February 21, 2016
Evening Service

As we are heading into the Easter season where we will study the events of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, I want us to understand that this was all part of God’s perfect plan of salvation that was set into motion from the beginning of time.  Jesus knew from a very early age that His destiny would take Him to the cross.  He prophesied of this to His disciples numerous times.  Look at Matthew’s account of one of these times.

Mat 20:17-19 And going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said to them, (18) “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death.  (19)  And they shall deliver Him to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He shall rise again.”

• Jesus was well aware of the price He was about to pay for the sin of the world.
• There are also many prophecies from the OT that were written several hundred years before Jesus was even born that are fulfilled during the Passion Week.  Tonight I want to set the table for our study by looking at some of those.

Rom 10:17 Then faith is of hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.

 

The Triumphal Entry

Zech. 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King comes to you. He is righteous and victorious, meek and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the son of a donkey.-Fulfilled in Luke 19: 28-38

 

Betrayed by a close friend

Psalms 41:9  Even a man, my friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.  Fulfilled in John 13:21-30

 

Betrayed for 30 pieces of silver

Zech. 11:12 And I said to them, “If it is good, give my price; and if not, let it go.” So they weighed my price thirty pieces of silver.  Fulfilled in Matt. 26:14

 

Accused by false witness

Psalms 35:11 Cruel witnesses rose up; they asked of me that which I never knew.  Fulfilled in Mark 14:57-58

 

Silent to accusations

Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted; yet He opened not His mouth. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.  Fulfilled in Mark 15:4-5

 

Spat on and struck

Isa 50:6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out My beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.  Fulfilled Matt. 26:67

 

Hated without reason

Psalms 35:19 Let not those who are my lying enemies rejoice over me, those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.  Fulfilled in John 15:24-25

 

Vicarious sacrifice

Isa 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed.  Explained in Romans 5:6-8

 

Crucified with transgressors

Isa 53:12 Therefore I will divide to Him with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He has poured out His soul to death; and He was counted among the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors.  Fulfilled in Mark 15:27

 

Pierced in hands and feet

Zech. 12:10  And I will pour on the house of David, and on the people of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they shall look on Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be bitter over Him, as the bitterness over the first-born.  Fulfilled in John 20:27

 

Scorned and mocked

Psalms 22:7-8  All who see Me mock me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying,  (8)  He trusted on Jehovah; let Him deliver Him; let Him rescue Him, since He delights in Him!  Fulfilled in Luke 23:35

 

Prayed for enemies

Psalms 109:4 In return for my love, they are my accusers; but I give Myself to prayer.  Fulfilled in Luke 23:29

 

Gambled for His clothes

Psalms 22:17-18  I can count all My bones; they look and stare at Me.  (18)  They divide My garments among them and cast lots for My clothing.  Fulfilled in Matt. 27:35-36

 

Forsaken by God

Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, and are far from my deliverance, and from the words of my groaning?  Fulfilled in Matt. 27:46

 

No bones broken

Psalms 34:20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.  Fulfilled in John 19:32-36

 

Buried with the rich

Isa 53:9 And He put His grave with the wicked, and with a rich one in His death; although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.  Fulfilled in Matt 27:57-60.

 

Resurrection

Psalms 16:10 For You will not leave My soul in hell; You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.  Fulfilled in Mark 16:6-7

 

Ascension to God’s right hand

Psalms 68:18 You have gone up on high; You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts for men, yes, for the rebellious also, that You might dwell among them, O Jehovah God.  Fulfilled in Mark 16:19