Bible Question: How does prophecies help us understand God and relate to Him? |
Bible Answer: In my mind, the most powerful purpopse of some of the prophecies was to show the coming of Christ, God's Son. But of course, to the Israelite people some of these prophecies were somewhat an enigma. Here Jesus used this OT prophecy, from Psalm 110 to confound the Pharisees... Matt 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”’? 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore. Then some few prophecies are plain and simple like... Mic 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” and fulfilled in Matt 2:6. I believe there are over 300 prophecies in the OT foretelling the coming of Christ and ALL of them are fulfilled in the NT, thus proving the Bible to be what it claims to be, the Word of God. Go with God in all things, Bill |