AWAY PART 33
(Mark Cahill's Book)
15. The Old Testament prophesies that
the Messiah would be pierced. We
have already read prophesies of
His hands and His feet being
pierced, and how they were fulfilled,
For example:
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 his
firstborn. (Zachariah : 12:10)
But there was more piercing that took place. John describes how Jesus' side was pierced, and why - showing that it was because prophecy was being fulfilled:
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they break not His legs:
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water.
And he saw that it bore record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken.
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on Him Whom they have pierced. (John 19:33-37)
God said His Son would be pierced, and He was.
16. Darkness would prevail over the land. Amos says:
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. (Amos 8:9)
The fulfillment is described by Matthew :
Now from about the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. (Matthew 27:45).
What time is the
sixth hour? The Jewish clock began
at 6:00 am So the
sixth hour was
actually noon.
God said He would make the earth dark at noon , and He did for a three hour period!
Consider: these are just a very few of many hundreds of prophecies that have been fulfilled with amazing accuracy. The reason all these prophecies are so important is something called compound probability. When we consider having a great many requirements fulfilled by the same person, the likelihood of finding such a person decreases with every requirement. And the more unusual the requirement, the less likely we are to find such a person.
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