Ways Jesus Proved He was Messiah

“He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you, who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory so that your faith and hope are in God” -1 Peter 1:20

Jesus is unique. There are numerous things that set Him apart from other religions with biblical prophecy and proof to back up each of them.

From the very beginning, God had a plan. And through hundreds of prophecies in the Old Testament, God prepared the world for the coming of His Son. Jesus really did live and die for the sins of humanity.

Over the years anthropologist’s have dug up proof of His existence. And there are over 300 prophecies that are fulfilled through Jesus.

Here are a few:

Biblical prophecy,

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be the ruler in Israel, whose goings out are from old, from ancient times” – Micah 5:2

Fun fact: Ephrathah means Bethlehem.

Prophecy fulfilled:

Jesus was born in Bethlehem

After Jesus birth, King Herod gathered the chief priests and scribes to ask them where the Messiah would be born. They responded by citing the Old Testament prophecy revealing that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem..

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet,”

“And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you shall come a ruler who will shapers my people Israel” – Matthew 2:5-6

“Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?” – John 7:42

Biblical prophecy:

Jesus was born of a virgin

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel” -Isaiah 7:14

Prophecy fulfilled:

“Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, ‘God with us” Matthew 1:23

Just as Isaiah said, the Virgin Mary did indeed conceive and have a Som who is called Immanuel. Jesus being born of a virgin and the prophecy of this event show God’s infinite power and knowledge. He defied nature to bring His Son to earth.

In biblical times, foundations of buildings were built from stone, starting with a single stone placed in the corner as a guide for the entire structure. The cornerstone was essential to the structure of the building and ensured each wall would be balanced, straight and solid.

God’s Word tells us Jesus was sent to be the cornerstone for the world, but He was rejected in the process.

Biblical prophecy:

Jesus was rejected by His people:

“The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes” -Psalm 118:22-23

Prophecy fulfilled:

In the book of Matthew, there’s a conversation where Jesus uses David’s words from Psalm 118 to remind the Pharisees of who He was:

Jesus said to them,

“The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes” -Mathew 21:42-43

There are more than 300 other prophecies Jesus fulfilled with 100% accuracy, something no psychic, medium, or any other religion can guarantee.

God promises He would see a Savior to the world. And He did

The Lamb On The Cross Becomes The Lion Of Wrath

Many people believe that Jesus will return a second time as the Lord of grace and mercy. But make no mistake He will return as the Lion of wrath.

The first time Jesus came to earth, He comes as a sacrificial lamb. When He comes again, He’ll come as a Lion of conquest. The sacrificial servant becomes the conquering King.

The Lamb of God

God sent John the Baptizer to prepare the way for Jesus, John had been baptizing people in the Jordon River. When he saw Jesus coming, he said “Behold the lamb of God,” he was referring to Him as the perfect and ultimate sacrifice for sin. (John 1:29, 1:36).

In Jesus’s role as Savior of the world, the Bible portrays Him as the sacrificial Lamb. But when He comes again, He will not only come as the King of Kings. H will come as the conquering lion. He will come as the Judge. And He will come to administer God’s wrath upon all those who have rejected His love and His grace. He will no longer be the sacrificial Lamb of peace. After all He is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, a Lion of wrath, ripping apart all those who cross His path. The fury of His wrath and His anger and the fury of His rage will be against the wicked. He will let loose on the a band if destroying angels (Psalm 78:49 NLT).

God’s entire sacrificial system from the 2-year-old lamb’s blood put on the doorposts for the Jewish people to escape the curse of death during Egypt King Pharaoh did not release them as slaves to the point of Abraham being commanded to sacrifice Isaac in a thicket and provided the Lamb for us through Jesus, His “one and only Son” Only a sacrifice coming from God, can be sufficient enough to atone for the sins of the whole world. This leads us prophetically to the coming of the Messiah. This Messianic prophecy is woven throughout the Old Testament in preparation for Jesus’s coming as the Lamb of God. This Old Testament sacrificial offering of a lamb symbolically atoned for the sins of the people.

The first time Jesus came, He came as a Shepherd in search of His sheep, and He came as the sacrificial Lamb of God. He will come again, just as He said He would. But this time, He will come as King and Judge, wielding His power and authority. He will come as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The symbol of the Lion represents majesty’s strength, courage, justice, and might. The lion after all is the King of the beasts.

The tribe of Judah refers to one of Jacob’s twelve sons named Judah. The descendants of all twelve of these sons formed the twelve tribes of Israel. Jesus was a descendant of Judah. The lineage includes David and Solomon and makes its way all the way down to Joseph, Jesus’s earthly fathe

Lion of the Tribe of Judah

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah, from the lineage (David), has conquered. Only He is worthy to open the scroll and it’s seven seals. Only Jesus, the certified Lamb of God, who died and paid a ransom with His life for the sin of the whole world. He conquered death and rose again, only He is worthy to judge the world with might and justice. As God justly judges the wicked and pours out His wrath.

His desire remains the same, to bring all of humanity to salvation. After the sixth week is opened, 144,000 people representing the twelve tribes of Israel will be sealed and protected during this judgment. They will go out and preach the good news to everyone everywhere and many will come to Jesus during the tribulation. This is confirmed by an angel as many believers from every nation and tribe and people and language come out of the tribulation and worship God.

Something Everyone Should Know

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

Jesus didn’t just do something. He didn’t just do a lot. He did it all. We must understand fully what He has done for us, or we will never fully understand who He is. If we miss out on the enormity of His work on the cross, then we will never realize how much we need Him. Jesus is not just a nice addition to our lives. He is not just a nice self-help program.

Jesus was punished for our sins. The Innocent Son of God took our punishment to bring us peace.

Kid At Heart

What does it mean to be a kid at heart?

Our biological age does not reflect how we feel. People’s subjective age rather than their objective age accurately predict how young our brain really looks. There is now research that actually backs this up. How young or old you feel reflects how our body ages.

I have a friend that is 78 years young. She drives a motorcycle and has a very active in life.

Being a kid at heart is acting and thinking like a young person. Balancing knowing when to take life seriously and when to have fun. enjoying every stage is about finding something to love in life.

The Umbrella Of Protection

I will shield you from the fallout. Know that I God am protecting you. What will fall on others will not fall on you. Stay under the umbrella of My protection, and I will guard you and keep you.

God promises His protection when we follow and obey Him. When we are not living under God’s authority it’s like we walk out of the covering of His protection. I feel like we have walked out of the covering as a nation.

I see myself being hidden under the umbrella while the ashes fall around me.

God has been taken out of every mountain of influence. Schools, Family, Government, Media, Art and Entertainment, Business.

Political influences are changing the climate of the nation. We see it everywhere. But there are things we can do to be immune to its effects.

Proverbs 2:7 in the Message Bible says,

“God is a rich mine of common sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard the candid and sincere.”

Everything thing is under God’s control. God knows that everything that befalls the world and He has plans that we do not need to be concerned about. He tells us to trust in Him and we will find rest. He will keep you in perfect peace if we obey Him and repent of our sins.

With everything that is happening in the world today, we need to fix our minds on Him. Be promised if we focus on Him He will keep us in perfect peace.

History is Him, the past, the present, and the future. Things will turn out just as He has planned. The courses of the nations are set and determined by His foreknowledge.

Though the nation’s rage, He is on the throne. He will work His plan to the glory of His Kingdom.

As long as we follow Him, We will be under His umbrella of protection.

The nations are in turmoil. But regardless of what happens, God can protect us and keep us at peace as we look to Jesus, the King of Kings.

“For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but My lovingkindness will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you” – Isaiah 54:10

Follow the King of Kings, serve and trust Him, and He will keep you safe and lead you along the way everlasting to everlasting.

The Destruction Of The Deceitful

God expects us, as His people, to discern that it is ungodliness that brings God’s Judgment.

Walking in righteousness through God’s Word keeps us in God’s blessing, protection, and provision. When we praise Him for these promises to receive His grace and mercy, and experience a new level of relationship with God.

Three Wishes

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?

What I would ask for if a genie appeared before me? I would ask for world peace, no hunger, and no evil. But I’m pretty sure genies cannot grant wishes of this magnitude because they cannot interfere in the plans of Almighty God.

So it would pretty much have to be material things. So, I would ask that I get a house by the beach and a month’s vacation with my husband and children with pay from their jobs. I would also ask for a dog, a boxer dog with an extended life span.

The Shield Of Faith

The shield of faith is not something we have to speak into existence or strive in our own strength to hold up, because our shield of faith is, faith in a mighty God, not faith in our own strength.

We have an enemy, who wants to stop us from getting all God has for us. It’s no different than any other enemy that Israel faced in the old covenant. God routed the enemies of His people then, and He will rout our enemies as well.

Psalm 2 tells us what He thinks of the arrows of the enemy.

“Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, and the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure. Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree, the Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You the Nations, for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. Now, therefore, be wise, O’ kings. Be wise, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way When His wrath is known kindled but a little. Blessed are those who put their trust in Him.” -Psalm 2.

This is the prayer I pray for the nations, every morning. We taste the goodness of the when we enter His presence when we worship Him. Faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1).

Nothing like worship builds faith. Worship brings us into the very presence of God. But we need to understand God’s definition of worship,

  • Obedience
  • Unity
  • Humility
  • Faithfulness
  • Mercy
  • Giving
  • Singing, praise, music

Under the shadow of His wings, into the palm of His hand. He is our strong tower.

With the world becoming darker and darker we need to rush to Him. And Be ready for His return.

Removing The Veil From Our Eyes

Removing the veil from our eyes, is a phrase from the New Testament that refers to discovering a truth that was previously hidden. In 2 Corinthians 3:16 it that when a person turns to the Lord the veil is taken away. This can be compared to a bride on her wedding day when her husband removes the veil.

When the veil is removed, we see what really matters. Fear, uncertainty, and insecurity may still be there, but they are masked by faith, hope, and love. What is true in our human relationships only dimly reflects what is true of our relationship with Jesus.

To know Him for who He is, to see Him for who He is, allows us to run with perseverance the race marked out before us. No matter where the course might lead. Yes, there is fear, uncertainty and insecurity. But faith, hope, and love rules our days.

Fixing our eyes on Him is hard. We squint to see Him through your sight, rather than faith. He has revealed who He is through His Word -the Bible. The Bible can be hard to comprehend, Yet, God has given each part of it to lift the veil on who He is.

John Calve said, “In the scriptures, God is veiled, that had might be unveiled.” The one who defies description describes himself in the limitations of language is that we might be able to see Him with unveiled eyes and unveiled faith.

Insight about Jesus comes to those who look for Him. And when we do this He exposes a truth that we have not yet seen.

Family

Describe a family member.

Describe a family member. How about describe a family.

I grew up in a dysfunctional family which has drastically and permanently altered the course of my life. My mother only cared about herself she had no regard for anyone else to the point of being abusive to get what she wanted. My father was a retired Marine, he was the caring one. I knew that anything I was going through I could go to him and he would help me figure it out.

One brother (my step brother) was a molester. Two we’re drug addicts, and One was business savvy, he could sale anyone anything. I remember one time when my father gave him his “allowance” he told him that he didn’t need it and pulled a wade of money out of his pocket -He was 10 years old at the time -he died at age 11. My sister was more interested in boys and sneaking out of the house at night. , I just tried to stay away from my mother as much as I could, knowing that if she saw or heard me bad things would happen.

I did not know my maternal grand parents. I had never seen them. My paternal grandparents were very caring people, My grandfather (Apa) could not speak English, he only spoke Hungarian, and My nagymomma (grandmother), was the sweetest, most caring person that I have ever met in my life. They traveled to America by ship to escape the holocaust.

Favorite Physical Exercise

What is your favorite form of physical exercise?

I few things I like to do for exercise would involve hiking, I am very blessed to live close to some beautiful mountain areas. It doesn’t seem like exercise when you enjoy the beauty God created around you,

I also like swimming. I good early morning swim gets my blood pumping and it’s a full-body exercise.

The last is something that most people don’t think of as exercise but I think clearly is. Is yard work. Digging holes and bagging lawn clippings or leaves can strengthen muscles in arms, legs, and the core of our bodies.