Jesus in the Prophets:
I love the book of Isaiah. It’s long and beautifully written. Isaiah is one of the four major prophets in the Bible and he ministered from 739 to 680 BC, mostly in Judah but also in Israel. Isaiah contains more messianic prophecies than any other prophetic book. Isaiah is a microcosm of the Bible. If I could only read one book of the Old Testament Isaiah would be my pick. Most people could read Isiah and come to belief in God and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior without reading or knowing the rest of the Bible.
1. Isaiah 9:6-7 – For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be on His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
New Testament – John 8:58 – Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
2. Isaiah 53:12 – Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
New Testament – Acts 8:32-33 – He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He opened not His mouth. In His humiliation His justice was taken away, and who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.
3. Isaiah 62:11- Indeed the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the world: “Say to the daughter of Zion, surely your salvation is coming; behold, His reward is with him.”
New Testament – Revelation 3:12 – He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
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