The Power of the Word (3)

01 Oct The Power of the Word (3)

It was written that the Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner

🎯Prophecy: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a

highway for our God… (Isaiah 40:3-4)

💥Fulfillment: “John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,

“Make straight the way for the Lord'” (John 1:23).

🎯The Word: Jesus would teach in parables

🎯Prophecy: “My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old” (Psalm 78:1–2)

💥Fulfillment: “Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: ‘I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'” (Matthew 13:34–35).

🎯It was written that Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver

🎯Prophecy: “I told them, ‘If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.’ So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. “And the Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord” (Zechariah 11:12–13).

🎯Fulfillment: “The chief priests picked up the coins and said, ‘It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.’ So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: ‘They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me'” (Matthew 27:6–10).