a full understanding of the Old Testament depends on our reading it as a preparation for the work of Christ in the New Testament. Of course, we might ask, “What major Old Testament prophecies did Jesus actually fulfill?”
Jesus said, “but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures” (Matthew 26:56; Mark 14:49). I imagine Peter was confused about what was going on. Why wasn’t Jesus fighting back? Why was he letting these people take him? It seems in the fear and confusion of the moment, Peter...
How did Jesus fulfill his mission? Jesus healed the sick, walked on water, raised the dead, calmed the sea, and turned water into wine. Those miracles fulfilled ancient prophecies and demonstrated His divinity. They also show Jesus Christ's infinite compassion for us. ...
His presence there fulfills prophecies such as Malachi 3:1, which speaks of the Lord coming to His temple. and you did not arrest MeThis phrase points to the inconsistency and cowardice of the religious leaders. Despite having ample opportunity to arrest Jesus publicly, they refrained, likely ...
The rejection of Jesus is equated with the rejection of God Himself, highlighting the severity of their unbelief. The hatred mentioned here reflects the deep spiritual blindness and hardness of heart that characterized many of the religious leaders and people of that time. This rejection fulfills ...
So in the gospel of John, when Jesus dies on the cross, John talks about how this fulfills the prophecies that they won’t break one of the bumps and that isn’t an explicit messianic prophecy. That is a description of how to treat the Passover lamb. So this is one of those ...
Marcion ... even went so far as to rewrite Matthew 5:17, where Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, “Think not that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to destroy them but to fulfill them.” Marcion turned it around and said that Jesus’ actual ...
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. If I lo...
“Jesus. I am now 64 years old and never in all the years I’ve been a Christian was I able to grow in the Lord as much as I have in the last past year. All because of our blessed brother’s work Geoffrey Grider who as the bravery of standing fast forward without fear of clai...
This act fulfills Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah being a sacrificial offering (Isaiah 53:10). but gave Him up for us allThe giving up of Jesus refers to His crucifixion, a central event in Christian theology. Historically, this took place in Jerusalem under Roman governance, ...