HOW DID THEY MISS HIM?
The title of this message should probably be "HOW DID WE ALL MISS HIM?"
The HIM is of course Jesus the Christ, The Messiah, the Savior, the King of Kings, Mighty God. There are recorded well over one hundred names in Holy Scripture that identifies the presence and doings of HE who we would come to know as Our LORD, our Savior, Jesus of Nazareth. From the first verse of Genesis to the birth of a son to a virgin by Holy seed, this birth was predicted with uncanny accuracy all through out the Old Testament.
Even in the New Testament, the first words of the Gospel of John paints the unmistakable picture of His presence from before the foundations of the earth; In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Joh 1:1-3
Did you know that the more of the Bible you know, the more you know that you don't know? It is that very process that keeps us coming back again and again for more LIGHT, thirsty for more knowledge of the Majesty that is JESUS.
It is a truism that the Jew pictured a warrior in their mind when contemplating the arrival of the Messiah. Warriors like Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David. Their mental image might well have been of a handsome, muscular, dashing man-of-war riding on a white steed, fully dressed in battle armor and carrying a two-edged sword on his side; in order to terminate all the enemies of the Jew.
Examples of our times might be someone like John Wayne or Charlton Heston. Instead, the man who would be King arrived in Jerusalem riding on a donkey, peaceful, gentle, meek, and mild. All those who missed HIM were victimized by their own minds and carnal imaginations.
Grab your Bible, beloved, and travel the road of discovery and prophesy of the coming of the Lord of Lords, Jesus the Christ:
WOULD BE THE SEED OF A WOMAN: Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." FULFILLMENT: Gal 4:4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law[The virgin birth]
WILL DESCEND FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH: Gen 49:10 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
FULFILLMENT: Luk 3:33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah
BORN OF A VIRGIN: Isa 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
FULFILLMENT: Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
HIS REJECTION BY THE JEWS: Isa 53:3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
FULFILLMENT: Joh 1:11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
Exercise your Bible Page Turning Muscles and read, in the context, these passages and verses. Read the cited verse, then read the verses before and after. Read the entire chapter of Isaiah Chapter 53.
Your Bible is filled to the brim with the direct prophesy of Jesus our Lord. Blow the dust off of your Bible. Discover the Holy Scripture coming alive and speaking to you. Ask yourself then; HOW DID WE EVER MISS HIM?
God's mighty blessings be upon you and your families as you study the WORD, Amen.
HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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