GOD’S WORD FOR JANUARY 13 ~ ~ Isaiah 9:1b-2 ~ ~ “By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,

In Galilee of the Gentiles.   The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;

Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.”

FULFILLED in Matthew 4:12-14~ ~   “Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet Isaiah….”

Continuing with the minor prophets in the book, How to Read the Bible  ~ ~ as if your life depended on it ~ ~because it does!

PROPHECIES OF MESSIAH’S MINISTRY

Moses, in Deuteronomy 18:15-16, predicted that God would raise up a prophet like Moses, an early prophecy of the Messiah; fulfilled in John 5:45-47.

In Exodus 12:5, the Old Testament sacrificial animals had to be unblemished as a symbol of the unblemished life of Jesus; fulfilled by Jesus in Hebrews 9:14.  Also, compare Psalm 40:6-8 with Hebrews 10:5-10.

Psalm 78:1-2 predicted that Jesus would teach in parables; fulfilled by Jesus in Matthew 13:34-35.

Isaiah 6:9-10 predicted that the parables of Jesus would not be understood; fulfilled in Matthew 13:13-15.

Isaiah 35:5-6 predicted that the Messiah would perform miracles of healing; fulfilled in Matthew 11:2-6.

Isaiah 53:3 predicted that the Messiah would be a Suffering Servant, despised and rejected by those he came to save; fulfilled in Luke 4:28-29 and elsewhere.

Isaiah 8:14 pictured the coming Messiah as a stone that causes people to stumble; fulfilled in 1 Peter 2:5-8

Isaiah 9:1b -2 predicted that Messiah’s ministry would begin in Galilee; fulfilled in Matthew 4:12-17

Isaiah 11:10 promised that the Messiah would attract the nations to Himself; fulfilled in John 12:18-21, Acts 9:15 and elsewhere.

Zechariah 9:9 predicted that Jerusalem would rejoice to receive the Messiah as a King, riding upon a donkey; fulfilled by Jesus on the first Palm Sunday in Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, Luke 19:37-38, and John 12:13.

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Ex 12:5 ~ ~ Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. (Prophesy)

Hebrews 9:14 ~ ~ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Fulfillment).

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Ps 78:2 ~ ~ I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples].  I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]— (Prophesy)

Matthew 13:34-35 ~ ~ All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

 “I will open My mouth in parables;

I will utter things [unknown and unattainable] that have been hidden [from mankind] since the foundation of the world.” (Fulfillment)

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Isaiah 35:5-6 ~ ~ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And  the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.  Then the lame shall leap like a deer,  And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness  And streams in the desert. (Prophesy)

Matthew 11:2-6 ~ ~ And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:  The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.  And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” (Fulfillment)

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Isaiah 53:3 ~ ~ He is despised and rejected by men,  a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;  He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. (Prophesy)

Luke 4:28-29 ~ ~ So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.  (Fulfillment)

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Isaiah 8:14-15 ~ He will be as a sanctuary,  but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense  to both the houses of Israel,  as a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And many among them shall stumble;  they shall fall and be broken,  be snared and taken.”  (Prophesy)

1Peter 2:5-8 ~ ~  you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.  Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture:

“Behold, I lay in Zion  a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”    Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,  “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”  and  “A stone of stumbling  and a rock of offense.”

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.  (Fulfillment)

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John 4:25

The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Psalm 2:1

Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?

Psalm 16:1

Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust

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