unlocking the messianic prophecies

[mrasell]

I've authored a new book on the messianic prophecies which show the different roles of the Messiah as suffering servant, king, priest, divine being, the resurrection and how these are fulfilled in Jeshua.

There are quite a lot of references to the Messiah in the minor prophets.

Some excepts: (the whole book can be read at

Beholding the Messiah in His glory the prophet said: “He had bright beams coming out of His side: and there was the hiding of His power.” (Habakkuk 3:4)
In the wounds of the Messiah are the hidden glory and power of salvation.

The prophet Daniel makes it clear that the Messiah would be cut off, but not for himself (Hebrew: yikqareth mashiach we-eyn lo).

Joseph is another type of the Messiah, mistreated by jealous brothers and sold as a slave; nevertheless God made him ruler of Egypt and saviour of many people during the famine. So the Messiah would be rejected by jealous leaders, betrayed to death, but God would raise Him to life to become the king of Israel and the Saviour of the world.
This reversal of fortune mirrors Hannah’s prayer that God exalts the humble; it is also found in the life of David and Joseph.

Hannah prophesied of the Messiah (anointed one) and how he would smite the adversaries of the Lord:
“The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed (Messiah).” (1 Samuel 2:10)

Although the Messiah would be exalted, Hannah’s prayer is set in the context of the humble and poor being raised up by God.

The study of the Messianic prophecies has tended to focus on the Messiah either as a king or as the atoning sacrifice, yet he is also revealed as a priest:

The offices of king and priest were separate but now they are united in the person of the Messiah who is in perfect unity with the Lord. Psalm 110 agrees with this and speaks of the Messiah as a priest:
“The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.” (Psalm 110:4)

When this Angel appeared to Hagar, He refers to the LORD in the 3rd person (Genesis 16:11). Yet Hagar gives the LORD which spoke to her the name “thou God seest me” and is surprised that she had seen God (vs. 13).
The term “messenger of the covenant” is used in Malachi 3:1 where He is called “the Lord” who suddenly comes to His temple.

Psalm 16:10 says that “...neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One (hasid) to see corruption (shahat).” The Hebrew word “shahat” can be used to denote corruption or decay (Job 17:14), or the grave (Job 33:18).

[johnd]

John 5:39-40 (KJV)
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

2 Timothy 3:15 (KJV)
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

The scriptures at the time these scripture passages were penned was the Tanakh (Old Testament).

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV)
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (KJV)
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Acts 17:11 (KJV)
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

In anticipation of interference and / or hostile jamming, God had to encode things in the OT / TNKH

Proverbs 25:2 (KJV)
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Deuteronomy 29:29 (KJV)
29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

He did deploy prophetic decoders (prophets and apostles) until the NT Brit Chadesha was written and canonized.

Isaiah 28:9-13 (KJV)
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

The scene of Genesis 1 is clearly portrayed in the whole of scripture.

John 1:1-3 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1 John 1:1-2 (KJV)
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

Genesis 1:1-2 (KJV)
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

God the Father
God the Word
God the Holy Spirit

All there. Yet only God the Word created all things created in the beginning.

Isaiah 44:24 (KJV)
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

YHVH our Redeemer... the one who paid the price for our sin... was not the Father. He received the sacrifice as payment. It was not the Holy Spirit. The Redeemer is the one who died for our sins to be forgiven and cleansed from our account in the book of life.

As far as actual prophecies go there are many:

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 (KJV)
15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Like Moses how?

Moses was the Law Giver.
Jesus is the giver of the Law of Christ / God (1 Corinthians 9:19-21 two laws being spoken of here).

Moses brought the Old Covenant.
Jesus brought the New Covenant.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Note the New Covenant is not like the Old Covenant given at Mount Sinai (verse 32). Verse 33 states that God will put "MY law" in their hearts. Not the Law of Moses but the Law of God and of Christ):

1 Corinthians 9:19-21 (NASB95)
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law[/u][/color], so that I might win those who are under the Law;
21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ[/u][/color], so that I might win those who are without law.

The akidah (Genesis 22) depicts the crucifixion prophetically and on the site where it will take place. The beast of burden Jesus rode on in what has come to be called Palm Sunday but was the day of choosing the pascal lamb (10 Nisan). The wood etc. To prove to the Angel of the Lord (Messenger of YHVH = God the Word sent by God the Father) Abraham would not withhold his only son from him.

Genesis 22:8 (NASB95)
8 Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

The King James actually captures the terse Hebrew expression better:

Genesis 22:8 (KJV)
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

John 1:29 (KJV)
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

The Patriarch Joseph prophetically depicted the Messiah with his own life in dozens of ways. He was hated by his own brothers, betrayed by them. Put into a pit. Sold to the Gentiles. Made king unbeknownst to his brothers who did not know him... on and on. He was the deliverer of the 7 years of famine, the restorer of this brothers...

The Genealogy in Genesis 5 tells a story using the original names given:

Man (Adam)
Appointed (Shiyth)
Mortal (Enosh)
Sorrow (Qinan)
The Blessed God (Mahalalel)
Shall come down (Yarad)
Teaching (Chenok)
His death shall bring (Muthushalakh)
The Despairing (La Maqoq)
Comfort (Nuakh)

Diagram the lay out of the encampment and its proportions by the number of troops listed in Numbers chapter 2 and you will have a large t shape centered on Levi and the tabernacle. Israel camped in the wilderness in the shape of a cross pointing east.

That was just a quick over view of the and how it points to Jesus Yeshua the Messiah God the Son.

[alon]

Sept 16, 2013 20:06:29 GMT -8 johnd said:

Moses was the Law Giver.
Jesus is the giver of the Law of Christ / God (1 Corinthians 9:19-21 two laws being spoken of here).

Moses brought the Old Covenant.
Jesus brought the New Covenant.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Note the New Covenant is not like the Old Covenant given at Mount Sinai (verse 32). Verse 33 states that God will put "MY law" in their hearts. Not the Law of Moses but the Law of God and of Christ):

This is a false doctrine commonly taught in mainstream churches today. Moses, writing under Divine inspiration, gave the law of YHVH. Yeshua, as God incarnate, could NOT give a different law! God does not change- and the Word is God, Yeshua, therefore He does not change! He gave the same law in the B'rit Chadasha as He gave to Moses at Mt. Sinai! There is absolutely NOTHING in the "New" Testament that was not in the "Old."

Exodus 19:1 In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness ; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain. 3 Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel : 4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself. 5 'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; 6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel."

This is what He has returned us to, the same thing He promised to do at Sinai, before the sin of the calf. It is a Renewed Covenant, not a "new Greek legal document."

Yirmeyahu 31:31-34 (CJB) 31 "Here, the days are coming," says ADONAI, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Isra'el and with the house of Y'hudah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day I took them by their hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt; because they, for their part, violated my covenant, even though I, for my part, was a husband to them," says ADONAI. 33 "For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Isra'el after those days," says ADONAI: "I will put my within them and write it on their hearts; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will any of them teach his fellow community member or his brother, 'Know ADONAI'; for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest; because I will forgive their wickednesses and remember their sins no more."

This is an end times prophecy which has not yet been fulfilled. This fact is evident in several ways:

v. 33 says Adonai will write the on their hearts. This is a Hebrew idiom for memorization, or knowing something completely. How many people do you know of who've memorized the ?

It also says they will be Adonai's people. Are the Jews, by and large, His in the sense of following Him and believing Yeshua is the Messiah?

v. 34 says no one will teach his neighbor- he won't have to, since in vs. 33 his neighbor already knows ! Do we have people teaching and being taught?

Speaking of the Jewish nation as a whole, has Adonai forgiven their wickednesses? Individually, just as with everyone, He forgives those who ask in faith. But here is spoken of a national salvation for isra'el. This has not happened yet.

One of the things about coming into Messainism is we must be willing to challenge the dogmas we've learned all our lives in mainstream churches. Test everything, and keep only what survives the fire. This part, to my thinking, does not survive even a little "heat" of honest scrutiny.

Dan C

[visionary]

I believe the answer lies in the feasts, just as the spring feasts were fulfilled with the first coming, so also will the fall feasts be fulfilled in the same manner. There will be a 3 1/2 year ministry, probably this time by the two witnesses, which reveal themselves by their "fiery" message, and power from heaven to impress their point before the people like Moses and Elijah did. Then comes the fall feasts in rapid order. The two witnesses will sight the new moon. The feast of trumpets is their call to assemble, the coming day of judgment upon the world starting with the people of God, the marriage of the Lamb, the crowning of our King Yeshua before His people, the Law by which the world will be judged revealed from the heavens, nailing the charges against the beast, the sleeper, the One World System and all its merchants, the mark of the beast, the latter rain, etc. The day of Yom Kippur where the two are before the temple, and the people choose, the two witnesses are seen taken into the heavenly temple , and the scapegoat is left before the people. The people who have taken this all to heart have left the outer court and are gathering in the temple of God where they are marked as His, while those who stay in the outer court clinging to their crosses [the sacrifice altar] and their baptism [laver] will be slaughtered. The children of God flee from the wrath to come after the wedding and sukkot until He comes on the eighth day.

[alon]

Sept 21, 2013 6:43:46 GMT -8 visionary said:

I believe the answer lies in the feasts, ...

I'm not as well versed in the details as you, so can't comment there; but I absolutely agree that the feasts are the key to understanding all prophecy. God doesn't change, so if He laid out His plan for our redemption in the spring feasts, it would seem logical He has laid out the plan for judgment in the fall feasts.

Thanks for the detailed post though- good research and study material there!

Dan