Lesson for April 19, 2025

PROOF THAT CHRIST IS THE MESSIAH

 

 

Scripture reading: 1 Cor. 15:1-9; John 5:38-47.

Memory verse: John 5:46.

 

Note. Besides great miraculous power in healing the sick and raising the dead, the Saviour fulfilled all of the scriptures concerning the coming Messiah.

 

  1. What scripture is referred to in John 5:39? Note. The Old Testament; the New Testament was not yet written. Therefore the doubt is expressed, in finding eternal life there, when they leave out the Son of God, and do not believe in Him, of whom these scriptures speak.
  2. Did Paul declare that our Saviour came according to the Old Testament? 1 Cor. 15:3, 4.
  3. Was the Messiah for whom the Jews look today, to come as a mighty ruler, or was He to come as a child? Isaiah 9:6, 7, 11:1, 7:14, 16.

 

Note. The sign was that a virgin would conceive and bring forth this child, and also that the land would be deprived of both kings before he was old enough to know good and evil. Herod died (Matt.. 2:14.15), and Archelaus reigned in his place, and he was also deposed before the child was 6 years of age, according to all historical accounts. Thus these signs prove Him to be the promised Messiah.

  1. Where was He to be born? Micah 5:2; Matt. 2:1-5.
  2. Then how long was the Messiah to give up the Jews? Micah 5:3.

 

Note. It says: “Until she which travaileth hath brought forth,” and the Jewish nation went into a long travail of pain, persecution and suffering, but now she has brought forth a nation.

  1. Was the Messiah to be cut off and slain, or was He to restore the Kingdom of Israel? Isaiah 53:8, 9; Daniel 9:26, first part.
  2. What was to happen to Jerusalem after he was cut off, and was the land also to become desolate? Verse 26,

 

Note. If the first coming of the Messiah is yet future, then Jerusalem is to be destroyed again and also the Holy Land will become desolated. The fact that both of these events have happened and took place exactly as the prophet declared, is certain proof that our Saviour was the promised Messiah. The Roman general Titus destroyed the city, and there has been a long period of desolation also in the past.

  1. He was to be numbered with the transgressors, and buried with the rich. Was this fulfilled also in His death? Mark 15:27, 28; Matt. 27:57-60.
  2. What is still another prophecy in His crucifixion? Matt. 27:34-36; compare with Psalms 22:17, 18.

 

Note. There were over 250 texts of scripture of the Old Testament fulfilled in the events of the birth, life, death and resurrection of the Messiah.

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