Prophesy and Death & Resurrection of Jesus

Intro

Today is resurrection Sunday The event that changed our world

This day we celebrate an event that changed everything for every person who ever has or will live!

The life and death on Jesus is so significant it even is evident in the way we tell time.

BC = Before Christ

AD = Anno Domini, the year of our lord.

many secularist try to remove God from the equation by using BCE and CE

BCE = before the common era

CE = common era.

but even with that you have to ask what is the change between the BCE and the CE.

Answer= Jesus!

Jesus coming to earth as one of us, and subsequently giving up His life on the cross, and then rising again on the third day, was not an afterthought

It wasn’t even God’s way of correcting a mistake.

1 Peter 1:19–20 NASB95

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you

John 3:16 NASB95

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

this was God’s plan from the very beginning,

His plan to bring His people back into relationship with Him.

throughout the Scriptures, weaved through verse after verse in the Old Testament, are prophecies that speak of the Christ who was to come.

Bible scholars have concluded from much research that hundreds of years before Jesus was even born, more than 300 prophecies were recorded to tell of His coming, His life and journey to the cross, and of His Powerful Resurrection.

Jesus fulfilled everyone one of them.

That’s how we know Him to the the Messiah the Jewish people were looking for.

Although we don’t have time to cover 300 prophesies today, I’d like to take a look at 10.

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1. Christ's Triumphant Ride into Jerusalem

Prophesy

Zechariah 9:9 NASB95

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Fulfillment

John 12:12–15 NASB95

On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.” Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”

Matthew 28:8–11 NASB95

And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.” Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

2. Rejection of Christ by His Own People

Prophesy

Isaiah 53:3 NASB95

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

John 1:10–11 NASB95

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

John 12:37–38 NASB95

But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

3. Jesus was Silent before His Accusers

Prophesy

Isaiah 53:7 NASB95

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.

Fulfillment

Mark 15:5 NASB95

But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

4. The Soldiers Divided His Garments and Cast Lots for His Clothes

Prophesy

Psalm 22:17–18 NASB95

I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.

Fulfillment

John 19:23 NASB95

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.

5. Not One of His Bones Would be Broken

Prophesy

Numbers 9:12 NASB95

‘They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it.

Fulfillment

John 19:31–37 NASB95

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him; but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, “Not a bone of Him shall be broken.” And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

6. They Would Pierce His Hands and Feet

Prophesy

Psalm 22:14–16 NASB95

I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

Fulfillment

Luke 24:39 NASB95

“See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

Galatians 3:13 NASB95

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—

7. Jesus Will Die as a Sacrifice for Our Sins

Prophesy

Isaiah 53:5–6 NASB95

But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.

Isaiah 53:8 NASB95

By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?

Isaiah 53:12 NASB95

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.

Fulfillment

1 Peter 2:24 NASB95

and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

1 Corinthians 15:3–4 NASB95

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

8. Jesus was Buried in a Rich Man's Tomb

Prophesy

Isaiah 53:9 NASB95

His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

Fulfillment

Matthew 27:57–60 NASB95

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

9. Jesus Would Not Stay Buried but Rose from the Dead on the third day

Prophesy

Psalm 16:10 NASB95

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

Matthew 17:22–23 NASB95

And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

Hosea 6:1–2 NASB95

“Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. “He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.

Fulfillment

Matthew 28:6 NASB95

“He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

Romans 6:8–11 NASB95

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:4 NASB95

and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

10. Christ Would be Seated at the Right Hand of God

Prophesy

Psalm 110:1 NASB95

The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Fulfillment

Hebrews 10:12–13 NASB95

but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.

Acts 2:32–36 NASB95

“This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. “For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ’ “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Conclusion

Gospel Message

Romans road

1. The Human Problem

Romans 3:10 NASB95

as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one;

Romans 3:23 NASB95

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 NASB95

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2. Humanity’s Hope in Christ

Romans 5:8 NASB95

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

3. The Sinner’s Response

Romans 10:9–10 NASB95

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

Romans 10:13 NASB95

for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

4. The Result of Salvation

Romans 5:1–2 NASB95

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 8:1 NASB95

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Communion

1 Corinthians 11:23–29 NASB95

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.