Our Messiah must go through many physical
sufferings before He can be the atonement
for our souls. What factual questions need
to be asked about our Messiah? To explore
these questions and find the truth Is no
shame, for God himself has put forth His
truth so we would not be misled many way.
That is why we have the Bible, the truest
book ever written.
What must the Messiah do in order
for us to know that He is the Messiah?
He must suffer for our sins as the
prophet Isaiah foretold in the Bible.
But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed. Isaiah 53:5
Does the Bible tell us where on His body
He will be wounded?
His hands and feet will be pierced:
And one shall say unto him. What are
these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall
answer, Those with which I was wounded In
the house of my friends. Zechariah
13:6
For dogs have compassed me: the
assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:
they pierced my hands and my feet Psalm
22:16
His back and face will be smitten:
I gave my back to the smiters, and my
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I
hid not my face from shame and spitting. Isaiah
50:6
Now gather thyself in troops, O
daughter of troops: he hath laid siege
against us: they shall smite the judge of
Israel with a rod upon the cheek. Micah
5:1
Not one bone in His body shall be broken:
He keepeth all his bones: not one of
them is broken. Psalm
34:20
In Bible prophecy the Messiah is
beaten so badly, that His appearance is
disfigured more than any man!
As many were astonied at thee; his
visage was so marred more than any man, and
his form more than the sons of men: Isaiah
52:14
What else must the Messiah endure
to fulfill Bible prophecy?
The Bible teaches that God will give Him
to be the flawless and perfect sacrifice for
our sins:
8He was taken from prison and from
judgment: and who shall declare his
generation? for he was cut off out of the
land of the living: for the transgression of
my people was he stricken. 9And
he made his grave with the wicked, and with
the rich in his death; because he had done
no violence, neither was any deceit in his
mouth. 10Yet
it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath
put him to grief: when thou shalt make his
soul an offering for sin, he shall see his
seed, he shall prolong his days, and the
pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his
hand.Isaiah 53:8-10
Therefore
will I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he hath poured out his soul
unto death: and he was numbered with the
transgressors; and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah
53:12
He will be resurrected after three days:
After two days will he revive us: in the
third day he will raise us up, and we shall
live in his sight. Hosea
6:2
Has there ever in history been a
man that has fulfilled all these
requirements? Yes, there was such a man — he
fulfilled each and every messianic prophecy.
His hand and feet were pierced:
And when they were come to the place, which
is called Calvary, there they crucified him,
and the malefactors, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left. Luke
23:33
His back and face were smitten:
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and
scourged him. John 19:1 And
they smote him on the head with a reed, and
did spit upon him, and bowing their knees
worshipped him. Mark 15:19
63And the men that held Jesus mocked
him, and smote him. 64And
when they had blindfolded him, they struck
him on the face, and asked him, saying,
Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?Luke
22:63-64
Not one bone in His body was broken:
33But when they came to Jesus, and
saw that he was dead already, they brake not
his legs: 34But
one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
side, and forthwith came there out blood and
water. 35And
he that saw it bare record, and his record
is true: and he knoweth that he saith true,
that ye might believe. 36For
these things were done, that the scripture
should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not
be broken. John 19:33-36
Messiah rose three days after His
crucifixion:
And that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures: 1
Corinthians 15:4
Many messiahs have come and gone,
but only the true Messiah has come, and
died, and been raised from the dead.
What must I do to receive the
promises of the Messiah?
And by him all that believe are
justified from all things, from which ye
could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts
13:39 Repent ye therefore,
and be converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, when the times of refreshing
shall come from the presence of the Lord; Acts
3:19 That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. Romans 10:9
Repent and pray! Ask the
Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you and save
you and He will give you eternal life.
