Gentle Ministries > > Who Profiteth From A Prophet?

Did you know, for example, that the earliest reference to the Messiah (or at least the one that most Bible scholars agree on) can be found in Genesis 49:10 which says that the Messiah will be a descendent of Judah. Psalm 22 alone contains no less than eleven separate prophesies. All in all, they range from the very general to the very specific such as the flight to Egypt to avoid Herod's massacre (Hosea 11:1) or His entry into Jerusalem on the back of a colt (Zechariah 9:9). In fact, most Bible scholars have now settled on a figure between 60 and 70 as the total number of different prophesies about the Messiah contained in the Old Testament. In all (including some repeats), the Old Testament contains over one hundred Messiah prophesies and Jesus fits the bill in each and every case. In other words, Christianity is the only religion based on over 100 prophesies clearly being fulfilled in the life of the founder. To me, it is obvious that these prophesies were intended for us to see their fulfilment in the body of Jesus Christ. That is why they were given in the first place. What I find even more amazing is that the very people who were supposed to understand these prophesies best, the Pharisees, couldn’t actually see that they were fulfilling them. In a way, by their actions, they were helping to identify Jesus as the Messiah – the very thing they denied He was.

But here's the important bit. There are three times as many prophesies relating to the Second and final Coming of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. So, if you think that 100+ prophesies can be regarded as overwhelming evidence, then how much extra joy should we draw from the 300+ prophesies that say things are yet to happen and that they will happen in the way that He stated. Jesus has died, salvation has been secured; Jesus has been raised from the dead, the doors of Heaven are open. And now we await his return. But God has already given us substantial evidence of how it's going to be.

During a Passover week in Jerusalem, Jesus’ death validated the predictions of the past. Through His Resurrection, He confirmed the hope and promise of the future. There is hope. And the hope is in the Messiah who will give us eternal life. And that will never end. There will be no suffering. There will be no tears. There will be no worries for mankind. Everything will be taken care of and The Lord will see to it that we live with Him and He will be our light, our God through eternity.

Because He died on the Cross, He will come again. The first time; He wore a crown of thorns; the second time, scripture predicts, He will wear many crowns. The first time, He came in that triumphal entry on the back of a donkey; in the second coming, He will come back on a white horse, returning as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We have proof that, as His followers, we’ll spend eternity with God forever. In perfect harmony. That gives me great confidence about the future. It gives me great peace about the future. And it tells me that, as a follower of Jesus Christ, I have nothing to fear about the future.

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