"...O Bethlehem... Judah ...out of you shall come forth to Me
By: Craig Crawford
~Excerpt reprinted by permission~
"Messiah" is not a name . . . it's a Title. The Hebrew word "Messiah" is translated "Christ" in English. Messiah (Christ) is His Title. As you will see, the Bible clearly says there is, and will be, only one Messiah.
The promised Messiah of Israel . . .would be born of a virgin.
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The promised Messiah of Israel . . .would be born of a virgin.
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"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel
[God with us]"
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Isaiah 7:14
[God with us]"
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Isaiah 7:14
Messiah would be the 'Son of God',
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"For unto us [Israel] a Child is born, unto us a Son is given...
His name will be called
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace."
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Isaiah 9:6
His name will be called
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace."
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Isaiah 9:6
Messiah would be born in Bethlehem... stepping forth from Eternity ("from old, from everlasting")
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"...O Bethlehem...of Judah...out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel [King],
Whose goings forth [Existence] have been
From of Old [Ancient],
From Everlasting [Eternal]."
Micah 5:2
*The One to be Ruler in Israel [King],
Whose goings forth [Existence] have been
From of Old [Ancient],
From Everlasting [Eternal]."
Micah 5:2
Messiah would ride triumphantly into Jerusalem... Meek and lowly...riding on a donkey
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"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion [Israel]!
Behold, your King [Messiah] is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
yet He is lowly and riding on a donkey."
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Zechariah 9:9
*Behold, your King [Messiah] is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
yet He is lowly and riding on a donkey."
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Zechariah 9:9
He would be betrayed by a friend,
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"Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who
ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me."
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Psalm 41:9
*ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me."
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Psalm 41:9
They would set a price on Him of 30 pieces of silver... which would then be thrown into the potter's field.
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"So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
And the LORD said... ‘Throw it to the potter’ - that ... princely price they set on Me."
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Zechariah 11:12-13
*And the LORD said... ‘Throw it to the potter’ - that ... princely price they set on Me."
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Zechariah 11:12-13
People would be attracted to Him through His words and deeds... not by His looks,
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"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."
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Isaiah 53:2
**nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."
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Isaiah 53:2
Messiah would be despised and rejected... He would deeply feel the pain of rejection,
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"He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief."
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Isaiah 53:3
*A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief."
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Isaiah 53:3
People would turn their backs on Him,
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"...we hid, as it were, our faces from Him..."
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Isaiah 53:3
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Isaiah 53:3
Messiah would be despised,
"He was despised, and we did not esteem Him."
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Isaiah 53:3
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Isaiah 53:3
Messiah would be despised by the world and rejected by Israel,
"The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
To Him whom man (the world) despises,
To Him whom the nation (Israel) abhors."
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Isaiah 49:7
To Him whom man (the world) despises,
To Him whom the nation (Israel) abhors."
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Isaiah 49:7
He would [be] ...brutally beaten and bloodied,
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"...His appearance was marred more than any man..."
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Isaiah 52:14
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Isaiah 52:14
The Messiah would be beaten, bloodied, and would die for our [sins] so we could escape the judgment... the darkness and torments of Hell,
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"...He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes [whip lashes] we are healed.
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity [sin] of us all."
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Isaiah 53:5-7
*He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes [whip lashes] we are healed.
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity [sin] of us all."
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Isaiah 53:5-7
...the Passover Lamb of God, He would remain silent during His ordeal,
"He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth."
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Isaiah 53:7
*And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth."
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Isaiah 53:7
He would be Crucified . . . a torturous and agonizing death,
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"All My bones are out of joint . . .
My tongue clings to My jaws;
They pierced My hands and My feet,
They look and stare at Me."
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Psalm 22:14, 15, 16, 17
*My tongue clings to My jaws;
They pierced My hands and My feet,
They look and stare at Me."
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Psalm 22:14, 15, 16, 17
He would be mocked during His ... suffering and death,
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"A reproach of men and despised of the people,
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying
‘He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him...’"
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Psalm 22:7-8
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying
‘He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him...’"
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Psalm 22:7-8
They would divide His garments and cast lots for His clothes,
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"They divide my garments among them,
and for My garments they cast lots."
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Psalm 22:18
and for My garments they cast lots."
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Psalm 22:18
He who knew no sin would be made sin for us...
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?"
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Psalm 22:1 . . . also see Matt 27:46
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Psalm 22:1 . . . also see Matt 27:46
Messiah's side would be pierced,
"Then they will look upon Me whom they have pierced;
they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son,
and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn."
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Zech 12:10 . . . this is also a prophecy of His Return
they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son,
and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn."
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Zech 12:10 . . . this is also a prophecy of His Return
He would be buried in a rich man's grave,
"He was buried like a criminal in a rich man's grave..."
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Isaiah 53:9
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Isaiah 53:9
He was innocent . . . without guilt . . . without sin,
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"...He [the Messiah-Christ] had done no wrong...
He had never spoken an evil word."
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Isaiah 53:9
*He had never spoken an evil word."
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Isaiah 53:9
Messiah would be quickly resurrected (raised from the dead)
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"...You will not leave my soul in Sheol [Hell],
(King David knew he would one day enter into Heaven)
Nor will You allow Your Holy One [the Messiah]
to see corruption [decompose]."
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Psalm 16:10
**(King David knew he would one day enter into Heaven)
Nor will You allow Your Holy One [the Messiah]
to see corruption [decompose]."
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Psalm 16:10
The Jewish Messiah [Christ] would be a Savior to all peoples, including Jews and non-Jews... thus fulfilling the Abrahamic Covenant
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"I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles
[non-Jews], That You should be My salvation
to the ends of the Earth."
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Isaiah 49:6
**[non-Jews], That You should be My salvation
to the ends of the Earth."
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Isaiah 49:6
The Messiah [Jesus-Yeshua] would be the Sacrifice [payment] for all our sins . . . The only burden He asks us to carry is to accept it and believe it.
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"...He bore the sin of many . . ."
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Isaiah 53:12
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Isaiah 53:12
The Cross was part of God’s Plan ... so all who receive Jesus (Yeshua) as ... Lord can be washed clean of all their sins... and spared ...the darkness and torment of Hell.
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"Yet it was the Lord’s good plan to bruise him;
put Him to grief, make His soul an offering for sin..."
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Isaiah 53:10
*put Him to grief, make His soul an offering for sin..."
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Isaiah 53:10
God (Messiah-Christ) would then return to His place in Heaven, until...
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"I [the LORD] will return again to My place
until they [Israel] acknowledge their offense [rejecting Messiah].
Then they will seek My face;
in their affliction [the coming Tribulation]
they will diligently seek Me"
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Hosea 5:15
*until they [Israel] acknowledge their offense [rejecting Messiah].
Then they will seek My face;
in their affliction [the coming Tribulation]
they will diligently seek Me"
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Hosea 5:15
Note: For the LORD to "return to His place" means ... He had to have left His place. One requirement that must be met before He can return to Earth is for the children of Israel to "acknowledge their offense." (Notice...the word offense is singular, not plural... it is specific.)
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This means... Israel must acknowledge their rejection of the Messiah and pray, as a nation, for His return.
Look, your house is left to you desolate.
I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.' "
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Luke 13:35
*I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.' "
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Luke 13:35
We are told this will be fulfilled at the very end of the Tribulation. God will fulfill all of His covenants with the nation Israel.
When God's Word and the prophecies became one...
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"Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him,
they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
*they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
But God raised Him from the dead.
He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem,
who are His witnesses to the people."
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Acts 13:29-31
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Jesus-Yeshua said...He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem,
who are His witnesses to the people."
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Acts 13:29-31
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"These are the words...I spoke to you while I was...with you,
that all things [prophecies] must be fulfilled
which were written in the Law of Moses [Torah]
and the Prophets and...Psalms [Tanakah] concerning Me."
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"...Then He [Jesus] said to them
...it is written, and...it was necessary
for the Christ [Messiah] to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
...that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name [Christ]
to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
(Luke 24:44-47)
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that all things [prophecies] must be fulfilled
which were written in the Law of Moses [Torah]
and the Prophets and...Psalms [Tanakah] concerning Me."
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"...Then He [Jesus] said to them
...it is written, and...it was necessary
for the Christ [Messiah] to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
...that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name [Christ]
to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
(Luke 24:44-47)
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The Torment of the Cross
NOTE: It is wrong and a blasphemy against God and Jesus to ever blame...Jews for Jesus’ death.
NOTE: It is wrong and a blasphemy against God and Jesus to ever blame...Jews for Jesus’ death.
As one pastor put it, "If you are going to blame anybody [for Christ's crucifixion] blame me, for it was because of my sins that... Messiah stepped forth from Eternity ... the Son of God, to suffer and die.
The first prophecy found in the Bible is spoken by God to Adam, Eve, and Satan in the Garden of Eden...
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"I will put enmity [hatred] between you [Satan]
and the woman [Eve]...
...between your seed [the Anti-christ]
and her Seed
[the Christ];
He shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise His heel."
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Gen 3:15
*and the woman [Eve]...
...between your seed [the Anti-christ]
and her Seed
[the Christ];
He shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise His heel."
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Gen 3:15
This first prophecy is a prophecy of the Messiah. It also sets the stage for Satan’s hatred against mankind.
In this prophecy we are told the seed of the woman, the Messiah (the Christ), would have his heel bruised.
If you study the physical trauma associated with Crucifixion, you soon find it was designed to cause extreme pain and torment before death. The word "excruciating" comes from the root word "crucify." Crucifixion was a cruel, slow, agonizing, and tortuous form of execution designed to kill through slow suffocation. The shoulders of the person being crucified would dislocate and separate.
The only way the person nailed to the Cross could breathe (or speak) would be to gather as much strength as they could and try to stand up on the nail or the spike that had been driven through their feet. The feet were severely bent forward and pressed together in order to nail them to the Cross. When the feet were nailed securely to the Cross, one heel would be pressed tightly against the wood of the Cross. ...in order to breathe or to speak, the person nailed to the Cross had to put all of their weight on the heel and the large spike that had been driven through the feet in order to stand up far enough to gasp for breath. This incredibly tortuous process would painfully bruise that heel.
Also, we are told that Jesus was scourged by the Romans before He was crucified. These "stripes" He took on His back were another form of cruel punishment derived by the [Roman Gentile] powers of the day.
The Roman "whip" used for scourging was small with pieces of metal and bone attached. The prisoner's back was stretched tight as He, in this case, Jesus, was tied to a post. The Roman whip was designed to dig into the skin of the back and then tear the skin away from the bone. By the time Jesus was crucified the skin of His back that had been torn from the "stripes" would have been hanging loosely off of the bone like a tattered cloth.
Take a moment to consider the amount of pain shooting through the body of Christ as He struggled with dry, parched lips and gasping for breath to stand up by pressing down on that heel which was nailed to the Cross, causing His tattered back with its exposed bone to rub against the roughly hewn wood of His Cross in order to clearly speak
Also, we are told that Jesus was scourged by the Romans before He was crucified. These "stripes" He took on His back were another form of cruel punishment derived by the [Roman Gentile] powers of the day.
The Roman "whip" used for scourging was small with pieces of metal and bone attached. The prisoner's back was stretched tight as He, in this case, Jesus, was tied to a post. The Roman whip was designed to dig into the skin of the back and then tear the skin away from the bone. By the time Jesus was crucified the skin of His back that had been torn from the "stripes" would have been hanging loosely off of the bone like a tattered cloth.
Take a moment to consider the amount of pain shooting through the body of Christ as He struggled with dry, parched lips and gasping for breath to stand up by pressing down on that heel which was nailed to the Cross, causing His tattered back with its exposed bone to rub against the roughly hewn wood of His Cross in order to clearly speak
those words...
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"Father forgive them [Roman Gentiles & Jews],
for they know not what they do."
*Luke 23:34
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"Cursed be everyone who curses you [Israel],
and blessed be those who bless you!"
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Gen 27:29
**and blessed be those who bless you!"
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Gen 27:29
God has a covenant with Israel that will never be broken. He has revealed a destiny for Israel which will soon be completed.
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God has declared a new covenant and destiny for a people to be drawn from the whole world, through His Messiah, including the children of Israel who recognize...Messiah from Scripture.
This new covenant is a promise for all who believe in Him and accept Him.
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Another ancient prophecy pointing to the Cross...
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"So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people;
and many of the people of Israel died.
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Therefore the people came to Moses, and said,
‘We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you;
pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.’
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So Moses prayed...
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
‘Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole;
and it shall be that everyone who is bitten,
when he looks at it, shall live.’
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So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole;
and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone,
when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived."
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Numbers 21:6-9
*and many of the people of Israel died.
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Therefore the people came to Moses, and said,
‘We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you;
pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.’
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So Moses prayed...
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
‘Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole;
and it shall be that everyone who is bitten,
when he looks at it, shall live.’
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So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole;
and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone,
when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived."
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Numbers 21:6-9
In the Bible, the serpent is used as a symbol for "sin," and bronze a symbol of "judgment," because bronze could withstand the fire. We find in this verse that once the people acknowledged their sin, they only needed to look upon the serpent on the pole to be healed and saved. We are told Jesus "became" sin, like that "fiery serpent" on the pole, for us . . .
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"For He made Him who knew no sin [Jesus on the Cross] to be sin for us..."
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2 Cor 5:21
Jesus-Yeshua said,*
2 Cor 5:21
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"...as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish... but have eternal life.
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish [in Hell],
but have everlasting life [in Heaven].
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For God did not send His Son...to condemn the world,
but that the world
through Him might be saved."
John 3:14-17
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... from eternal agony and torment in hell; soul separated from God
that whoever believes in Him should not perish... but have eternal life.
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish [in Hell],
but have everlasting life [in Heaven].
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For God did not send His Son...to condemn the world,
but that the world
through Him might be saved."
John 3:14-17
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... from eternal agony and torment in hell; soul separated from God
"...the ancient Greeks adopted this sign of the serpent on the pole as their symbol for healing.
The symbol is still used by our medical profession. ...there is only one serpent on this ancient symbol... those who looked upon the fiery serpent...were saved from their sins [lived], so will all who believe in Jesus on the Cross be saved...forever.
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The Promise of the Cross is available to everybody. ... The early church included all - Jew, Roman, Ethiopian, Greek, rich and poor, men and women, centurion and rabbi, together, as one.
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Only after the Jews rejected their Messiah [as foretold: see above scriptures] [could] the good news of [the] New Covenant ... be offered to all people [of] the world. Christ died for all who believe...Israel and...all ...people of the world.
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The Scriptures tell us there are two roles the Messiah must fulfill:
*The symbol is still used by our medical profession. ...there is only one serpent on this ancient symbol... those who looked upon the fiery serpent...were saved from their sins [lived], so will all who believe in Jesus on the Cross be saved...forever.
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The Promise of the Cross is available to everybody. ... The early church included all - Jew, Roman, Ethiopian, Greek, rich and poor, men and women, centurion and rabbi, together, as one.
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Only after the Jews rejected their Messiah [as foretold: see above scriptures] [could] the good news of [the] New Covenant ... be offered to all people [of] the world. Christ died for all who believe...Israel and...all ...people of the world.
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The Scriptures tell us there are two roles the Messiah must fulfill:
First, as the Passover Lamb of God... [It is finished...]
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Second, as the Lion of Judah... King of Kings and Lord of Lords
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... to save Israel from the armies of the world
which will someday soon come against Her ...
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Second, as the Lion of Judah... King of Kings and Lord of Lords
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... to save Israel from the armies of the world
which will someday soon come against Her ...
~Excerpt End: All emphasis added~
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