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Prophecy #110
Description
Betrayed by a familiar friend
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 41:9
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
New Testament Fullfillment
John 13:18
I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’
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Prophecy #109
Description
Confronted by adversaries in the Garden
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 40:14
Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
New Testament Fullfillment
John 18:4-6
Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
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Prophecy #108
Description
He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 40:9
I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.
New Testament Fullfillment
Matt 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
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Prophecy #107
Description
His delight-the will of the Father
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 40:6-8
In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear.[a] Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
New Testament Fullfillment
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Heb 10:5-10
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),
then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Prophecy #106
Description
The joy of His resurrection predicted
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 40:2-5
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
New Testament Fullfillment
John 20:20
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
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Prophecy #105
Description
He went about doing good
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 38:20
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
New Testament Fullfillment
Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
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Prophecy #104
Description
Silent before His accusers
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 38:12-13
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
New Testament Fullfillment
Matt 27:12-14
But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.
Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?”
But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
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Prophecy #103
Description
Enemies try to entangle Him by craft
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
New Testament Fullfillment
Mark 14:1
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,
Matt 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
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Occasionally I will be dwelling on a verse or passage, ruminating on the message, (or to be honest, wandering off into some undisciplined daydreaming), and the Lord will bless me with a truth that is so obvious, so fresh and such a blessing that I just want to share it with you.
Such is the following passage
1 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: 2 “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it–the LORD is his name: 3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. – Jeremiah 33:1-3 ESV
Jeremiah was in the court of the guard. As a matter of fact, Jeremiah was in the court of the guard a bunch! The phrase shows up 10 times in Jeremiah, many of the time referring to his being placed in the court of the guards, or in the cistern in the court of the guards.
Turns out that Jeremiah was in the court of the guards until Jerusalem was taken.
And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken. – Jeremiah 38:28 ESV
The court of the guards was the Kings prison. If I understand it correctly, this meant Jeremiah was in stocks, day in and day out. one of the references of Jeremiahs imprisonment in the court of the guards mentioned that he had bread once a day to sustain his existence.
And the Lord said…
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Jeremiah, the prophet of the Lord, one hated by his countrymen, prisoned by his earthly king, accused of being a traitor, and a false prophet, suffering without sustenance, was told by the Lord to …
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Jeremiah has been preaching of the destruction of Israel, of the imminent failure of his nation before the Lord God. In the midst of the destruction of Jerusalem, of the entire nation of Israel, the lone prophet of God is shackled in a prison. And the Lord gives him the command to call on Him.
The Lord continues with describing the inevitable fall of Israel to the Babylonians, but check out verse 7-9, where the Lord God gives His great and mighty promise of restoration in the midst of the certain death of the nation.
7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. 8 I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9 And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. – Jeremiah 33:7-9 ESV
Jeremiah had many needs, ranging from emotional healing, adequate sustenance, deep fellowship, physical healing, pain relief… I think you get my point.
The Lord gave him his heart’s desire – that is, that his nation would rise again, that the kingdom would continue and flourish. The Messiah would arrive, and He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
14 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’ – Jeremiah 33:14-16 ESV
My friends, God is good, even in the midst of very trying times. There may be trying times coming for our generation. Take heart. The same God who spoke to Jeremiah is the same God who came to execute justice and righteousness on the earth, and is the same God who will deliver us from this present evil world.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. – Hebrews 13:8 ESV
May His name be praised and remembered as we go about our day. Be thankful for His many mercies!
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Prophecy #102
Description
His friends stood afar off
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 38:11
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
New Testament Fullfillment
Luke 23:49
And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
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Prophecy #101
Description
He was hated without a cause
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 35:19
Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
New Testament Fullfillment
John 15:25
But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
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Prophecy #100
Description
False witnesses rose up against Him
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 35:11
Malicious[a] witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
New Testament Fullfillment
Matt 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
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Prophecy #99
Description
Not a bone of Him broken
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 34:20
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
New Testament Fullfillment
John 19:31-36
Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
He who saw it has borne witness–his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth–that you also may believe.
For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
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Prophecy #98
Description
“He trusted in God, let Him deliver him”
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 31:14-15
But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
New Testament Fullfillment
Matt 27:43
He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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Prophecy #97
Description
They took counsel to put Him to death
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 31:13
For I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
New Testament Fullfillment
Matt 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
John 11:53
So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
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Prophecy #96
Description
His acquaintances fled from Him
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 31:11
Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
New Testament Fullfillment
Mark 14:50
And they all left him and fled.
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Prophecy #95
Description
“Into Your hands I commit my spirit”
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 31:5
Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
New Testament Fullfillment
Luke 23:46
Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.
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Prophecy #94
Description
His resurrection predicted
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 30:3
O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit
New Testament Fullfillment
Acts 2:32
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
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Prophecy #93
Description
His exaltation predicted
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 24:3
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?
New Testament Fullfillment
Acts 1:11
and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Phil 2:9
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
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Prophecy #92
Description
“I am the Good Shepherd”
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
New Testament Fullfillment
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
1 Pet 2:25
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Prophecy #91
Description
“It is finished”
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 22:31
they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
New Testament Fullfillment
John 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Heb 10:10-12, 14, 18
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
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Prophecy #90
Description
He shall be the governor of the nations
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 22:27-28
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
New Testament Fullfillment
Col 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him.
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Prophecy #89
Description
His Resurrection declared
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 22:22
I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
New Testament Fullfillment
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
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Prophecy #88
Description
Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel
Old Testament Prophecy
Psalm 22:20-21
Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog! Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
New Testament Fullfillment
Heb 2:14
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
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