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Messiah falsely accused
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Psalm 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they
laid to my charge things that I knew not.
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12 They rewarded me evil for
good to the spoiling of my soul.
Fulfillment in the New Testament
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Mark 14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false
witness against him, saying,
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58 We heard him say, I will destroy this
temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build
another made without hands.
Here is more prophecy concerning the
sufferings of the Messiah. In order to justify their accusations and
plans to rid themselves of Jesus Christ, they had to stir up false
witnesses to testify against Him.
All they found was some that accused Him
of saying that He was able to rebuild the temple in three days. We
know now that the temple He spoke of was His own body which was
indeed raised within three days of His physical death from
crucifixion.
In today's world or at least in free
Democratic societies this type of thing seems preposterous to kill
someone over a statement they made. However, there are some
religions that would kill over an offense of this kind. Little do
they realize the awful fate they will one day face if they do not
repent and turn to Jesus for salvation. He who lives by the sword
shall die by the sword. God has a way out from all that fear, hate
and desire to kill those that disagree with us. We don't have to
hate, and fear.
Messiah Keeps silent in the face of
accusations
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Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth
not his mouth.
Fulfillment recorded in the New Testament
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Mark 15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying,
Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against
thee.
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5 But Jesus yet answered
nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
Jesus Christ fulfills the prophecy of the
lamb being brought to slaughter. He was the very person that Isaiah
speaks of. Why did Jesus Christ keep silent and not defend Himself?
The reason for His silence is because that
is the reason that He came to the earth in the first place. He was
not to try to save Himself from dying on that cross. He knew that He
must go to the cross in order to be the supreme sacrifice for the
sins of the world.
Messiah Ridiculed
Fulfillment in the New Testament
Not only did they want Jesus put to death
even though He did not do anything to deserve that, they hit Him,
plucked at His beard, and even spit on the very Son of God. If they
only knew who they were dealing with here. How blind their eyes must
have been.
- Psalms 22:7 All they that
see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head, saying,
Fulfillment recorded in the New Testament
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Matthew 27:31 And after that they had mocked
him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on
him, and led him away to crucify him.
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Matthew 17:39 And they that passed by reviled him,
wagging their heads,
- 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple,
and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of
God, come down from the cross.
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41 Likewise also the chief priests
mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
- 42 He saved others;
himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now
come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
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43 He trusted in
God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am
the Son of God.
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44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him,
cast the same in his teeth.
It's hard for us who love Jesus to hear of
these things but it is awesome to think that if He had not have
stayed the course, we would all be lost with no promise of eternal
life.
- Mark 15:29 And they that passed by railed on him,
wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the
temple, and buildest it in three days,
- 30 Save thyself, and come down
from the cross.
- 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among
themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot
save.
- 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that
we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him
reviled him.
They made fun of Him, fulfilling even more
scriptures concerning the Messiah. It wasn't enough to nail Jesus to
a cross and wait for Him to die; they taunted Him and asked Him to
descend from the cross if He was the Christ and then they would
believe. "Okay if you are who you say you are, come down and then we
will believe that you are the Christ."
The thing they did not realize is that
Jesus Christ could have come down from the cross. The part that they
didn't get was that Jesus Christ came for the purpose of saving the
lost from their sins and in order to do that, He had to stay on the
cross and not come down. He had to pay for our sins with His own
death upon the cross. Had He come down and destroyed His tormentors,
no one in the whole world could have been saved unless they could
have kept every single law in the Old Testament without fail.
At one
time or another every single person at the age of accountability has
sinned or broken the law. The punishment for sin is death. Not just
physical death but eternal separation from God in a place called
Hell. God did not want anyone to go there but He knew that sin would
place us all there. He sent His own Son, Jesus Christ to pay the
price and redeem us back to God so that we would not have to go to
Hell and be lost forever. I don't understand every detail myself but
a person who is familiar with the Old Testament law and the meaning
of the sacrifices might understand more why Jesus' death could save
the whole world.
To make it more clear, Jesus died for
things that He did not do. He was the only person at the age of
accountability that did not break the law of God and did not deserve
to die. He did not die for any sin that He committed Himself and so
His death then was able to count for those who did sin. Every sin
every person ever committed was nailed to the cross with Jesus.
He accually could break the curse upon the whole human race when
Adam sinned. Adam brought the curse upon us because of his
disobedience to the word of God. Jesus simply reversed it. The
only thing is that it will only count to those that believe and
receive this by coming to Jesus and renouncing or repenting of
sin.
In the Old Testament only pure unblemished
animals were used for sacrifice. If the animal had any blemish of
any kind, they were not suitable for sacrifice. This pointed to the
perfect one to come. Jesus was a perfect
sinless sacrifice.
His death for all the sins of mankind will
only count for those who accept and believe this. If we remain in
unbelief, His death for our sins would have been for nothing. We
have to believe and receive Jesus Christ as our savior before His
death can count on our behalf. If we do not accept this and refuse
to believe this, then we will have to die for our own sins.
This
death is not just physical death but spiritual as well. This is
eternal. Jesus came so that we do not have to be eternally lost. God
allowed His Son to go through this agony so that all who believe
would not have to go to Hell and be lost. His plan was that we could
be saved from sin and be given life eternal. God wants us to be
saved. Sin will destroy us unless we allow Jesus to deliver us from
sin. God will forgive everything that we have ever done whether its
a big sin like murder or a sin like lying, stealing or cheating.
This is not a blanket forgiveness for everybody but only for those
who ask. In order to ask forgiveness we have to believe in the one
who forgives.
Jesus Christ came with zeal and put up
with reproach, hate, physical torture. He did not please Himself but
allowed all this to deliver us from eternal damnation.
Fulfillment recorded in the New Testament
With such a great price paid for us to
have a free gift, why do so many hold back and wait. Now is the time
to receive God's free gift of salvation and eternal life.
Messiah Index
Messiah part 29
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Son of Abraham
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5The
Anointed One
part 1
part 2
part 3
The Messiah's Birth
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
The Forerunner
part 1
part 2
part 3
The Son of God
part 1
part 2
His Ministry
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
Prophet & Priest
part 1
part 2
Suffering Messiah
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
Death & Resurrection
part 1
part 2
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