Saturday, December 03, 2005
God's Only Son
Zechariah 12:10
“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 firstborn” (c. 536 B.C. ~Dr. Gary Cohen; Zion’s Fire)
Fulfillment:
“Then saith He to Thomas, ‘Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless but believing’” ~John 20:27
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” ~John 1:14
The Jewish nation and the Jewish religion have rejected Jesus as the chosen Messiah. Yet, God prophesies through Zechariah of a day in which He will reach out to the Jewish people in a spirit of grace and open their eyes to the truth. They then will weep and grieve over their rejection of the true Messiah. Large numbers of them will accept Jesus as the Messiah. They will trust in Him as their personal Lord and Savior and thus become part of the “New Israel”—the Church (Romans 11 ~Dr. D. James Kennedy; Messiah)
Romans 11 references Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34 thus:
“And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
‘The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.’” ~Romans 11:26-27
“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 firstborn” (c. 536 B.C. ~Dr. Gary Cohen; Zion’s Fire)
Fulfillment:
“Then saith He to Thomas, ‘Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless but believing’” ~John 20:27
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” ~John 1:14
The Jewish nation and the Jewish religion have rejected Jesus as the chosen Messiah. Yet, God prophesies through Zechariah of a day in which He will reach out to the Jewish people in a spirit of grace and open their eyes to the truth. They then will weep and grieve over their rejection of the true Messiah. Large numbers of them will accept Jesus as the Messiah. They will trust in Him as their personal Lord and Savior and thus become part of the “New Israel”—the Church (Romans 11 ~Dr. D. James Kennedy; Messiah)
Romans 11 references Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34 thus:
“And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
‘The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.’” ~Romans 11:26-27
