The Messiah:
Would also draw the Gentiles.
Isa 11:10 "And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Would be a stumbling block to His own people.
Isa 8:14 "And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
Would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Zach 9:9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
Would minister in Galilee.
Isa 9:1-2 "Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."
The Messiah:
Would be of the seed of David.
Her 23:5-6 "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth."
Would become alienated from His earthly family.
Psa 69:8 "I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children."
Would be betrayed by His friend.
Psa 41:9 "Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."
Psa 55:12-13 "For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance."
Would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver.
Zech 11:12 "And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; And if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price 30 pieces of silver."
The Messiah:
Would come with a specific mission.
Dan 9:24 "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy."
Would be cut off for others..
Dan 9:26. "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
Would offer Himself as a lamb sacrifice.
Gen 22:8 "And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."
Would be an offering for sin.
Isa 53:10-11 "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities"
The Messiah:
Would grow up into a normal looking man.
Isa 53:2 "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him."
Would be despised and rejected.
Isa 53:3 "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Would be esteemed stricken of God.
Isa 53:4 "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted."
Would be wounded for the iniquities of others.
Isa 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
The Messiah:
Would not open his mouth in his defense.
Isa 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 his shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
Would be killed for the sins of others.
Isa 53:12 "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
Would be killed by hanging on a tree.
Deut 21:22-23 "And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree. His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that the land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance."
The Messiah:
Would shed His blood to make atonement for the sins of the world.
Lev 17:11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."
Would be laughed at while dying.
Psa 22:7-8 "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."
Would keep all His bones but be pierced when dying.
Psa 22:13-18 "They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have encompassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments and cast lots upon my vesture."
Would die heart broken and without comforters.
Isa 69:20 "Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none."
The Messiah:
Would be the victim of slander and lies.
Psa 31:13 "For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life."
Psa 35:11 "False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not."
"Psa 27:12 "Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty."
Would be offered gall and vinegar while dying.
Psa 69:21 "They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink."
Would cry out to God while dying.
Psa 22:1 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"
Would commit His spirit to God as He died.
Psa 31:5 "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."
The Messiah:
Would find his followers scattered after His death.
Zech 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones."
Would be resurrected.
Psa 49:15 "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me."
Would not see corruption.
Psa 16:10 "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
Would be given everlasting dominion over all.
Dan 7:13-14 "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed."
Zech 12:10
The house of David will mourn for him whom they have pierced as one who mourns for an only son.
"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, was one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
Remember the words and actions of Moses.
Moses urged the people to keep all of God's Commandments.
He reminded them to listen to one coming after him, a prophet from among them and of their brethren.
He arranged the sanctuary services given by God to teach the plan of salvation.
God's prophecies reveal a coming worldwide event.
Just as the prophet, Daniel, foretold the year of the Messiah, his book reveals much more including:
The meaning of the Day of Atonement.
The 490 year prophecy about the Jewish nation.
The significant event that occurred in 1844.
The last world power before the end of time.
The Messiah's year of anointing and death.
The Messiah's role in the plan of salvation.
A major power in opposition to God.
The time of trouble.
Earth's final battle.
Worldwide end time events.
Much, much more!
