy:
You
have ascended on high, You
have led captivity
captive....
(Psalm 68:18)
Fulfillment:
Now it
came to pass, while He
[Jesus] blessed them, that
He was parted from them and
carried up into heaven.
(Luke 24-51)
-- AND --
[Two
men in white apparel said],
"Men of Galilee, why do you
stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was
taken up from you into
heaven, will so come in like
manner as you saw Him go
into heaven.
(Acts 1:11)
-- AND --
Therefore He says, "When
He ascended on high, He led
captives captive, and gave
gifts to men." (Now
this, "He ascended"-- what
does it mean but that He
also descended into the
lower parts of the earth? He
who descended is also the
One who ascended far above
all the heavens, that He
might fill all things.)
(Ephesians 4:8-10)
Prophecy:
They
have spoken against me with
a lying tongue. They have
also surrounded me with
words of hatred and fought
against me without a cause.
In return for my love they
are my accusers.... Thus
they have rewarded me evil
for good, and hatred for my
love.... When he is judged,
let him be found guilty....
and let another take his
office.
(Psalm 109:2b-5, 7-8)
Fulfillment:
This lengthy passage is not
reproduced, but the eleven
apostles cast lots and
replaced Judas with
Matthias.... (Acts 1:16-26)
Prophecy:
The
LORD [Jehovah] said to my
Lord [the Messiah], "Sit at
My right hand, till I make
Your enemies Your footstool.
(Psalm 110:1)
Fulfillment:
So
then, after the Lord had
spoken to them, He was
received up into heaven, and
sat down at the right hand
of God.
(Mark 16:19)
-- AND --
[God]
has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son
[Jesus], whom He has
appointed heir of all
things, through whom also He
made the worlds; who being
the brightness of His glory
and the express image of His
person, and upholding all
things by the word of His
power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins, sat
down at the right hand on
the Majesty on high.
(Hebrews 1:2-3)
CONCLUSION: Please
consider the following:
Only a sample:
The Scriptures reproduced
above are merely a sample--
a small sample-- of
Scriptures related to Jesus
the Christ. The Old
Testament is filled with
references to a coming
Messiah, and the New
Testament is filled with
references to the Messiah
Jesus who came and fulfilled
those prophecies.
Statistical proof:
Modern society respects
scientific achievements.
Many persons reject Biblical
accounts because they are
based on faith, rather than
"science." There is a common
language of all sciences--
statistics. Scientists and
statisticians use the
discipline of statistics to
calculate from available
data the probability,
expressed as the p-value,
whether an event or
observation may have
occurred only by chance
alone or is a real
phenomenon. For many
scientific studies a
probability factor (p)
of 0.01 is considered
sufficient evidence that the
event or observation did not
occur just by chance.
The lower the number--
0.001, etc.-- the more
likely the event is true.
With p <0.01, there is less
than 1 chance in 100 that
the event occurred only by
chance. Statisticians have
applied statistics to the
Biblical descriptions of
Jesus to attempt to
calculate a p-value
(that is, whether these
events could have occurred
only by chance in any one
man's life). The statistics
related to Jesus' life
develop p-values of
astronomical proportions--
values never achieved in any
known
scientific observation. The
Bible has provided such a
rich description of Jesus as
the prophesied Messiah, that
He can be proven
statistically to be the
Anointed One of God. We
should believe in Jesus as
Savior by faith alone, but
it is nice to have
such iron-clad proof to
strengthen our faith!
Finally: Celebrate
a blessed Resurrection Day.
Remember in a special
way Jesus Christ, and Him
crucified (1 Corinthians
2:2).
CONTACT ME: raymondfinney@ymail.com or (865) 984.1424.
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May God bless and protect you and your family. Maranatha! Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Raymond Finney Maryville, Tennessee U.S.A.
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