The idea that the unity of the church found expression in some kind of external organization or ecclesiastical structure finds no support in the New Testament. Furthermore, the idea of denominations would be abhorrent to [the Apostle] Paul. The nearest thing to denominations was the sects in Corinth that Paul heartily condemned (1 Cor. 1:12ff).
George Eldon Ladd

Why We Believe In The Messiah

Why We Believe In The Messiah WHY WE BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH -or- IN SEARCH OF THE MESSIAH

We now want to utilize the side of the brain not used very often, or so it seems, nowadays. I want you to use your imaginan order to produce a report as to the Nature of the Messiah as fortold in the Scriptures.

Now, I will take the role of the chief advisor, but it is important to note that King Herod is of the nature that, if we don’t produce what he wants, we may very well be fired – in OIL!

Let’s tackle the origin of the Messiah: GENESIS 3:15 “Seed of Woman” GENESIS 22:18 “Seed of Abraham” DANIEL 7:13 “Son of Man” ISAIAH 7:14 “Virgin Birth” ISAIAH 9:6 “GOD HIMSELF [Father of Eternity]” PSALM 2:7 “SON OF GOD” PSALM 110:11 “Son of DAVID – Yet David’s LORD”

That’s getting too confusing

so

lets tackle the BIRTHPLACE MICAH 5:2 “Out of thee (Bethlehem” HOSEA 11:1 “Out of Egypt –” ISAIAH 11:1 “Branch” used Hebrew word NEHTZER which had been commonly accepted by the religious leaders to be NAZARENE! Forget that for a little while let’s try How the people are to react towards Him … and He to the people… ISAIAH 8:14 “Rock of offense” – he is going to alienate the people -PSALM 118:22 ISAIAH 28:16 “To be the Corner Stone” ISAIAH 11:1-10 Will be Jew (Branch from Jesse) yet in Verse 10 we see that the Gentiles will seek Him – THIS IS NOT RIGHT?!-NO JEW WOULD COME NEAR A GENTILE. ISAIAH 25:7 The “veil” on the hearts of Gentiles will be destroyed while a veil of disbelief will form over the hearts of some (not all) Jews! We are really getting nowhere – FAST! Let’s try to find HIS ANNOINTING (function) Compare PSALM 22 with 72 ISAIAH 53 with 11

Well it looks as though there might be TWO MESSIAHS –

otherwise HOW can this apply to ONE MESSIAH?!

Zechariah 6:12-13 “Priest upon His throne” Psalm 110:4 “Priest on the order of Melchizedek” Jeremiah 23:5 “A King”

Now, we as the advisors to the King know that ONLY a member of the tribe of Judah can be KING and we know that only a member of the tribe of Levi may be a priest! How can a Messiah be from both Levi and Judah?

Let’s look at Isaiah 40:5 where HE will be the GLORY OF THE LORD and in ISAIAH 53:1-3 He will be DESPISED AND HAVE NO BEAUTY! Then we have Zechariah 11:12 & 13 showing that a price of 30 pieces of silver will be paid for Him – or will it be paid for a potter’s field?

This Messiah is getting more and more confusing, isn’t it? Let’s take a few more verses:

Zechariah 13:6 shows that he will be wounded, while Psalm 22:16 shows His hands and feet pierced – while Psalm 34:20 shows that he is “keeping His bones”. How can one pierce the hands and not break a bone – and why would the fact that His bones are not broken be so important?

If this be the Messiah, then why in Psalm 22:1 – 8 does it show Him being forsaken by GOD?

NOW LET US COME BACK TO THE PRESENT

I. The difficulties that they experienced then were due to

the fact that the “answer” had not been provided, yet. The same is with our “difficulties” – if there is no answer to each of us. than we must look for answers or await the answer at HIS timing.

MATTHEW 2:22-23 Joseph was about to return to Bethlehem. Humanly speaking – this prophesy hinged on an odd fact of History – King Herod, during an outrage against “those who plotted against him” and in a very peevish mood CHANGED his will and put ARCHELAUS, the son he HATED most to rule INSTEAD of ANTIPAS, the eldest. It was this dread of ARCHELAUS that led Joseph to resettle in Nazareth. Here God used the spiteful wrath of a paranoid king to bring prophesy to fulfillment. I PETER 2:6-8 MATTHEW 21:42-44

Here Christ is shown as the CORNER STONE and in MATTHEW we find how He was a “rock of offense” or stumbling block, as He is today, to those who REFUSE to believe on Him.

LUKE 4:17-21
Here we see the Lord reading ISAIAH – yet NOT FINISHING THE READING! WHY? – because Christ was not ready to announce the Day of Judgement – He plans to do that on His next visit! MATTHEW 26:15 Thirty Pieces of Silver paid to Judas. WHY 30 PIECES? Let’s

look at Exodus 21:32 where “if a person’s bull should push (kill) a manservant the owner of the bull was to pay 30 pieces of silver. In other words a DEAD SERVANT was worth 30 pieces of silver. The price paid reflected the contempt the leaders had toward Jesus. MATTHEW 27:3-10 What did Judas do with the money? JOHN 19:31-37 Here BOTH of the thieves crucified with Christ had their

bones broken – BUT JESUS DID NOT. The wounds of the nails pierced flesh and not bones!

Now, we should look at the ONLY prophesy that outlined the EXACT day that the Messiah would enter Jerusalem.

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