GOD, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? why art Thou
so far from helping Me, and from the Words of My roaring? Psalm, Chapter 22,
verse 1.
For dogs have compassed Me: the assembly of the
wicked have inclosed Me: they pierced My hands and My feet. I may tell all My bones: they look and stare
upon Me. They part My garments among
them, and cast lots upon My vesture. But
be not Thou far from Me, O LORD, O My strength, haste Thee to help Me. Psalm, Chapter 22, verses 16-19.
When I read this in Psalm, 22, I’m confused and
amazed at the same time! David is
talking about when Jesus is crucified yet it’s many, many years before Jesus is
even born. I don’t profess to be a
theologian, but I remember Jesus saying He had to fulfill the Scriptures. So, I guess David and others told of the
details that would happen to Jesus long before He was born. Then, when Jesus had accomplished these
prophesies, people would truly know He is the Son of God.
It’s distressing that so many people are looking for
proof that Jesus is the Savior. It’s
like they want Jesus to come and touch them on the shoulder and say, “Sally, I
want you to quit doubting My existence.
Now that you have seen Me, you know that I’m your Savior.”
It’s sad that they are missing out on a relationship
with Him because they don’t read the Bible and are not aware of Jesus’ love for
us through His death and Resurrection.
The Bible has so many passages that foretold of the birth, life, death
and Resurrection of Jesus and how these Scriptures have been fulfilled that it
would be difficult for skeptics to continue to ignore the Truth.
Here are some other passages that foretell of Jesus
in the Old Testament:
*Therefore the
Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel.
Butter and honey shall He eat, that He may know to refuse the evil, and
choose the good. Isaiah, Chapter 7,
verses 14-15.
*For unto us a
Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His
shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God,
The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah, Chapter 9, verse 6.
*Who hath
believed our report? And to whom is the Arm of the LORD revealed? 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, 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.
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 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. All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the
LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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. He
was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation?
For He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my
people was He stricken. And He made His
grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had done no
violence, either was any deceit in His Mouth.
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 of the travail of His Soul, and
shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall my Righteous Servant justify many;
for He shall bear their iniquities.
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.
Isaiah, Chapter 53, verses 1-12.
*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. In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel
*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, as one mourneth for His only Son, and
shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for His first
born. Zechariah, Chapter 12, verse 10.
Because
this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life,
it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
This is
a connection I've made from this Bible passage. Please share your
connections.
