The Messiah would be cut off- but not for himself.

Dan. {9:26} And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself


The Messiah would be cut off- but not for himself.


This was foretold many years before Christ came. Jesus was cut off... Jesus' life was cut short and why? Not for himself, but us, for all others.


I looked it up- the predictions of Christ in the Old Testament, fulfilled in the New Testament and I want to go through them one by one.


Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23)


Isa. {7:14} Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel.


Matt. {1:21} And she shall bring forth
a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins. {1:22} Now all this was done,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by
the prophet, saying, {1:23} Behold, a virgin shall be with
child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his
name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.


(A sign from the Lord himself. Could there be a greater sign? The Lord God created man who better to create a child in the womb of a virgin? God is a creator, the Creator. All that is create has been so by the Lord. We live in a world we tend to take for granted, a world we say just is, but the very ground we walk upon was created. The air we breathe was created. The sun, the moon, the stars were created. We are surrounded by God's majesty and we have the audacity to proclaim it has all just become in a mystery by itself that there is no God. Things just are. We just are. We believe we always have been and yet that isn't true. We measure things in a time frame that has no real basis because we didn't even creat time. Yes, we say the words scientifically and yet all things scientific are formulated by man with limited knowledge trying to put pieces together, to make them fit in a way that doesn't call for faith. It's ludicrous and yet accepted. Those who don't accept it are told they are dense, told they are ignorant, told they don't have the brains to comprehend. People call God mere fantasy and fairy tale, and cling to their own suppositions.


How can man look to the sky and not believe? And yet, so many don't believe.


How can people look into the face of a newborn babe, a life created, a miracle, and not believe?


'A virgin shall be with child.'


'...a sign, behold a virgin shall conceieve.'


God, our creator, created life within a virgin womb. Truly a sign of His majesty. God would be with us and He chose the vessel of a human to do so, taking on humanity, to become like us those created. The Uncreated One became Created in Jesus.


God is love, such amazing love, love beyond our comprehension.


May the Lord open our hearts to His amazing love, His sacrifice.


When the world insists to believe is to be deceived, may we continue to believe knowing those with delusions are those who won't believe.


*******


A descendant of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18; Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16)


Gen. {12:1} Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out
of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s
house, unto a land that I will shew thee: {12:2} And I will
make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: {12:3} And I
will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.


Gen. {22:18} And
in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.


Matt. {1:1} The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son
of David, the son of Abraham.


Gal. {3:16} Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises
made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one,
And to thy seed, which is Christ


*******

Of the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10; Luke 3:23, 33; Hebrews 7:14)


Gen. {49:10} The sceptre shall not
depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the
people [be.]


Luke {3:23} And Jesus himself began to be about thirty
years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,
which was [the son] of Heli.


Luke {3:33} Which was [the son] of Aminadab, which was [the
son] of Aram, which was [the son] of Esrom, which was
[the son] of Phares, which was [the son] of Juda.


Heb. {7:14} For [it is]
evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.


*******

Of the house of David (2 Samuel 7:12-16; Matthew 1:1)


2 Sam. {7:12} And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee,
which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish
his kingdom. {7:13} He shall build an house for my name,
and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
{7:14} I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he
commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and
with the stripes of the children of men: {7:15} But my
mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from
Saul, whom I put away before thee. {7:16} And thine house
and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee:
thy throne shall be established for ever.


Matt. {1:1} The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son
of David, the son of Abraham.

*******

Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7)


Micah {5:2} But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of
Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is]
to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of
old, from everlasting.


Matt. {2:1} Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea
in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men
from the east to Jerusalem


Luke {2:4} And Joseph
also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) {2:5}
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with
child. {2:6} And so it was, that, while they were there, the
days were accomplished that she should be delivered. {2:7}
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there
was no room for them in the inn.


*******


Taken to Egypt (Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:14-15)


Hos. {11:1} When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and
called my son out of Egypt.


Matt. {2:14} When he arose, he took
the young child and his mother by night, and departed into
Egypt: {2:15} And was there until the death of Herod: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the
prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.


*******


Herod´s killing of the infants (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18)


Jeremiah {31:15} Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in
Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping
for her children refused to be comforted for her children,
because they [were] not.


Matt. {2:16} Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of
the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to
the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
{2:17} Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy
the prophet, saying, {2:18} In Rama was there a voice
heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be
comforted, because they are not.


*******


Anointed by the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2; Matthew 3:16-17)


Isaiah {11:2} And
the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD


{3:16} And Jesus,
when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting
upon him: {3:17} And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


*******

Praise the Lord!

More to come...


By the mercy and grace of our Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord.


Amen.