The Messiah’s prophesies - Week 2
Last week we discussed the first of a large amount of prophesies who were given by Our Heavenly father to his people to let them know and recognize who The Messiah is when the time had to come. God from the beginning had a salvation plan, and this must be understood. In his almighty perfection, God picked Israel as his people. As such, the savior had to come from within the Israelites. The first promise of this was the announcement given to Abraham, where God promised him the Savior was to come from Abraham’s own seed, as discussed in Genesis 12:1-3
1The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. 2“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him apart for God. God spoke to him after in divers manners: but this first time, when the correspondence was to be settled, he appeared to him as the God of glory, and spoke to him. God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained till the coming of Christ. Since then Abraham and his seed are almost the only subject of the history in the Bible.
Abraham father's house and his land were a constant temptation to him, he could not continue among them with danger of being infected by them. Those who leave their sins, and turn to God, will be unspeakable gainers by the change. The command God gave to Abram, is much the same with the gospel call, for natural affection must give way to Divine grace. Sin, and all the occasions of it, must be forsaken; particularly bad company. Here are many great and precious promises. All God's precepts are attended with promises to the obedient:
1. I will make of You a great nation. When God took Abram from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people.
2. I will bless You. Obedient believers shall be sure to inherit the blessing.
3. I will make You name great. The name of obedient believers shall certainly be made great.
4. You shall be a blessing. Good men are the blessings of their country.
5. I will bless them that bless You, and curse him that curses You. God will take care that none are losers, by any service done for his people.
6. In You shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Jesus Christ is the great blessing of the world, the greatest that ever the world possessed. All the true blessedness the world is now, or ever shall be possessed of, is owing to Abram and his posterity. Through them we have a Bible, a Saviour, and a gospel. They are the stock on which the Christian church is grafted.
The parallel of this passage is found in 3 different places of the gospel:
Matthew 1:1 starts with “A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham”
Acts 3:25 quotes: “And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.'
Galatians 3:16 confirms that “The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ.”
Once again, there is great passages which make evident there’s only one who fulfilled all the promises and descriptions given to the patriarchs through the Old Testament: Jesus Christ The Messiah. He gave his life to pay for our sins. God could not make it simpler for us, simply believing he did this wonderful sacrifice to reestablish the communion with him. Believe and you will be saved. I pray The Lord for the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and to regenerate us for the Glory of our Father.
1The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. 2“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him apart for God. God spoke to him after in divers manners: but this first time, when the correspondence was to be settled, he appeared to him as the God of glory, and spoke to him. God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained till the coming of Christ. Since then Abraham and his seed are almost the only subject of the history in the Bible.
Abraham father's house and his land were a constant temptation to him, he could not continue among them with danger of being infected by them. Those who leave their sins, and turn to God, will be unspeakable gainers by the change. The command God gave to Abram, is much the same with the gospel call, for natural affection must give way to Divine grace. Sin, and all the occasions of it, must be forsaken; particularly bad company. Here are many great and precious promises. All God's precepts are attended with promises to the obedient:
1. I will make of You a great nation. When God took Abram from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people.
2. I will bless You. Obedient believers shall be sure to inherit the blessing.
3. I will make You name great. The name of obedient believers shall certainly be made great.
4. You shall be a blessing. Good men are the blessings of their country.
5. I will bless them that bless You, and curse him that curses You. God will take care that none are losers, by any service done for his people.
6. In You shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Jesus Christ is the great blessing of the world, the greatest that ever the world possessed. All the true blessedness the world is now, or ever shall be possessed of, is owing to Abram and his posterity. Through them we have a Bible, a Saviour, and a gospel. They are the stock on which the Christian church is grafted.
The parallel of this passage is found in 3 different places of the gospel:
Matthew 1:1 starts with “A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham”
Acts 3:25 quotes: “And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.'
Galatians 3:16 confirms that “The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ.”
Once again, there is great passages which make evident there’s only one who fulfilled all the promises and descriptions given to the patriarchs through the Old Testament: Jesus Christ The Messiah. He gave his life to pay for our sins. God could not make it simpler for us, simply believing he did this wonderful sacrifice to reestablish the communion with him. Believe and you will be saved. I pray The Lord for the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and to regenerate us for the Glory of our Father.
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