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The Crucifixion Prophesied
1The reason our Lord gave up His body to destruction was to cleanse us through the remission of sins by the sprinkling of His blood. 2The Scripture contains some things about Him partly relating to Israel and partly to us. It says,
“He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, and by His stripes we are healed… He was brought as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb which is dumb before its shearer.” Based on Isaiah 53:5, 7
4Therefore we ought to be deeply grateful to the Lord; for He has revealed the true history of the earth, given us wisdom for the present, and left us with the predictions of the future. 5Now the Scripture says,
“Not unjustly is the net spread for the birds.”
Based on Proverbs 1:17
6This means that a man who knows the way of righteousness, but turns aside into the way of darkness, deserves to perish. 7Remember it was to Jesus, God said,
“Let us make man in our own image,”
Based on Genesis 1:26
9Make sure you can explain to others why our Lord, who made us in His image, suffered for our souls. 10The ancient prophets, who received their spiritual gift from Him, prophesied that the Messiah was to abolish death and reveal the resurrection from the dead. 11He incarnated and died to fulfill the promise to the fathers, and to prepare a new people for Himself. The fact of His resurection proves He will also come back to judge the world.
His Incarnation
12Another thing, during His first coming, He loved the people of Israel greatly and preached the good news to them, teaching them with great signs and wonders. 13When He chose His twelve apostles to preach His Gospel, they were sinners above all, showing He came
“not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Based on Matthew 9:13
14Then He manifested Himself to be the true Son of God. 15For if He had not come in the flesh, how could men have been saved by beholding Him? 16Just as men can’t stare at the sun, which will cease to exist, but was created by Jesus, they could not behold Him until He was made flesh. 17He came in the flesh to judge those who persecuted and slew His prophets.
Prophecies of the Crucifixion
18This is also a reason for His death. 19For about the flogging of Jesus, God said,
“The wounds of His flesh are from them… When they shall smite their own shepherd, then the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.”
Based on Zechariah 13:7
21It was God’s plan all along that Jesus should suffer on the cross. The prophecies said,
“Spare My soul from the sword…”
Based on Psalm 22:20
23And,
“They pierce My flesh with nails, for the synagogue of the wicked has risen up against Me... They pierced My hands and My feet.”
Based on Psalm 22:16
24And again He says,
“Behold, I have given My back to scourging, My cheeks to be smitten, and I have set My face as a firm rock.” Based on Isaiah 50:6
Commentary
This chapter teaches that it was God’s plan all along that Jesus would incarnate and die for the sins of the people. Jesus created everything with God the Father. The world was created; it never evolved. These truths were taught in many places in the Old Testament, both literally and typologically.
The Scripture reveals the true history of the earth; Creation and the Flood. The ancient church fathers taught that in the last days the church would apostsize and replace the biblical teaching of Creation with the pagan concept of evolution. Mature Christians know how to share their faith, not just about eternal life and how they got saved, but about current fulfilled prophecy. And they know how to combat evolution. See the last three chapters for a detailed discussion on how to do this.
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