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- WHY WE BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH
- -or-
- IN SEARCH OF THE MESSIAH
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- We now want to utilize the side of the brain not used very often, or so it
- seems, nowadays. I want you to use your imaginan order to produce a
- report as to the Nature of
- the Messiah as fortold in the Scriptures.
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- Now, I will take the role of the chief advisor, but it is important to
- note that King Herod is of the nature that, if we don't produce what he
- wants, we may very well be fired -in OIL!
-
- Let's tackle the origin of the Messiah:
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- GENESIS 3:15 "Seed of Woman"
- GENESIS 22:18 "Seed of Abraham"
- DANIEL 7:13 "Son of Man"
- ISAIAH 7:14 "Virgin Birth"
- ISAIAH 9:6 "GOD HIMSELF [Father of Eternity]"
- PSALM 2:7 "SON OF GOD"
- PSALM 110:11 "Son of DAVID - Yet David's LORD"
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- That's getting too confusing
- so
- lets tackle the BIRTHPLACE
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- MICAH 5:2 "Out of thee (Bethlehem"
- HOSEA 11:1 "Out of Egypt --"
- ISAIAH 11:1 "Branch" used Hebrew word NEHTZER
- which had been commonly accepted by
- the religious leaders to be NAZARENE!
-
- Forget that for a little while
- let's try How the people are to react
- towards Him ... and He to the people...
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- ISAIAH 8:14 "Rock of offense" - he is going to alienate the people -
- PSALM 118:22
- ISAIAH 28:16 "To be the Corner Stone"
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- ISAIAH 11:1-10 Will be Jew (Branch from Jesse) yet in Verse 10 we see
- that the Gentiles will seek Him - THIS IS NOT RIGHT?!-NO
- JEW WOULD COME NEAR A GENTILE.
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- ISAIAH 25:7 The "veil" on the hearts of Gentiles
- will be destroyed while a veil of disbelief will form over
- the hearts
- of some (not all) Jews!
-
- We are really getting nowhere - FAST!
-
- Let's try to find HIS ANNOINTING (function)
-
- Compare
- PSALM 22 with 72
- ISAIAH 53 with 11
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- Well it looks as though there might be TWO MESSIAHS -otherwise HOW can
- this apply to ONE MESSIAH?!
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- Zechariah 6:12-13 "Priest upon His throne"
- Psalm 110:4 "Priest on the order of Melchizedek"
- Jeremiah 23:5 "A King"
-
- Now, we as the advisors to the King know that ONLY a member of the tribe of
- Judah can be KING and we know that only a member of the tribe of Levi may
- be a priest! How can a Messiah be from both Levi and Judah?
-
- Let's look at Isaiah 40:5 where HE will be the GLORY OF THE LORD and in
- ISAIAH 53:1-3 He will be DESPISED AND HAVE NO BEAUTY! Then we have
- Zechariah 11:12 & 13 showing that a price of 30 pieces of silver will be
- paid for Him - or will it be paid for a potter's field?
-
- This Messiah is getting more and more confusing, isn't it? Let's take a
- few more verses:
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- Zechariah 13:6 shows that he will be wounded, while Psalm 22:16 shows His
- hands and feet pierced - while Psalm 34:20 shows that he is "keeping His
- bones". How can one pierce the hands and not break a bone - and why
- would the fact that His bones are not broken be so important?
-
- If this be the Messiah, then why in Psalm 22:1 - 8 does it show Him being
- forsaken by GOD?
-
- NOW LET US COME BACK TO THE PRESENT
-
- I. The difficulties that they experienced then were due to the fact that
- the "answer" had not been provided, yet. The same is with our
- "difficulties" - if there is no answer to each of us. than we must
- look for answers or await the answer at HIS timing.
-
- MATTHEW 2:22-23
- Joseph was about to return to Bethlehem. Humanly speaking -this prophesy
- hinged on an odd fact of History - King Herod, during an outrage against
- "those who plotted against him" and in a very peevish mood CHANGED his
- will and put ARCHELAUS, the son he HATED most to rule INSTEAD of
- ANTIPAS, the eldest. It was this dread of ARCHELAUS that led Joseph to
- resettle in Nazareth. Here God used the spiteful wrath of a paranoid
- king to bring prophesy to fulfillment.
-
- I PETER 2:6-8
- MATTHEW 21:42-44
- Here Christ is shown as the CORNER STONE and in MATTHEW we find how He was
- a "rock of offense" or stumbling block, as He is today, to those who REFUSE
- to believe on Him.
-
- LUKE 4:17-21
- Here we see the Lord reading ISAIAH - yet NOT FINISHING THE READING! WHY?
- - because Christ was not ready to announce the Day of Judgement - He
- plans to do that on His next visit!
-
- MATTHEW 26:15
- Thirty Pieces of Silver paid to Judas. WHY 30 PIECES? Let's look at Exodus
- 21:32 where "if a person's bull should push (kill) a manservant the owner
- of the bull was to pay 30 pieces of silver. In other words a DEAD SERVANT
- was worth 30 pieces of silver. The price paid reflected the contempt the
- leaders had toward Jesus.
-
- MATTHEW 27:3-10
- What did Judas do with the money?
-
- JOHN 19:31-37
- Here BOTH of the thieves crucified with Christ had their bones broken -
- BUT JESUS DID NOT. The wounds of the nails pierced flesh and not bones!
-
- Now, we should look at the ONLY prophesy that outlined the EXACT day that
- the Messiah would enter Jerusalem.
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