October 13, 2020
Prophecies About Jesus
Prophecies about Jesus Christ abound in the Old Testament. However, the men whom God inspired to record them didn’t fully understand what they were writing. To the prophets, who were unable to see how future events would unfold with time, some of these passages must have seemed impossible to reconcile with others. For Isaiah, the following predictions must have been confusing:
The Messiah will be a man who is born of a woman, but He is also eternal (Isa. 9:6).
The Messiah will prosper and be high and exalted, but He will also be marred more than any man (Isa. 52:13-14).
The Messiah will be a suffering servant yet a mighty king who sits on the throne of David (Isa. 53:1-12; Isa. 9:7).
Today, these prophecies make sense because we know from the New Testament that the eternal Son of God took on human flesh, was marred in the crucifixion, suffered the punishment we deserved for sin, and will one day return to reign over the earth.
There may be times when we, like the prophets, don’t understand what Scripture means. But in His perfect timing, God will reveal what He wants us to know. Until then, it is our job to trust.
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