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The Jewish Messiah also
had to suffer and lay down
His life for our sins. This
is clearly shown in Isaiah 53. He did this for both Jews and
Gentiles.
- There were over 360 prophecies foretold about the
coming Jewish Messiah - hundreds of years before Jesus was born in
Bethlehem. Jesus fulfilled all 365 of these prophecies. Of these 360+ prophecies, there are 109 that
only Jesus
(Yeshua) could have fulfilled. See complete list of 365 Messianic
Prophecies
here
- His name in Greek is
Jesus, and His
Hebrew name is
Yehoshua. In Aramaic it's:
"Yeshua".
In the "Suffering
Servant" passage of Isaiah 53:5 written: 712 B.C.) where
we read:
"He was wounded
for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are
healed"
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Read Torah, Isaiah
53 3-6: "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. 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; the chastisement for our peace was
upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every
one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the
iniquity of us all." Written: 712 BC (Before Christ) |
Isaiah 42:1 - Isaiah 42:9
Here is my
servant! I have made him strong.
He is my chosen one; I am pleased
with him. I have given him my Spirit, and
he will bring justice to the nations.
He won't shout or yell
or call out in the streets.
He won't break off a bent
reed or put out a dying flame, but
he will make sure that justice is
done.
He won't quit or give up
until he brings justice everywhere on earth, and people in
foreign nations long for his teaching.
I am the LORD God. I
created the heavens like an open
tent above. I made the earth and
everything that grows on it. I am
the source of life for all who live on
this earth, so listen to what I
say.
I chose you to bring
justice, and I am here at your side. I
selected and sent you to bring
light and my promise of hope to the
nations.
You will give sight
to the blind; you will set
prisoners free from dark dungeons.
My name is the LORD!
I won't let idols or humans share my
glory and praise.
Everything has happened
just as I said it would; now I will
announce what will happen next.
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To assume human nature, the
sinless Savior
had to choose between the only two things available. He could of either
chosen the Holy, unfallen nature of
Adam, or the fallen nature of Adam and all of Adam's descendants. If He had taken any other
kind, it would not have been human nature at all.
Jesus rose again to sit with
the Eternal Father, as one
with the Father. It’s the greatest miracle God has
ever performed. God’s
Son who once was dead, has risen to new life forever. This great miracle is
the joyous hope for humanity. Satan thought he was the winner. While
Jesus hung on the cross outside of Jerusalem, Demons were roaring in triumph...
only to realize to their horror that Jesus was the winner after all. Jesus
descended into the demonic world and took the keys of death and life back from
Satan's own claws. Jesus gave Himself to be killed,
so that He could take away the authority of Satan over mankind.
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For those who teach
that the Bible should
not be interpreted literally.
Explain the below
if you can. All
were prophecies Jesus
fulfilled to the "letter/iota"....
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Below from the King James
version of the Holy Bible.
Look at the below in totality! The odds against the
below being fulfilled by the only person who claimed to
be the Son of God, and who died on a "tree" on
Calvary, and who rose the 3rd day are astronomical! In
totality--these are no longer "vague"!
Now remember, that all these were written hundreds of
years before the birth of Christ and were
documented. Isaiah & Micah wrote their prophecies below about
700 years before Christ...
Zechariah wrote about 500 years before
Christ. The Psalms were written over 1000
years before Christ.
It is still under
construction....Many more will be added.
The marvelous Trinity
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Divine Persons unified in one Divine Will is God
and is all Love.
The Will of the Father gives Life to
Love and eternally generates His Only-Begotten
Son. Through Jesus, the Father may see and know
Himself.
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| Genesis 1:26 (4000 B.C.): "And God
said, Let us make man in our
image.." |
Proverbs 30:4
(700
B.C.):
"Who hath ascended up into heaven or
descended? Who hath gathered the wind in
His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a
garment? Who hath established all the
ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what
is His son's name, if thou canst
tell?"
Psalm
2:11-12 (1000 B.C.): Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice
with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled
but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust
in him.
Bible Code
discoveries
- ---Messianic Jew,
Yacov Rambsel found in Torah:
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12th Letter in Hebrew spells "JESUS IS MY NAME"
via Bible codes |
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- In answer to the question in Proverbs 30:4 above. What is His son's name?
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- Starting
with the first yod, counting every 22nd
letter spells “ you guessed it “ Yeshua shai,"
which means "Yeshua, the Gift."
Yeshua means Jesus in Hebrew.
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- Zechariah 13:6
written: 487 BC (Before Christ)
- "And one shall
say unto him, What are these wounds in thine
hands? Then he shall answer, Those with
which I was wounded in the house of my
friends."
(Proverbs 30:4)
"Who hath ascended up into heaven or
descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His
fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who
hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His
name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst
tell?"
- John
9:35-38
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35 Jesus heard
that they had cast him out; and when he
had found him, he said unto him, Dost
thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He
answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that
I might believe on him? 37 And
Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen
him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord,
I believe. And he worshipped him.
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The
Son of Jehovah God, Himself God, One with the Father
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Psalm (2,7): "The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son; this
day I have begotten you’"
Jeremiah 23:5-6 - "Behold,
the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will raise
to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign
and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in
the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel
will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will
be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
New Covenant:
Jeremiah 31:31-33 "Behold, the
days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah-- "not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to
lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which
they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the
LORD. "But this is the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I
will put My law in their minds, and write it on their
hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My
people.
He who brought the New Covenant:
Isaiah 35:5-6
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
- 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.
Isaiah 9:6
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
- For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given;
and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His
name will be called wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 42:1
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
- "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, my Elect One in
whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; he
will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 11:10
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who
shall stand as a banner to the people; for the Gentiles
shall seek Him, and His resting place shall be
glorious."
John 8:24 "Therefore I said to
you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not
believe that I Am, you will die in your sins."
John 8:58 Jesus said to them,
"Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I
AM." |
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- Numbers 24:17 "I
see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A
star will come out of Jacob;
- a scepter will rise
out of Israel."
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Luke 3:34 "The son of
Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of
Nahor." |
the virgin birth, and his name...
Isaiah 7:14 written: 758 BC (Before Christ)
Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord
Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall
conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name
Immanuel.
Word "Immanuel" means: God with us. In the Old
Testament it occurs only in Isaiah. 7:14 and 8:8.
Isaiah 8:8
written: 758 BC (Before Christ)
"And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over,
he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings
shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel."
| Matthew
1:18 "This is how the birth of Jesus Christ
came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be
married to Joseph, but before they came together,
she was found to be with child through the Holy
Spirit." |
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Luke 1:34-35 Then
Mary
said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not
know a man?" And the angel answered and said to her, "The
Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest
will
overshadow you;
therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be
called the Son of God.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin
shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
God with us.
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his place of birth...
Micah 5:2 written: 710 BC (Before Christ)
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out
of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have
been from of old, from everlasting."
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Joseph
also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judea,
to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he
was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with
Mary, his
betrothed
wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they were
there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.
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2:1 "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in
Judea, during the time of King Herod..." |
- Isaiah 9: 6-7:
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
- "For unto us a
Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the
government will be upon His shoulder.
- And His name will be
called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His
government and peace There will be no end, Upon the
throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it
and establish it with judgment and justice. From
that time forward, even forever"
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The
Christmas Story
Mary (Mariam) was miraculously with child;
simply by God's Will--as prophesized
Click link below
to see this 3.03 min Movie Clip
Written: 758 BC (Before Christ)
Isaiah 7:14"Therefore the Lord Himself
will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a
Son, and shall call His name
Immanuel.
Word "Immanuel" means: God with us. In the Old
Testament it occurs only in Isaiah. 7:14 and 8:8.
Click
HERE
to see this short video
clip |
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What year this occurred
remains uncertain. Astronomers do
know, however, that in June, 2 B.C. a
very rare event occurred in the western
skies (in relation to the Magi).
Two of the brightest stars emerged in the
sky. Venus came in front of
Jupiter. A June birth would also
fit with the Gospels, as shepherds would
be in the fields in June, but not in the
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- Jeremiah 31:15 "This is what the Lord says:
'A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be
comforted, because her children are no more.'"
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Matthew 2:16 "When
Herod realized that he had been outwitted
by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave
orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem
and its vicinity who were two years old
and under, in accordance with the time he
had learned from the Magi." |
Hoseah 11:1 "When Israel was a child, I
loved him, - and out of Egypt I
called my son."
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2:14 "So he got up, took the child and his
mother during the night and left for Egypt." |
- Genesis 49:10
written: 1689 BC (Before Christ)
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until
Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
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about Jesus/Yeshua:
- Luke
3:33 "The son of Amminadab,
the son of Ram, the son of
Hezron, the son of Perez, the son
of Judah."
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Jesus is born of the House of David (Jesse is
the
father of David)...
Isaiah 11:1 & 11:10 written: 713 BC (Before Christ)
"And there shall come forth a rod out of the
stem
of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his
roots:"
"And in that day there shall stand for an
ensign of
the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and
his
rest shall be glorious."
Isaiah 28:16 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
Therefore thus saith
the LORD GOD,- Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a
- tried stone, a precious corner
stone, a sure
- foundation: he that believeth shall
not make
- haste.
Isaiah 53:2 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"For he shall grow up before him as a tender
plant,
and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form
nor
comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is
no
beauty that we should desire him."
John the Baptist prepares the way...
Isaiah 40:3 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"The voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in
the desert a highway for our God."
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- Isaiah 11:2
written:
712 BC (Before
Christ)"The
Spirit of the Lord will
- rest on him--the
Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
- the Spirit of counsel
and of power, the Spirit of knowledge
- and of the fear of
the Lord."
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Comes from Galilee and teaches in Caparnum
Isaiah 9:1-2
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be
such as was in her vexation, when at first he lightly
afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously
afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in
Galilee of the nations. The people that walked in
darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the
land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light
shined."
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Matthew 4:12-16 "Now when Jesus had
heard that John was cast into prison, he
departed into Galilee; And leaving Nazareth
he came and dwelt in to
Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and dwelt
in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast,
in the borders of Zebulon and Nephthalim:
That it might be fuslfilled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying, The land of
Zabulon and the land of
Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people
which sat in darkness saw great light; and
to them which sat in the region and shadow
of death light is sprung up." |
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Luke 2:52 "And Jesus
grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor
with God and men." |
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When Jesus heard that John had been put
in prison, he went to Galilee. 13
But instead of staying in Nazareth, Jesus
moved to Capernaum. This town was beside
Lake Galilee in the territory of Zebulun
and Naphtali. 14
So God's promise came true, just as the
prophet Isaiah had said,
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"Listen, lands of Zebulun and
Naphtali,
lands along the road to the sea and east
of the Jordan! Listen Galilee,
land of the Gentiles!
16 Although your people
live in darkness, they will
see a bright light. Although they live
in the shadow of death, a light
will shine on them." 17
Then Jesus started preaching, "Turn
back to God! The kingdom of heaven will
soon be here."
Jesus Fulfills the Prophecy of the Tzit-Tzit
"But unto you that
fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing
in his wings," Malachi 4:2
According to Jewish sages and tradition, this Sun of
Righteousness referred to in Malachi's prophecy was understood
to be the Messiah, who would have the power to heal who ever
touched the tzit-tzit (fringes) on his garment.
One of the best known miracles of healing that Jesus performed
was the occasion when a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage
for twelve years came up behind him and touched the hem of his
garment. Both Matthew and Mark tell us about this incident
below. Mark further tells us, that wherever the Lord went
whomever merely touched the border of his garment "were made
whole".
Matthew 9:20-22
20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of
blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his
garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his
garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about, and
when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy
faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from
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In Jesus' day, Jewish men wore a
simple tunic both at home and at work. When appearing in
public, they would cover their tunic with a large
rectangular cloth which draped over the shoulder and fell to
the ankles. This cloth was called a tallit and served as
protection from cold and rain. Hanging from the end of each
of its four corners (wings) was a tzitzit in obedience to
the biblical command. The hem of this garment is actually
made with fringes, or tassels (called tzitziyot, in Hebrew).
These were required to be on the four corners of all
clothing of Jewish men, in accordance with God's
instruction. These tassels were to remind each Jewish man of
his responsibility to fulfill God's commandments in
Deuteronomy 22 :12 and Num.15:37-40. In fact, these tassels
are tied into 613 knots to constantly remind Jewish men of
the 613 laws of Moses, of which there are 365 prohibitions
(The "thou shalt not" laws), and 248 affirmations (the "thou
shall" laws). The knots also correspond with the ineffable
name of God, the unspoken yod-hey-vav-hey, Yahweh.
- Isaiah 9:1-2
written:
712 BC (Before
Christ)
- "Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom
for those
- who were in distress. In the past he humbled the
land
- of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the
future he
- will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of
the sea,
- along the Jordan--The people walking in darkness
have
- seen a great light; on those living in the land
of the shadow of
- death a light has dawned."
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Matthew 4:12-16
"Jesus...returned to Galilee.
Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in
Capernaum, which was by the lake in the
area of Zebulun and Naphtali--to fulfill
what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the
way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee
of the Gentiles--The people living in
darkness have seen a great light; on
those living in the land of the shadow of
death a light has dawned." |
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Daniel predicts below the
exact timetable that pinpoints the very
day (69 weeks) that Jesus rode into
Jerusalem (Psalm Sunday) on a colt. He
said it would be exactly 69 sabbatical
years from the edict permitting the
Israelites to return from their Babylon
exile to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple
until the Messiah would appear as their
Prince.
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- Zechariah 9:9 - written: 520 BC (Before Christ)
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout,
O
daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh
unto thee: he is just, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt
the foal of an ass."
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John
12:13-15 [they] Took branches of palm trees, and went
forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the
King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And
jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it
is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King
cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. |
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This edict to
rebuild Jerusalem was issued in 444
BC by Artaxerxes Longimanus of Persia.
Exactly 173,880 days later Jesus rode
into Jerusalem on a donkey. This was the
first time Jesus allowed Himself to be
publicly proclaimed as the Messiah and
King.
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- Daniel 9:25:
Know, therefore and understand, that from
the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build
Jerusalem unto the
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,
and threescore and two
weeks: the street shall be built again,
and the wall, even in troublous
times.
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Matthew 21:2-3 2
saying to them, "Go into the village opposite
you, and immediately you will find a donkey
tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring
them to Me. 3 "And if anyone says anything to
you, you shall say, `The Lord has need of them,'
and immediately he will send them." |
Daniel
also says below that two startling historical
things would follow Messiah's appearance. First,
Messiah would be cut off. Second, the city of
Jerusalem and the temple would be destroyed
shortly thereafter.
Daniel
9:26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah
be cut off, but not for himself: and the people
of the prince that shall come shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall
be with a flood, and unto the end of the war
desolations are determined.
Here
Daniel talks of the Messiah being killed. He also
says the same thing that Jesus said - that Jerusalem
would be shortly destroyed. It happened in 70
A.D. and Josephus and others spoke of the "flood"
of Jewish blood in the streets of Jerusalem...
What
about the 70th Week Daniel Spoke of? Many Evangelicals and other
Christians and Christian book writers are also deluded to think
the 70th week of Daniel went on hold for 2000 years. When
it fact it happened just like clockwork and ended when Stephen
was stoned by the Jews at the end of the 70th week (3.5 yrs
after Christ's crucifixion). Immediately the 70th week
ended, and the Gospel then went to the Gentiles. You will recall
also, that Paul was "recruited" at the end of this 7 years to
minister to the Gentiles. His name was changed from the Jewish
Saul to the Gentile Paul (Romans 11:13) which signified the new
focus. Also, at this time God gave Peter a vision indicating it
was now time to preach to the Gentiles (Acts 10:1-28)
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This prophesy refers to
weeks of years, or 483 biblical years.
Beginning with the exact day on which
Persian King Artaxerxes gave the decree
to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (March 14, 445), exactly 173,880 days
later--Palm Sunday, April 6, 32 A.D. --Christ rode into Jerusalem the week
before he was 'cut off' (crucified). This
is the precise number of days spanning
483 biblical years, which were then
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Judas gives up Jesus to Temple authorities
after
eating bread with Jesus
Psalm 41:9 written: 1023 BC (Before Christ)
"Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I
trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his
heel
against me."
Judas gives up Jesus to Temple authorities for
30
pieces of silver...
Zechariah 11:12 written: 487 BC (Before Christ)
"And I said unto them, If ye think good,
give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for
my price thirty pieces of silver."
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Matthew 26:15 "And
asked, 'What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?' So they
counted out for him thirty pieces of
silver." |
Judas gives up Jesus to Temple authorities for
30
pieces of silver....
Zechariah 11:13 written: 487 BC (Before Christ)
"And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of
them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the
Lord."
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Matthew 27:6-7 "The
chief priests picked up the coins and
said, 'It is against the law to put this
into the treasury, since it is blood
money.' So they decided to use the money
to buy the potter's field as a burial
place for foreigners." |
The false accusation....
Psalm 35:11 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
"False witnesses did rise up; they laid to
my charge things that I knew not."
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The Jewish
Messiah was to come first as a Suffering Servant |
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Own Disciples Forsake Him
the
forsaking of the disciples through being offended
at him.....Psalm 31:11 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
Zecheriah 13:7 - "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; then I will
turn My hand against the little ones.
Matthew 26:31 - Then Jesus said
to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of
Me this night, for it is written: `I will strike the
Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
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"I was a reproach among all mine enemies,
but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to
mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me".
FIRST HE
WAS BEATEN
| Isaiah 50:6 - I 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.
Matt 26:67 - Then they spat in
His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the
palms of their hands,
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the mockery of the spectators...
Psalm 109:25 written: 1023 BC (Before Christ)
"I became a reproach unto them: when they
looked upon me they shaked their heads."
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being crucified....
Psalm 22:16 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of
the
wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."
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John 20:27 "Then he
said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here;
see my hands. Reach out your hand and put
it into my side. Stop doubting and
believe.' |
Jesus
bears our sins at Calvary...
Isaiah 53:4 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted."
Isaiah 53:5 (Suffering Servant Passage) written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
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Matthew 8:16-17 "When
evening came, many who were
demon-possessed were brought to him, and
he drove out the spirits with a word and
healed all the sick. This was to fulfill
what was spoken through the prophet
Isaiah: 'He took up our infirmities and
carried our diseases." |
Isaiah
50:6 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"I gave my back to the smiters, and my
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my
face from shame and spitting."
Being crucified between two thieves was a fulfillment of prophecy
(numbered with the transgressors) also.
|
Mark:15:27-28: And with him they crucify two thieves;
the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was
numbered with the transgressors. |
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.
Luke 23:34: Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not
what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Messiah will be Rejected
in Israel:
Isaiah 8:14
written: 742 BC (Before Christ)
"And he shall be a sanctuary; but for a
stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both
the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
Isaiah 53:3 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were
our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Psalm
22: 14-19, written 1000 BC - I am poured out like water, and all my
bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the
midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a
potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought
me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed
me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they
look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not
thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalm 118:22-23 - The stone which the
builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the
LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Isaiah 28:16 - Therefore thus says
the Lord GOD: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a
foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure
foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.
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John 1:11 "He came to
that which was his own, but his own did
not receive him." |
Jesus bears our sins at Calvary...
Isaiah 53:4 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted."
Isaiah 53:6 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all."
Psalm 22:6-8:
written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
But I am a worm, and
no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the
people. All they that see me
laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake
the head saying, He trusted on the
Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him,
seeing he delighted in him.
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| Matthew
27:39-40 "Those who passed by hurled insults
at him, shaking their heads and saying, 'You who
are going to destroy the temple and build it in
three days, save yourself! Come down from the
cross, if you are the Son of God!'" |
-
- Above is exactly what
happened at Calvary that day when
- the people gathered to wag
their heads at Jesus and laugh
- Him to scorn.
Matthew recorded the account:
-
- "And they
that passed by reviled
him, wagging their heads;...
- He trusted in God; let him deliver
him now, if he will have him:
- for he said, I am the Son
of God" (Matthew 27:39,43)
the silence before his judges...
Isaiah 53:7 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
| Matthew
26:62-63 "Then the high priest stood up and
said to Jesus, 'Are you not going to answer? What
is this testimony that these men are bringing
against you?' But Jesus remained silent. The high
priest said to him, 'I charge you under oath by
the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ,
the Son of God.'" |
Isaiah
53:8 written: BC (Before
Christ)
"He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out
of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken."
Zechariah
12:10 written: 487 BC (Before Christ)
"And I 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 mourneth for his only
son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
| John
19:34 "Instead, one of the soldiers pierced
Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow
of blood and water." |
Isaiah 53:10 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul
an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the
Lord shall prosper in his hand."
Isaiah 53:11 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my
righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities."
the taunt of nondeliverance...
Psalm 22:7-8 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,"
"He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."
- Soldiers gave Jesus vinegar to
drink as he hung on the cross
- Psalm 69:21
written:
1018 BC (Before Christ)
- "They put gall
in my food and gave me vinegar for my
thirst."
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John 19:29 "A jar of
wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a
sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk
of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to
Jesus' lips." |
none of his bones were broken...
Psalm 34:20 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
"He keepeth all his bones: not one of them
is broken."
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John 19:33 "But when
they came to Jesus and found that he was
already dead, they did not break his
legs." |
the gambling for his garments...
Psalm 22:18 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"They part my garments among them, and cast
lots upon my vesture."
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Mark 15:24 "And they
crucified him. Dividing up his clothes,
they cast lots to see what each would
get." |
being forsaken by God...
Psalm 22:1
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
why art thou so far from helping me, and the words
of my roaring?" "Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani"
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Mathew 27:46
-
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? |
|
the yielding of his spirit into the hands of
his
Father...
Psalm 31:5 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
"Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou
hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth."
|
Luke 23:46 -
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my
spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the
ghost. |
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being included with sinners....and prayer for
his enemies...
Isaiah 53:12 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"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."
| Matthew
27:38 "Two robbers were crucified with him,
one on his right and one on his left." |
Darkness
reported at Christ's Crucifixion
Amos 8:9 written: 787 BC (Before Christ)
"And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of God, that I will cause the sun to go
down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:"
| Matthew 27:50-54
50 Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And,
behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And
the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his
resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching
Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they
feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Luke 23:45-46 And the sun was darkened,
and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 46 And when
Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, he said, Fathey into thy
hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the
ghost. |
- Coincidence? A
pagan historian by the name of Thallus, who lived
shortly after the resurrection of Christ (about A.D. 52)
- wrote concerning a miraculous darkness that covered the
earth at the Passover of A.D. 32 and attempted to explain
it as an eclipse of the sun.
There was no eclipse of the
sun that year.
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being proven guiltless...buried in a rich man's
tomb...
Isaiah 53:9 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in his mouth."
| Matthew
27:57-60 "As evening approached, there came
a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had
himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to
Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate
ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the
body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and
placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out
of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of
the entrance to the tomb and went away." |
Isaiah 9:2 written: 740 BC (Before Christ)
"The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the
shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."
-
- Psalm 18.5:
-
The grave wrapped its ropes around me;
death itself stared me in the face.
Psalm 139.8:
If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down
to the place of the dead, you are there.
The
resurrection of Jesus/Yeshua
Psalm 16:10 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
| Matthew
28:9 "Suddenly Jesus met them. 'Greetings,'
he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and
worshiped him." |
Jesus
Christ is crucified outside Jerusalem on Golgotha. A
Roman centurion, possibly Gaius Cassius, pierces Christ's
side with a spear, and in doing so, fulfills an ancient
Jewish prophesy describing the Messiah. Gaius Cassius is
said to have converted to Christianity on the spot and
becomes known to the early Christians as Longinus
(the Spearman).
Ezekiel written: 587 BC (Before Christ)
- 33:30
-
Also,
thou son of man, the children of thy
people still are talking against thee by
the walls and in the doors of the houses,
and speak one to another, every one to
his brother, saying, Come, I pray you,
and hear what is the word that cometh
forth from the LORD.
|
- 33:31
-
And they
come unto thee as the people cometh, and
they sit before thee as my people, and
they hear thy words, but they will not do
them: for with their mouth they shew much
love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
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- 33:32
-
And, lo,
thou art unto them as a very lovely song
of one that hath a pleasant voice, and
can play well on an instrument: for they
hear thy words, but they do them not.
|
- 33:33
-
And when
this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,)
then shall they know that a prophet hath
been among them.
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- Psalm 47:5
Jesus Ascended into Heaven - witnessed by many:
Psalm 68:18 "When you ascended on high, you
led captives in your train; you received gifts from
men, even from the rebellious--that you, O Lord God,
might dwell there."
|
Luke 24:50-51 - "When he
had led them out to the vicinity of
Bethany, he lifted up his hands and
blessed them. While he was blessing them,
he left them and was taken up into
heaven." |
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Acts
1:9 - Now when He had spoken these things, while they
watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out
of their sight. |
| His Victory over
death
Isaiah 25:8
written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
- He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord GOD
will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His
people he will take away from all the earth; for the LORD
has spoken.
Hebrews 2:14 Inasmuch then as the
children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
likewise shared in the same, that through death He might
destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the
devil,
John 19:30 So when Jesus had
received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And
bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
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| A priest like Melchizedek
Psalm 110:4 - The LORD has
sworn and will not relent, "You are a priest forever
according to the order of Melchizedek."
Hebrews 5:5-6 - So also Christ
did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it
was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, today I have
begotten You." As He also says in another place: "You
are a priest forever according to the order of
Melchizedek"
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Miraculous
darkness when Christ died for our sins
* A pagan
historian by the name of Thallus, who lived
shortly after the resurrection of Christ. In about A.D. 52 he
wrote concerning a miraculous darkness that covered the
earth at the Passover of A.D. 32 and attempted to explain
it as an eclipse of the sun. Julius Africanus, a
Christian teacher in North Africa in A.D. 215, wrote
concerning this historian's assertions, "Thallus,
in the third book of his histories, explains away this
darkness as an eclipse of the sun - unreasonably as it
seems to me." Julius contends, and modern
astronomers confirm, that the Paschal full moon in which
the Passover occurred (the Passover in which Christ was
crucified) could not have been eclipsed. Thus, no known
natural explanation can be presented to explain the
darkness referred to in the Bible as occurring during
Christ's crucifixion.
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PHLEGON, A FIRST CENTURY HISTORIAN
[As quoted by
Philopon]:
"And about this
darkness...Phlegon recalls it in the Olympiads (the
title of his history)." He says that "Phlegon mentioned
the eclipse which took place during the crucifixion of
the Lord Christ, and no other (eclipse), it is clear
that he did not know from his sources about any
(similar) eclipse in previous times...and this is shown
by the historical account itself of Tiberius Caesar."
|
"And then the Jews drew the
nails from the hands of the Lord and laid him on the
earth. And the whole earth shook and there came a great
fear."
-
Gospel of Peter 6:1 |
| The Father
turned His face (probably in great discomfort) as His
Son Jesus took our sins fully upon Himself:
Matthew 27:45-46:
45 Now from ths
sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the
ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? |
Read the words of Psalm 22, written by King David, one
of Jesus' ancestors: "My God, My God, why have you
forsaken me?" This psalm is a clear prophecy of the
death of Christ, written hundreds of years before His
birth. They were the last recorded words that He spoke
before he died, nailed to the cross. |
Some
more Collateral (external) evidence of Jesus/Yeshua
The Jewish
Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic
Period recorded: "On the eve of the Passover Yeshu [the Nazarene] was
hanged"....
| On the
eve of the Passover Yeshu [the Nazarene] was hanged.
For forty days before the execution took place a herald
went forth and cried, "He is going forth to be stoned
because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to
apostasy. Anyone who can say anything in his favor, let
him come and plead on his behalf." And since nothing was
brought forward in his favor, he was hanged on the eve
of Passover." Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) |
The emperor Tiberius reigned from 14-37A.D.
This is the period during which Jesus the Christ
died on the cross . Tacitus wrote about how the
beliefs of this group (Christians) "Broke out not
only in Judaea, the first source of (these ideas),
but even in Rome", and he goes on to describe how
the Christians were widely hated, and many put to
death in Rome. All this accords with the New
Testament record of Jesus, the disciples and the
apostles first spreading their teaching in Judaea,
and then throughout the Roman world, including Rome,
with great opposition to them. |
Suetonius, another Roman historian, commented on the
reign of Claudius (41-54 AD): "Because the Jews at
Rome caused continuous disturbances at the
instigation of Chrestus, he (Claudius) expelled them
from the city". "Chrestus" is another spelling of
"Christ". Incidentally, Acts 18:2 describes how a
Jewish couple named Aquila and Priscilla had to
leave Rome because of the persecution of the Jews. |
| Josephus (born in
Jerusalem 37 A.D.) the First Century Jewish General,
Traitor, and excellent historian wrote the following
about Jesus in his Antiquities (18:63), while
writing for the Romans:
About this time there lived Jesus, a wise
man if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he
was one who wrought surprising feats and was a teacher
of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over
many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was
the Messiah. When Pilate, upon hearing him
accused by men of the highest standing among us, had
condemned him to be crucified, those who had in the
first place come to love him did not cease. On
the third day he appeared to them restored to
life. For the prophets of God had
prophesied these and myriads of other marvellous
things about him. And the tribe of the
Christians, so called after him, has still up to now,
not disappeared.
This above passage is known as the Testimonium
Flavianum. The "Testimonium" is found in every copy
of Jesusphus in existence.
In book 20, Josephus also wrote the
following:
Second, in Book 20 there is
what could be called a passing reference to Jesus in a
paragraph describing the murder of Jesus' brother,
James, at the hands of Ananus, the High Priest.
But the younger Ananus who,
as we said, received the high priesthood, was of a
bold disposition and exceptionally daring; he
followed the party of the Sadducees, who are severe
in judgment above all the Jews, as we have already
shown. As therefore Ananus was of such a
disposition, he thought he had now a good
opportunity, as Festus was now dead, and Albinus was
still on the road; so he assembled a council of
judges, and brought before it the brother of Jesus
the so-called Christ, whose name was James, together
with some others, and having accused them as
lawbreakers, he delivered them over to be stoned.
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In the British
Museum an interesting manuscript preserving the text of
a letter written some time later than A.D. 73, but how
much later we cannot be sure. This letter was sent by a
Syrian named Mara Bar-Serpion to his son Serapion. Mara
Bar-Serapion was in prison at the time, but he wrote to
encourage his son in the pursuit of wisdom, and pointed
out that those who persecuted wise men were overtaken by
misfortune. He instances the deaths of Socrates,
Pythagoras and Christ:
What advantage did
the 'Athenians gain from putting Socrates to death?
Famine and plague came upon them as a judgment for their
crime. What advantage did the men of Samos gain from
burning Pythagoras? In a moment their land was covered
with sand. What advantage did the Jews gain from
executing their wise King? It was just after that that
their kingdom was abolished...the Jews, ruined and
driven from their land, live in complete dispersion..."
|
Tacitus was a Roman
historian wrote two major books about the
first century ("Annals" and the
"Histories"). In both of these books,
Jesus and Christianity are mentioned. In
about 115 A.D. Tacitus wrote the following
in his "Annals":
"A class hated for
their abominations, called Christians by the
populace. Christus, from whom the name had
its origin, suffered the extreme penalty
during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of
one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate".
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Prophecy
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (He will return from
exactly the same place He ascended into heaven):
| Only in Jesus is there
a promise of life. Allah makes no such
promise. |
| Jesus said; "I am the
resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in Me, even if he dies, will live" (John
11:25) |
and
For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
|
"And his
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,
which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of
Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east
and toward the west, and there shall be a very great
valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the
north, and half of it toward the south. And ye
shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley
of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the
days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall
come, and all the saints with thee" (Zechariah
12:4-5)
THE RELIABILITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Liberal scholars have long argued that the New Testament
cannot be considered reliable as it was, in their
opinion, written over 100 years after the events it
described. If this were true, considering that the
authors claims to have personally witnessed their
accounts, the Scriptures must be false, or at least
unreliable. So widespread were these sentiments, and so
loudly and publicly proclaimed, that even today, after
overwhelming documentary evidence proves that these texts
were written within 30-35 years of the actual events,
many still believe them to be historically inaccurate.
Capitalizing on this feeling, many scholars now claim
that these Scriptures, while accurate historically, must
have been contaminated over the years with additional and
erroneous information, accounts and statements by
well-meaning believers during the last few decades of the
first century.
Consider that the modern scholars now possess over 5000
manuscript copies of the New Testament in the original
Greek, as well as over 15,000 manuscripts in other
languages, all from the first few centuries of this era.
No other important historical or religious text has more
than a few dozen copies surviving from this time. These
20,000 different texts can be shown to contain some minor
differences, in spelling for example, but no difference
in even one small fact or single doctrine. These
documents give scholars the strongest possible evidence
to confirm the accuracy of the New Testament text as well
as confirming their widespread distribution among the
churches during the last four decades of the first
century. That is, within 30-35 years of the actual
events. Simply put, if the liberal scholars claims are
true, how were ALL these copies of Scripture altered in
exactly the same way within only a few decades without
any of the devout Christians noticing?
In order to
counter the assertion that changes had been introduced
into the Scriptures during this time, consider a few
points:
-These Scriptures had been, and were still being, widely
distributed throughout the churches during the few years
after their being written by the apostles.
-Many of the Christians hearing or reading these
Scriptures in the churches had personally known the
apostles, or Christ Himself, or at least heard them
minister.
-These
Christians would have been keenly aware of any changes in
the basic truths these Scriptures presented.
-One of Christ's original apostles, John, was still alive
during this time and was bishop over the seven churches
in Turkey until the first few years of the next century.
He certainly would have instantly recognized any
"new" or altered portions of the Scriptures
that came before him.
-The Greek originals of the Scriptures were widely copied
into a variety of languages and distributed widely in
Hebrew, Syriac, Latin, Coptic, etc. to churches in
surrounding areas many years before the turn of the
century. These would certainly have proven as impossible
to influence as the original Greek.
Furthermore, consider the significance of the fact that
no Jew or Roman alive at the time ever openly denied the
Scriptural record of Jesus Christ's life, death, ministry
or resurrection. Certainly, with the Christian
"cult" growing so rapidly throughout the
regions and even into nearby countries in those early
days, anyone having evidence to contradict the Scriptural
account would certainly have likely been compelled to
present it publicly.
A great
luminous cross appeared in the heavens over
Golgotha
|
A
great sign appeared during the first
year of Bishop Cyril's (born at/near
Jerusalem in 315 A.D.)
episcopate in Jerusalem, in the year
351, at nine o'clock in the
morning of May 7. This was in the
era of the "Arian heresy", in which
the relationship of Christ to God
the Father had been placed in
question.
In a letter to the Roman
Emperor Constantius, Bishop Cyril
wrote; "on the nones of May, about
the third hour, a great
luminous cross appeared in the
heavens, just over Golgotha,
reaching as far as the holy mount of
Olivet, seen, not by one or two
persons, but clearly and evidently
by the whole city. This was
not, as might be thought, a
fancy-bred and transient appearance:
but it continued several hours
together, visible to our eyes and
brighter than the sun. The
whole city, penetrated alike with
awe and with joy at this portent,
ran immediately to the church, all
with one voice giving praise to our
Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of
God." Cyril continued; "Everyone saw that
the pious Christian faith consisted
not in the disputable words of human
wisdom." Thus Cyril gave
an account of it to the emperor, and
the faithful regarded it as a
presage of victory over the Arian
heretics. Church historians
Socrates, Sozomen, and others also
wrote of this apparition.
Also, while Cyril was
Bishop of Jerusalem, the apostate
emperor Julian resolved to defy the
words of Our Lord (Luke
21:6) by
rebuilding the ancient temple of
Jerusalem. He employed the power and
resources of a Roman emperor; the
Jews thronged enthusiastically to
him and gave munificently. But Cyril
was unmoved. “The word of God
abides,” he said; “one stone shall
not be laid on another.”
History records that The combination
of an earthquake in Jerusalem,
Julian's death, and opposition from
the rabbis (who were now the Jews'
spiritual leaders in place of the
former temple priesthood) put an end
to the project shortly after work on
it had begun. Another report
by a pagan writer
tells us that horrible flames came
forth from the earth, rendering the
place inaccessible to the scorched
and frightened workmen. The attempt
was made again and again, and then
abandoned in despair. Soon after,
the emperor perished miserably in a
war against the Persians, and the
Church had rest..
Bishop Cyril
died in peace in 386, leaving behind
his Catechetical Lectures
(systematic teaching of the Church
on the Creed and Sacraments), which are
a precious monument of Christian
antiquity. He lived to see the
suppression and condemnation of Arianism at the end of his life. |
The Azazel (Scapegoat) - While
the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem were standing,
the Jewish high priest would go out into the Temple
court and lay his hands over the head of the scapegoat,
confessing over it the sins of the people of Israel.
Then the goat would be taken outside the city and
released into the wilderness. This symbolized the
removal (carrying away) of the sins from the people of
Israel. According to the Talmud, a scarlet cord was tied
around the neck of the scapegoat. The cord was reported
to have turned white as the goat was led away from the
city.
The Babylonian Talmud records that for the last forty
years before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70
A.D. - that would have been just about the time Yeshua
was offered up as the final sacrifice - the scarlet cord
around the neck of the scapegoat failed to turn white.
In Yeshua, all our sins are carried away "as far as east
is from west" (Psalm 103:12). Yeshua is not only our
High Priest, but He is also the final sacrifice who
takes away our sins.
Because of
Yeshua/Jesus's sacrifice, Your Name is Written in the
Book of Life.
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Question
to Jewis Rabbis?
Why have you rabbis lawlessly wrested authority from
the kohanim (priests) and are now missionizing Jewish
people away from a faith squarely founded on true
Biblical apocalyptic Torah Judaism as taught by the
Jewish Bible?"
A Rabbi may answer: "Because the priesthood
became corrupted by the Romans, and then the Temple was
destroyed in 70 C.E."
Have you considered this?
"One kohen (priest) was not corrupted and his
temple was not destroyed."
A Rabbi may ask: "Which one was that?"
The Truth is: "The Messiah-Priest that King David
foretold in Psalm 110,[1] the portentous priest Zechariah
also identified with the name of Moshiach (Messiah) in
Zechariah[2] [3]--the very name Ezra called Yeshua
(Aramaic form of Yehoshua) in the book of Ezra!"[4]
The history of the Exodus is given to us in the Torah
of Moses. There we read that a whole rebellious
generation passed away leaving only a righteous remnant
of two holy survivors of the Exodus to inherit the
promised life in the Holy Land: Yehoshua (or Joshua--the
Aramaic form is Yeshua--see Nehemiah 8:17) and Caleb.
This is paradigmatic history, for it provides a prophetic
model as a sign of things to come, as does the prophecy
about Moshiach found in the reference to the two ominous
olive trees in the book of Zechariah 4.[5] In fact,
Yehoshua (or Joshua) is himself a sign of the Moshiach,
as we shall see. The fact that the Aramaic form of
Yehoshua or Joshua is Yeshua [see Nehemiah 8:17] when we
see that the Tanakh teaches this name is to become
Moshiach's personal name. "Joshua/Yeshua" is
indeed one of the portentous and ominous names of
"anshei mofet" ("sign-men) in the Hebrew
Scriptures.[2]"
And, in the Jewish Bible, Yeshayah (Isaiah) 49:8 [6]
infers that Yehoshua or Joshua/Yeshua is in fact a sign
of the Moshiach. Therefore, if anyone wants to argue, let
him argue with G-d and his holy Word in the writing of
his holy prophet, Isaiah. It was Joshua who assigned the
land of the promised inheritance to the individual tribes
and families. Isaiah 49:8 alludes to this activity. This
key verse infers that King Moshiach, the Servant of the
L-rd, is the new Joshua, for in his own person the
Moshiach will bring the promised new life for the people,
which is their covenant inheritance.
A Rabbi may ask: If Moshiach is the one who is the
Prince of Peace, the new Joshua, as it were, to bring the
people out of the Golus (Exile) and into the land of
eternal Sabbath rest, then where is all the world peace
the Prophets said the Moshiach would bring?"
Answer: G-d did not promise peace to a world that
rejects him, Rabbi. But those who receive the spiritual
bris milah (covenant of circumcision) and the
justification peace the Moshiach brings are in actuality
raised to a new spiritual existence with Moshiach in
anticipation of the Olam haBa (the World to Come), and in
anticipation of the Resurrection Age and its peace. But
how can we have the latter if we refuse the former? How
can we have the Olam haBa of Moshiach if we reject
Moshiach's New Covenant life in the Ruach haKodesh (Holy
Spirit)?
To continue, Bamidbar (Numbers) 34:19 [7] tells us
that Caleb was from the Moshiach's tribe, the tribe of
Judah. Caleb in the history of the Torah is thus a
continuing sign-man or mofet man (mofet is Hebrew for
sign or omen or portent [2]) of the remnant of one, the
King Moshiach of the tribe of Judah, indicated before
Caleb in places like Bereshis (Genesis) 49:10 [8] and
after Caleb in several places in the Jewish Bible. This
righteous-remnant-of-one motif reappears later in the
Servant Songs of Yeshayah (Isaiah) chapters 42-53, where
an idealized Israel is called Yeshurun [9] and then is
seen in counterpoint to a suffering, dying and
death-conquering Moshiach, the Servant of the L-rd.
`A prophet will the L-rd thy G-d raise up unto thee,
from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me
(Moses)."[14] That Deuteronomy 18:15, then, is a
Messianic prophecy fulfilled ultimately in the Moshiach,
the Son of David, should be clear enough. Confirmation
comes in II Samuel [16] and in Isaiah,[17] which tell us
that David's "house" will bring the Moshiach,
and also in Ezekiel, which gives us the title of
Moshiach, "David my Servant". [18]
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Moses did speak of a
deliverer to come.
Tucked into the midst of the
summary of the Law in the eighteenth chapter of
Devarim (Deuteronomy), talking about the
punishment of false prophets, Moses made a
remarkable prophecy:
"The Lord your God
will raise up for you a Prophet like unto me
from the midst, of your brethren. Him you
shall hear."
Read more
here
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Buddha prophesized about Jesus!
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In the Buddhist Scriptures of Cambodia, there is a
prophecy from approx. 500 B.C. of the "Holy One" who
would come. One who would lead the people away
from the old way, and introduce a new way. The
Buddha described the "Holy One" by saying; "in the palm
of his hands and in the flat of his feet will be the
design of a disk, in his side will be a stab wound; and
his forehead will have many marks like scars...." |
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prophecy:
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See Scriptures pointing to
Jesus
as God also -
here
JEWS for JESUS (Yeshua)
Jews always
remain Jews by birth. A Jew will never be a Gentile.
Yeshua was born a Jew in Bethlehem, and all His first followers
were all Jews. A Jew does not have to convert to Christianity
to be saved. A Jewish man or woman simply needs
to accept Yeshua as your Mashiach (Messiah), as promised
in your own Torah.
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More information on Yeshua (Jesus)
prophesied as the Jewish Messiah ("Mashiach ben
David") can be found at the site
"Jews
for Jesus" .
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