Prophecy For Our Generation

“:Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.” 1 Peter 1:10-12

The fulfillment of prophecy is one of the great rocks on which believers can build their faith. Jesus tells his disciples in Luke 6 that the wise builder builds his foundation on rocks or solid ground and not on sand. Peter, the one Jesus called the rock, tells us that the prophets pointed to and predicted the suffering of Christ and when they did so they did it for our generation. The two great passages that reveal this suffering are Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53. I am sure that Jesus referred to these passages when he said to them “How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” Luke 24: 25-27

Psalm 22 among other things says; “they have pierced my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing”. Psalm 22 is written by King David nearly 1,000 years before the crucifixion of Jesus. Each verse in the psalm has great significance. His pierced hands and feet clearly speak of his death on the cross. The casting of lots for his clothing was seen among the roman soldiers and is witnessed by those who saw and recorded the events of the Lord suffering and death.

Isaiah 53 tells us why this suffering had to occur. “Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.”

When the Lord wanted to extend the Gospel into Africa it was through a passage in Isaiah 53 that he did it. An Ethiopian official when reading this passage asked Phillip this question, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.” Acts 8 where we read about this incident tells us that it was an angel that directed Phillip to the Ethiopian official at just that time. Peter told us earlier that “Even angels long to look into these things.”

It may be that an angel is directing you to this blog at just this time, not for the blogs sake, not even for the scriptures sake but that you may be introduced to Jesus and the prophecies that were fulfilled in him for our generation in order that you would be saved.