Saturday, April 7, 2007
Thursday, April 5, 2007
324 Messianic Prophecies
Gen. 3:15.....Seed of a woman (virgin birth).....Luke 1:35, Mt 1:18-20
Gen. 3:15.....He will bruise Satan's head.....Heb. 2:14, 1 Jn. 3:18
Gen. 5:24....The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated....Mk. 6:19
Gen. 9:26,27...The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem...Lu. 3:36
Gen. 12:3...As Abraham's seed, will bless all nations...Acts. 3:25,26
Gen. 12:7...The Promise made to Abraham's Seed...Gal. 3:16
Gen. 14:18...A priest after Melchizedek...Heb. 6:20
Gen. 14:18........A King also........Heb. 7:2
Gen. 14:18...The Last Supper foreshadowed...Mt. 26:26-29
Gen. 17:19.......The Seed of Isaac.......Rom. 9:7
Gen. 22:8...The Lamb of God promised...Jn. 1:29
Gen. 22:18...As Isaac's seed, will bless all nations...Gal. 3:16
Gen.26:2-5..The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer..Heb.11:18
Gen. 49:10...The time of His coming...Lu. 2:1-7; Gal. 4:4
Gen. 49:10.......The Seed of Judah.......Lu. 3:33
Gen. 49:10......Called Shiloh or One Sent......Jn. 17:3
Gen. 49:10...To come before Judah lost identity...Jn. 11:47-52
Gen. 49:10...To Him shall the obedience of the people be...Jn. 10:16
Ex. 3:13,14........The Great "I Am".......Jn. 4:26
Ex. 12:5...A Lamb without blemish...1 Pet. 1:19
Ex. 12:13...The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath...Rom. 5:8
Ex. 12:21-27...Christ is our Passover...1 Cor. 5;7
Ex. 12:46...Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken...Jn. 19:31-36
Ex. 15:2...His exaltation predicted as Yeshua...Acts 7:55,56
Ex. 15:11...His Character-Holiness...Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
Ex. 17:6...The Spiritual Rock of Israel...1 Cor. 10;4
Ex. 33:19...His Character-Merciful...Lu. 1:72
Lev.14:11..The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood..Lu.5:12-14; Acts 6:7
Lev.16:15-17...Prefigures Christ's once-for-all death...Heb. 9:7-14
Lev.16:27...Suffering outside the Camp...Mt. 27:33; Heb. 13:11, 12
Lev.17:11...The Blood-the life of the flesh...Mt. 26;28; Mk. 10:45
Lev.17:11...It is the blood that makes atonement...1 Jn. 3:14-18
Lev.23:36-37...The Drink-offering: "If any man thirst." ..Jn. 19:31-36
Num. 9:12...Not a bone of Him broken...John 19:31-36
Num. 21:9...The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up...Jn. 3:14-18
Num. 24:17...Time: "I shall see him, but not now."...Gal. 4:4
Deut. 18:15..."This is of a truth that prophet."...Jn. 6:14
Deut. 18:15-16..."Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me."...Jn. 5:45-47
Deut. 18:18...Sent by the Father to speak His word...Jn. 8:28, 29
Deut. 18:19...Whoever will not hear must bear his sin...Jn. 12:15,
Deut. 21:23...Cursed is he that hangs on a tree...Gal. 3:10-13
Ruth 4:4-9...Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us...Eph. 1:3-7
1 Sam. 2:10...Shall be an anointed King to the Lord...Mt. 28:18; Jn. 12:15
2 Sam. 7:12...David's Seed...Mt. 1:1
2 Sam. 7:14a...The Son of God... Lu. 1:32
2 Sam. 7:16...David's house established forever...Lu. 3:31; Rev. 22:16
2 Ki. 2:11...The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated...Lu. 24:51
1 Chr. 17:11...David's Seed...Mt. 1:1; 9:27
1 Chr. 17:12, 13a...To reign on David's throne forever...Lu. 1:32, 33
1 Chr. 17:13a..."I will be His Father, He...my Son."...Heb. 1:5
Job 19:23-27...The Resurrection predicted...Jn. 5:24-29
Psa. 2:1-3...The enmity of kings foreordained...Acts 4:25-28
Psa. 2:2...To own the title, Anointed (Christ)...Acts 2:36
Ps. 2:6...His Character-Holiness...Jn. 8:46; Rev. 3:7
Ps. 2:6...To own the title King...Mt. 2:2
Ps. 2:7...Declared the Beloved Son...Mt. 3;17
Psa. 2:7, 8...The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated...Acts 13:29-33
Psa. 2:12...Life comes through faith in Him...Jn. 20:31
Psa. 8:2...The mouths of babes perfect His praise...Mt. 21:16
Psa. 8:5, 6...His humiliation and exaltation...Lu. 24:50-53; 1 Cor. 15:27
Psa. 16:10...Was not to see corruption...Acts 2:31
Psa. 16:9-11...Was to arise from the dead...Jn. 20:9
Psa. 17;15...The resurrection predicted...Lu. 24:6
Psa. 22:1...Forsaken because of sins of others...2 Cor. 5:21
Psa. 22:1...Words spoken from Calvary, "My God..." Mk. 15:34
Psa. 22:2...Darkness upon Calvary...Mt. 27:45
Psa. 22:7...They shoot out the lip and shake the head...Mt. 27:39
Psa. 22:8.." He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him "...Mt. 27:43
Psa. 22:9......Born the Saviour......Lu. 2:7
Psa. 22:14...Died of a broken (ruptured) heart...Jn. 19:34
Psa. 22:14,15...Suffered agony on Calvary...Mk. 15:34-37
Psa. 22:15........He thirsted........Jn. 19:28
Psa. 22:16...They pierced His hands and His feet....Jn. 19:34,37;20:27
Psa. 22:17,18...Stripped Him before the stares of men...Lu. 23:34,35
Psa. 22:18.....They parted His garments.....Jn. 19:23,24
Psa. 22:20,21...He committed Himself to God...Lu.23:46
Psa. 22:20,21..Satanic power bruising the Redeemer's heel..Heb. 2:14
Psa. 22:22.....His Resurrection declared.....Jn. 20:17
Psa. 22:27...He shall be the governor of the nations...Col 1:16
Psa. 22:31......"It is finished"......Jn. 19:30
Psa. 23:1...."I am the Good Shepherd"....Jn. 10:11
Psa. 24:3......His exaltation predicted......Acts 1:11; Phil. 2:9
Psa. 30:3......His resurrection predicted......Acts 2:32
Psa. 31:5..."Into thy hands I commit my spirit"...Lu. 23:46
Psa. 31:11...His acquaintances fled from Him...Mk. 14:50
Psa. 31:13...They took counsel to put Him to death...Jn. 11:53
Psa. 31:14,15..." He trusted in God, let Him deliver him"...Mt. 27:43
Psa. 34:20.....Not a bone of Him broken.....Jn 19:31-36
Psa. 35:11....False witnesses rose up against Him....Mt. 26:59
Psa. 35:19...He was hated without a cause...Jn. 15:25
Psa. 38:11.....His friends stood afar off.....Lu. 23:49
Psa. 40:2-5...The joy of His resurrection predicted...Jn. 20:20
Psa. 40:6-8....His delight-the will of the Father....Jn. 4:34
Psa. 40:9....He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel....Mt. 4:17
Psa. 40:14...Confronted by adversaries in the Garden...Jn.
Psa. 41:9.....Betrayed by a familiar friend.....Jn. 13:18
Psa. 45:2...Words of Grace come from His lips...Lu. 4:22
Psa. 45:6...To own the title, God or Elohim...Heb. 1:8
Psa. 45:7...A special anointing by the Holy Spirit...Mt.3:16; Heb.1:9
Psa. 45:7,8...Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)...Lu. 2:11
Psa. 55:12-14...Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy...Jn. 13:18
Psa. 55:15...Unrepentant death of the Betrayer...Mt. 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
Psa. 68:18...To give gifts to men...Eph. 4:7-16
Psa. 68:18...Ascended into Heaven...Lu. 24:51
Psa. 69:4...Hated without a cause...Jn. 15:25
Psa. 69:8...A stranger to own brethren...Lu. 8;20,21
Psa. 69:9...Zealous for the Lord's House...Jn. 2:17
Psa. 69:14-20...Messiah's anguish of soul before crucifixion...Mt. 26:36-45
Psa. 69:20..."My soul is exceeding sorrowful."...Mt. 26:38
Psa. 69:21...Given vinegar in thirst...Mt. 27:34
Psa. 69:26...The Saviour given and smitten by God...Jn. 17:4; 18:11
Psa. 72:10,11...Great persons were to visit Him...Mt. 2:1-11
Psa. 72:16...The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground...Jn. 12:24
Psa. 72:17...His name, Yinon, will produce offspring...Jn. 1:12,13
Psa. 72:17...All nations shall be blessed by Him...Acts 2:11,12,41
Psa. 78:1.2...He would teach in parables...Mt. 13:34-35
Psa. 78:2b...To speak the Wisdom of God with authority...Mt. 7:29
Psa. 88:8...They stood afar off and watched...Lu. 23:49
Psa. 89:27...Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings...Lu. 1:32,33
Psa. 89:35-37...David's Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever...Lu. 1:32,33
Psa. 89:36-37...His character-Faithfulness...Rev. 1:5
Psa. 90:2...He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)...Jn. 1:1
Psa. 91:11,12...Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ...Lu. 4;10,11
Psa. 97:9...His exaltation predicted...Acts 1:11;Eph. 1:20
Psa. 100:5...His character-Goodness...Mt. 19:16,17
Psa. 102:1-11...The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary...Jn. 21:16-30
Psa. 102:25-27...Messiah is the Preexistent Son...Heb. 1:10-12
Psa. 109:25...Ridiculed...Mt. 27:39
Psa. 110:1...Son of David...Mt. 22:43
Psa. 110:1...To ascend to the right-hand of the Father...Mk.16:19
Psa. 110:1...David's son called Lord...Mt. 22:44,45
Psa. 110:4...A priest after Melchizedek's order...Heb. 6:20
Psa. 112:4...His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al... Mt. 9;36
Psa. 118:17,18...Messiah's Resurrection assured...Lu. 24:5-7;1 Cor. 15:20
Psa. 118:22,23...The rejected stone is Head of the corner...Mt. 21:42,43
Psa. 118:26a...The Blessed One presented to Israel...Mt. 21:9
Psa. 118:26b...To come while Temple standing...Mt. 21;12-15
Psa. 132:11...The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body)...Lu. 1:32
Psa. 138:1-6...The supremacy of David's Seed amazes kings... Mt. 2:2-6
Psa. 147:3,6...The earthly ministry of Christ described...Lu. 4:18
Psa. 1:23...He will send the Spirit of God... Jn. 16;7
Song. 5;16...The altogether lovely One...Jn. 1:17
Isa. 6:1...When Isaiah saw His glory... Jn. 12:40-41
Isa. 6:9-10...Parables fall on deaf ears...Mt. 13:13-15
Isa. 6:9-12...Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words...Acts. 28:23-29
Isa. 7:14...To be born of a virgin...Lu. 1:35
Isa. 7:14...To be Emmanuel-God with us... Mt. 1:18-23
Isa. 8:8...Called Emmanuel...Mt. 28:20
Isa. 8:14...A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense... 1 Pet. 2:8
Isa. 9:1,2...His ministry to begin in Galilee...Mt. 4:12-17
Isa. 9:6...A child born-Humanity...Lu. 1:31
Isa. 9:6...A Son given-Deity...Lu. 1:32; Jn. 1;14; 1 Tim. 3:16
Isa. 9:6...Declared to be the Son of God with power... Rom. 1:3,4
Isa. 9:6...The Wonderful One, Peleh...Lu. 4:22
Isa. 9:6...The Counsellor, Yaatz...Mt. 13:54
Isa. 9:6...The Mighty God, El Gibor...Mt. 11:20
Isa. 9:6...The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth...Jn. 8:58
Isa. 9:6...The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom...Jn . 16:33
Isa. 9:7...To establish an everlasting kingdom...Lu. 1:32-33
Isa. 9:7...His Character-Just...Jn. 5:30
Isa. 9:7...No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace...Lu. 1:32-33
Isa. 11:1...Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer...Mt. 2:23
Isa. 11:1...A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse...Lu. 3:23,32
Isa. 11:2...The anointed One by the Spirit...Mt. 3;16,17
Isa. 11:2...His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, et al....Jn. 4:4-26
Isa. 11:4...His Character-Truth...Jn. 14:6
Isa. 11:10...The Gentiles seek Him...Jn. 12:18-21
Isa. 12:2...Called Jesus-Yeshua(salvation)...Mt. 1:21
Isa. 25:8...The Resurrection predicted...I Cor. 15:54
Isa. 26:19...His power of Resurrection predicted...Jn. 11:43,44
Isa. 28:16...The Messiah is the precious corner stone...Acts 4:11,12
Isa. 29:13...He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word...Mt. 15:7-9
Isa. 29:14...The wise are confounded by the Word...I Cor. 1:18-31
Isa. 32:2...A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place...Mt. 23:37
Isa. 35:4...He will come and save you...Mt. 1:21
Isa. 35:5...To have a ministry of miracles...Mt. 11:4-6
Isa. 40:3,4...Preceded by forerunner...Jn. 1:23
Isa. 40:9..."Behold your God."...Jn. 1:36;19:14
Isa. 40:11...A shepherd-compassionate life-giver...Jn. 10:10-18
Isa. 42:1-4...The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer... Mt.12:18-21
Isa. 42:2...Meek and lowly... Mt. 11:28-30
Isa. 42:3...He brings hope for the hopeless... Jn. 4
Isa. 42:4...The nations shall wait on His teachings... Jn. 12:20-26
Isa. 42:6...The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles...Lu. 2:32
Isa. 42:1,6...His is a Worldwide compassion... Mt. 28:19,20
Isa. 42:7...Blind eyes opened... Jn. 9:25-38
Isa. 43:11...He is the only Saviour... Acts. 4:12
Isa. 44:3...He will send the Spirit of God... Jn. 16:7,13
Isa. 45:23...He will be the Judge... Jn. 5:22;Rom. 14:11
Isa. 48:12...The First and the Last...Jn. 1:30;Rev. 1:8,17
Isa. 48:17...He came as a Teacher...Jn. 3:2
Isa. 49:1...Called from the womb-His humanity...Mt. 1:18
Isa. 49:5...A Servant from the womb...Lu. 1:31;Phil. 2:7
Isa. 49:6...He is Salvation for Israel...Lu. 2:29-32
Isa. 49:6...He is the Light of the Gentiles...Acts 13:47
Isa. 49:6...He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth... Acts 15:7-18
Isa. 49:7...He is despised of the Nation... Jn. 8:48-49
Isa. 50:3...Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation... Lu. 23:44,45
Isa. 50:4...He is a learned counsellor for the weary... Mt. 11:28,29
Isa. 50:5...The Servant bound willingly to obedience... Mt. 26:39
Isa. 50:6a..."I gave my back to the smiters."... Mt. 27:26
Isa. 50:6b...He was smitten on the cheeks... Mt. 26:67
Isa. 50:6c...He was spat upon... Mt. 27:30
Isa. 52:7...To publish good tidings of peace... Lu. 4:14,15
Isa. 52:13...The Servant exalted...Acts 1:8-11; Eph. 1:19-22
Isa. 52:13...Behold, My Servant... Mt. 17:5; Phil. 2:5-8
Isa. 52:14...The Servant shockingly abused... Lu. 18:31-34; Mt. 26:67,68
Isa. 52:15...Nations startled by message of the Servant... Rom. 15:18-21
Isa. 52:15...His blood shed to make atonement for all... Rev. 1:5
Isa. 53:1...His people would not believe Him... Jn. 12:37-38
Isa. 53:2a...He would grow up in a poor family.... Lu. 2:7
Isa. 53:2b...Appearance of an ordinary man... Phil. 2:7-8
Isa. 53:3a...Despised.... Lu. 4:28-29
Isa. 53:3b...Rejected... Mt. 27:21-23
Isa. 53:3c...Great sorrow and grief... Lu. 19:41-42
Isa. 53:3d...Men hide from being associated with Him... Mk. 14:50-52
Isa. 53:4a...He would have a healing ministry... Lu. 6:17-19
Isa. 53:4b...He would bear the sins of the world... 1 Pet. 2:24
Isa. 53:4c...Thought to be cursed by God... Mt. 27:41-43
Isa. 53:5a...Bears penalty for mankind's transgressions... Lu. 23:33
Isa. 53:5b...His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God... Col. 1:20
Isa. 53:5c...His back would be whipped... Mt. 27:26
Isa. 53:6a...He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind...Gal. 1:4
Isa. 53:6b...God's will that He bear sin for all mankind... 1 Jn. 4:10
Isa. 53:7a...Oppressed and afflicted... Mt. 27:27-31
Isa. 53:7b...Silent before his accusers... Mt. 27:12-14
Isa. 53:7c...Sacrificial lamb... Jn. 1:29
Isa. 53:8a...Confined and persecuted... Mt. 26:47-27:31
Isa. 53:8b...He would be judged... Jn. 18:13-22
Isa. 53:8c...Killed.... Mt. 27:35
Isa. 53:8d...Dies for the sins of the world... 1 Jn. 2:2
Isa. 53:9a...Buried in a rich man's grave... Mt. 27:57
Isa. 53:9b...Innocent and had done no violence... Mk. 15:3
Isa. 53:9c...No deceit in his mouth... Jn. 18:38
Isa. 53:10a...God's will that He die for mankind... Jn. 18:11
Isa. 53:10b...An offering for sin... Mt. 20:28
Isa. 53:10c...Resurrected and live forever.... Mk. 16:16
Isa. 53:10d...He would prosper... Jn. 17:1-5
Isa. 53:11a...God fully satisfied with His suffering... Jn. 12:27
Isa. 53:11b...God's servant... Rom. 5:18-19
Isa. 53:11c...He would justify man before God... Rom. 5:8-9
Isa. 53:11d...The sin-bearer for all mankind... Heb. 9:28
Isa. 53:12a...Exalted by God because of his sacrifice... Mt. 28:18
Isa. 53:12b...He would give up his life to save mankind... Lu. 23:46
Isa. 53:12c...Grouped with criminals... Lu. 23:32
Isa. 53:12d...Sin-bearer for all mankind... 2 Cor. 5:21
Isa. 53:12e...Intercede to God in behalf of mankind... Lu. 23:34
Isa. 55:3...Resurrected by God... Acts 13:34
Isa. 55:4...A witness... Jn. 18:37
Isa. 59:15-16a...He would come to provide salvation... Jn. 6:40
Isa. 59:15-16b...Intercessor between man and God... Mt. 10:32
Isa. 59:20...He would come to Zion as their Redeemer... Lu. 2:38
Isa. 61:1-2a...The Spirit of God upon him... Mt. 3:16-17
Isa. 61:1-2b...The Messiah would preach the good news... Lu. 4:17-21
Isa. 61:1-2c...Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death... Jn. 8:31-32
Isa. 61:1-2...Proclaim a period of grace... Jn. 5:24
Jer.23:5-6a...Descendant of David...Lu. 3:23-31
Jer. 23:5-6b...The Messiah would be God... Jn. 13:13
Jer. 23:5-6c...The Messiah would be both God and Man... 1 Tim. 3:16
Jer. 31:22...Born of a virgin... Mt. 1:18-20
Jer. 31:31...The Messiah would be the new covenant... Mt. 26:28
Jer. 33:14-15...Descendant of David... Lu. 3:23-31
Eze.17:22-24...Descendant of David... Lk. 3:23-31
Eze.34:23-24...Descendant of David... Mt. 1:1
Dan. 7:13-14a...He would ascend into heaven... Acts 1:9-11
Dan. 7:13-14b...Highly exalted... Eph. 1:20-22
Dan. 7:13-14c...His dominion would be everlasting... Lu. 1:31-33
Dan. 9:24a...To make an end to sins... Gal. 1:3-5
Dan. 9:24b...He would be holy... Lu. 1:35
Dan. 9:25...Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem... Jn. 12:12-13
Dan. 9:26a...Killed... Mt. 27:35
Dan. 9:26b...Die for the sins of the world... Heb. 2:9
Dan. 9:26c...Killed before the destruction of the temple... Mt. 27:50-51
Dan. 10:5-6...Messiah in a glorified state... Rev. 1:13-16
Hos. 13:14...He would defeat death... 1 Cor. 15:55-57
Joel 2:32...Offer salvation to all mankind... Rom. 10:12-13
Mic. 5:2a...Born in Bethlehem... Mt. 2:1-2
Mic. 5:2b...God's servant... Jn. 15:10
Mic. 5:2c...From everlasting... Jn. 8:58
Hag. 2:6-9...He would visit the second Temple... Lu. 2:27-32
Hag. 2:23...Descendant of Zerubbabel... Lu. 3:23-27
Zech. 3:8...God's servant... Jn. 17:4
Zech. 6:12-13...Priest and King... Heb. 8:1
Zech. 9:9a...Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem... Mt. 21:8-10
Zech. 9:9b...Beheld as King... Jn. 12:12-13
Zech. 9:9c...The Messiah would be just... Jn. 5:30
Zech. 9:9d...The Messiah would bring salvation... Luke 19:10
Zech. 9:9e...The Messiah would be humble... Mt. 11:29
Zech. 9:9f...Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey... Mt. 21:6-9
Zech. 10:4...The cornerstone... Eph. 2:20
Zech. 11:4-6a...At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders... Mt. 23:1-4
Zech. 11:4-6b...Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Lu. 19:41-44
Zech. 11:4-6c...Rejected in favor of another king... Jn. 19:13-15
Zech. 11:7...Ministry to "poor," the believing remnant... Mt. 9:35-36
Zech. 11:8a...Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them... Mt. 23:33
Zech. 11:8b...Despised... Mt. 27:20
Zech. 11:9...Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him... Mt. 13:10-11
Zech. 11:10-11a...Rejection causes God to remove protection... Lu. 19:41-44
Zech. 11:10-11b...The Messiah would be God... Jn. 14:7
Zech. 11:12-13a...Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver... Mt. 26:14-15
Zech. 11:12-13b...Rejected... Mt. 26:14-15
Zech. 11:12-13c...Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord... Mt. 27:3-5
Zech. 11:12-13d...The Messiah would be God... Jn. 12:45
Zech. 12:10a...The Messiah's body would be pierced... Jn. 19:34-37
Zech. 12:10b...The Messiah would be both God and man... Jn. 10:30
Zech. 12:10c...The Messiah would be rejected... Jn. 1:11
Zech. 13:7a...God's will He die for mankind... Jn. 18:11
Zech. 13:7b...A violent death... Mt. 27:35
Zech. 13:7c...Both God and man.. Jn. 14:9
Zech. 13:7d...Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him... Mt. 26:31-56
Mal. 3:1a...Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah... Mt. 11:10
Mal. 3:1b...Sudden appearance at the temple... Mk. 11:15-16
Mal. 3:1c...Messenger of the new covenant... Lu. 4:43
Mal. 4:5...Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah... Mt. 3:1-2
Mal. 4:6...Forerunner would turn many to righteousness... Lu. 1:16-17
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
If YOU died today, Are you going to Heaven or Hell?
If you are reading this and millions of people have vanished all over the world, then you should know that you have been left behind. If you haven't heard or witnessed this event taking place yet, then you still have time. This is a warning to those who are going to get left behind. A time will come when millions of people all over the world will vanish without warning. Why? Because we are living in the last days and Jesus Christ will return to gather HIS church before the Great Tribulation begins – you only need to read the newspapers or watch the news to know the world is heading towards perilous times. The word of God (the bible) through prophecies warns us of what is ahead. Who else can know the future but Almighty God!
God created the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them. You might not physically see HIM, but the invisible things of God are seen by the naked eye so you have no excuse and will not be permitted to plead "I am innocent, I didn't know" defense. There is creation, design, art and order in the universe – the sun, moon, stars, sea, animals, plants, atoms, people…are all beautifully designed and created for God's purposes. You only have to look at the human body to know this; every single part of our body has its purpose (the eyes, mouth, ears, heart, brain, nose, kidney, liver, etc...) all serve a purpose to keep you alive. This is the external "YOU," your body serves as the clothing for the real you – your soul. The real you have no mass, and will live on after you physically die. The most important question, then, would be to ask where you will end up after you die. You might say to yourself that I'm crazy, talking nonsense. How sure are you? Assuming that you know 5% of everything there is to know about the universe that leaves 95% of everything in the universe that you don't know. How then, can you be certain that what I say is false? God is the creator of the universe and everything in it (including us). The bible is our manual; it's an integrated message system from GOD (our creator) to HIS creation (us). Through God's word we can get to know him, find out why we were created, what our purpose is, what is going to happen, etc…Don't dismiss the bible because it was written by men. The message is sent from outside our time domain, from God himself who knows everything, the past, future and present. Men acted as Gods instruments (pens/messengers) with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The true writer of the bible is God and HE continues to prove that through bible prophecies. God means what he says and says what he means. God's word is 100% accurate! The only book that is both historical and scientific. More importantly it declares the end from the beginning through bible prophecy. There's been thousands of prophecies that have been fulfilled exactly as God foretold in the bible and many more being fulfilled now, and going to be fulfilled in the future. We are living in the last days, open your eyes, before it's too late. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Jesus Christ (Matthew 24: 21-22) Prior to man's creation, God also created the angels up in heaven, but an angel called Lucifer (also known as satan, devil, dragon) swelled up with pride and thought he could be like God and wanted to be worshipped like God. He sinned against God with his pride. He was a top ranking angel in heaven, but his pride was his downfall. God kicked him out of heaven along with a third of the angels (now called demons) that rebelled with him. He hates God and he hates you because you are made in God's image. He will do anything to deceive you and take you to hell. Now getting back to man, God created man and created a perfect environment for man; God gave man everything he needed, including a wife. The only thing God asked Adam to do was not to eat from the tree of knowledge between good and evil. If he did he would die (physically & spiritually). Why did this tree exist in the first place? Obviously God did not create man to be a robot, saying and doing things only because he was programmed that way. So God gave man free will so he could truly know that man chose to love him in return with his own will, not because he was programmed to. After all the love that God had given man---man rebelled against God and violated God's command. God intended for man to have a loving relationship with him, to live forever. Our creator (GOD) wanted to fellowship with his creation (Man). But man chose to go his own way and rejected his creator. God gave him dominion over all the earth; man gave this power over to satan when he chose to listen to satan by rebelling against God and thus choosing to reject his creator who gave him life. Today God gets blamed for the state of the world. If there is a God why did he allow this to happen, why is there starving children etc…etc. Man does not realize or acknowledge that he is responsible for all this mess. This is man's doing, he chose to cut himself off from God, thus the consequences of his rebellious and sinful life. The punishment for sin is death, so when man rebelled and sinned against HIS creator (God), he died spiritually (now unable to communicate with God). This also resulted in the suffering through diseases, illnesses and ultimately the physical death of man. Being a good person is not enough; we are all criminals in the eyes of God. We have all gone astray and have turned our backs against God. We have all violated God's laws (10 commandments). Here's proof – have you ever told a lie? Have you ever stolen anything? Have you ever used God's name as a curse word? Have you ever committed adultery? Have you ever hated someone? Have you ever coveted that which does not belong to you? The point I am making here is that we have ALL broken God's law. God's standards are so high that if you break just one of his laws, you have broken them all. So you see we have all fallen short. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. (James 2:10) We all have a conscience and our conscience bares witness prompting us to do the right thing. God has written HIS laws in our hearts. But man doesn't always listen to his conscience does he? Our sin has separated us from God. We are lost! Our own deeds and works will not make up for it. Because of our sin there is a barrier between us and God. Man cannot reach out to God with his own deeds and works because in the eyes of a HOLY & PERFECT God, man's works and deeds are like filthy rags. God knows our thoughts and the desires of our hearts. We might appear good on the outside but man's heart is full of evil, just look at the condition of the world today. But after man went his own way, God still reached out to us with HIS love. But because he cannot violate HIS holy character, HIS righteousness, HIS perfect justness, God himself in human form in the person of his son, Jesus Christ, came down to earth to save man --- to redeem man back to HIM. But God's justice required death for the penalty of sin, so Jesus died in our place. To be a good judge here on earth, requires that you punish murderers, rapist, drug dealers, thieves and so on… so how much more of a HOLY and perfect God. If HE is good He has to exercise HIS judgment. You don't punish a murderer by letting him go free. Jesus satisfied God's wrath and paid for the penalty of sin that God the Father required by offering himself as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Jesus was without sin, but he became sin for us! It should have been us on that cross, but Jesus took our place. Jesus died, was buried and 3 days later rose from the grave to defeat death once and for all according to the scriptures. Through Adam, we are all born into sin, through Jesus Christ we can have the forgiveness of sin and be reconciled to God. The love of God surpasses all knowledge and wisdom. The gift of God is salvation through God the son, Jesus Christ. It is a gift; you must accept it with your
own will – a choice you must make. Just as man chose to go HIS own way, to live a life without God, he must now find his way back and choose to accept God's gift of salvation. A gift is only a gift if you choose to accept it. Accept HIS gift by putting your trust in Jesus Christ and Him alone for your salvation. Salvation is a gift of God through our faith in Jesus Christ – the person and the work of Christ on the cross. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY! But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags …" (Isaiah 64:6). Reaching out to God with your own works and deeds isn't going to work; you are still a filthy sinner. The only difference between a born again Christian and a pagan (non Christian) is that as Christians our sins are already forgiven (past, present & future). We are bought for and paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ, the only one qualified to save us. A Christian can enter the kingdom of God, not because he is righteous or good enough or deserving, but because the Christian is wearing the righteousness of Jesus Christ. When you become a born-again Christian, it means you have become a new creature in Christ. The Holy Spirit of God will live inside your heart. God credits your account because you have trusted and have put your faith in Jesus Christ. God will put new desires in your heart. Acknowledge that you are a sinner, and on your own cannot enter the kingdom of God, change your mind about Jesus Christ and what He did for you, kneel before a HOLY GOD, and ask for his forgiveness, invite Jesus to be your personal Saviour and Master of your life. Believe and put your trust in the SON least you perish in the way. One day God will ask you what you did with HIS gift. If you accepted it, I will see you in heaven, if not it can only mean that you have chosen of your own free will to reject God's gift, thus cutting yourself off from HIM. People are in hell because they choose to go there. God is the source of everything good. He is the light of the world. If you choose to cut yourself off from God, you are choosing darkness, a place of torment, where you will spend eternity without HOPE, without light, without goodness, without love…If you reject HIM, then you are choosing not to go to heaven of your own free will . In the Old Testament, prophets were told of the coming Messiah, our Saviour. Jesus Christ fulfilled over 300 specifications written by the old prophets. Just taking 8 out of the 300 prophecies would require someone to fill the size of Texas two feet deep with gold coins and then throw in one silver coin, mix them all up, then blindfold someone and have that person draw that same silver coin. Jesus was the only one qualified to fulfill all those prophecies written hundreds and in some cases thousands of years before he was born. Coincidences? Impossible! HE was here on a specific mission, to save you and me. But you must make a choice. God cannot force you to love Him. I challenge you to find out for yourself. Deep down in the depths of your soul you know God exist, so you are without excuse when you have to face HIM on judgment day. People ignore God because they don't want to answer to someone higher than themselves, so they deceive themselves into believing that HE doesn't exist. They create in their own mind a god to suit them, one that they are comfortable with, but that's idolatry. They believe in silly theories like evolution. Why? They want to be the ultimate authority on their lives. To acknowledge God exist is to acknowledge that we are created beings by someone more powerful, thus accountable to HIM. Man rejects this, thus rejecting God. The clay has rejected the potter. He has rejected the potter from molding him into the creation that serves the purpose of the potter. There is no neutral ground here. You are either for God or against him and deep down you know this. This life is but a short journey, ETERNITY is a long time! Don't deceive yourself by thinking that being a good person is enough. Man's standards justify your reasoning, but don't compare yourself to the next man or woman. Compare yourself to a HOLY GOD who created you. You cannot afford to be wrong! If you are now telling yourself that you don't believe in what you are reading so it doesn't matter. If you don't believe in the law of gravity so you decide to jump off a building. What do you think will happen to you? Have you ever believed in something before only to find out that what you believed was wrong? I'm sure we all have. Believing in something doesn't make it true. What matters is the truth. Everyone has faith in something; whether you have faith in yourself to save yourself, another person, an idol etc… the important thing is to know how reliable and trustworthy your object of faith is. Will it save you? I know that when I die I will go to heaven because I have put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ to save me. People say you can't prove the bible, they say that because they are ignorant. They do not know the truth. Are you going to be one of them? Don't trust in what you believe, if what you believe is not the truth! Find out for yourself. How can you make an intellectual decision if you are not willing to investigate for yourself? God tells us that it is better to trust in him than to put confidence in man. Read the bible (KJV or NASB) from start (Genesis) to finish (Revelation), seek God with all your heart and if you are sincere, HE will reveal himself to you. The rapture of the church (true Christians) can happen at any time, don't get left behind to go through the great tribulation. A strong deception is coming upon the world after the rapture of the church. You will probably be told that we were abducted by aliens, or that we were aliens to begin with and have now decided to go home. What ever the story will be, the deception will be so strong that you will be deceived. Don't wait until then to get saved. Your heart beats 100,000 times a day, but one of these days your heart will take its very last heart beat, and today could be that day. Can you truly say that you will be alive tomorrow? You just don't know when your appointment with death will come, you have no guarantees. Death might not be in your daily planner but one day it just shows up. In the tribulation period you are likely to buy into the deception and believe in the lie, you will likely take the mark of the beast (right hand or forehead) and if you do that, it will be too late for you! If you die without Jesus Christ it will be too late! Today is the day of your salvation; it takes a minute to enter into God's family, a lifetime to grow in it, and eternity to enjoy everlasting life with the God who gave you life!
(John 14:6) Jesus saith unto Him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
(Romans 10:9 -10) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
(Ephesians 2: 8-9)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
(John 8:32) You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
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