By George Gruen
In the Holy Scriptures, the Bible, we find God’s plan for our lives. In God’s will for us, we
may know true peace, love, forgiveness and joy. The greatest need in our lives is to have God’s
cleansing of our sins, so that we might experience the life that He has planned for us. With so
many problems, fear, anxiety and the lack of purpose in living for many people, especially
among young people, there is a void in lives that must be filled. Many people do not know where
to turn to find someone who really cares for them. God cares for you and for me. God loves you
and me.
In His great love for men, women, young people and children God has provided for us
His plan for life as given to us in His Holy Scriptures.
The experience of a right relationship to God and a life lived in the love of God is contingent
upon our trust or faith in the promises of God and the Messiah of Israel. As we trust God and His
Holy Scriptures, He will help us to see His great plan for us and this world. Faith makes effective
all of the promises in the Bible. But true faith must be based upon knowledge received from the
Holy Scriptures. Without an adequate understanding of the basic truths of the Bible, a person
will not have real trust and faith. Lack of knowledge breeds unbelief, because judgments are
made without the facts necessary to understand and accept the truths given to us in the Holy
Scriptures.
Many people have questions that are legitimate inquiries. Concerning faith and living for
God, people question how one can accept Jesus as Messiah and still be Jewish. They also have
doubts about Jesus because they do not know what the Holy Scriptures say about the Messiah of
Israel.
The Bible does tell us that Jesus is the Messiah of Israel and the One God would send to
earth to provide the atonement, or cleansing for sin, for us. There are many of our Jewish people
who do not as yet accept Jesus as their Messiah, for they have a very limited knowledge of who
Jesus is and what the Jewish Holy Scriptures say about when Messiah was to come to the earth
as foretold by the Jewish prophets of God.
One misconception concerning the Messiah is what Messiah would do when He would
come to earth. Orthodox Judaism looks forward to the day when the God of Israel will send the
Messiah to reign on earth and rule on King David’s throne in Jerusalem. In that day, Messiah
will bring peace to Israel and the world.
The Jewish Holy Scriptures do foretell this event, and it will happen in the future, and perhaps not too far off. Later in this article I will share with you this great coming of the Messiah to Jerusalem to set up God’s kingdom on earth and to bring peace to the world. Since all of the God-given prophecies in the Holy Scriptures that were to be fulfilled to date have come to pass, this prophecy of world peace will also be seen!
The problem that some of our Jewish people have in accepting Jesus as their Messiah is
that since the entire world has not had peace after Jesus came to earth about 2,000 years ago,
then He is not the Messiah. This reasoning appears to be valid, but it is not. All of the facts from
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The Bible regarding what Messiah will do when He comes to earth have not been known. The
basic truth we need to understand from the Jewish Holy Scriptures is this: the Messiah comes to
the earth at two different times to accomplish the will of God for the inhabitants of this world.
The Bible foretells the first coming of the Messiah to earth and makes known to us that the first
coming will be to bring and accomplish God’s plan of cleansing from sin for men and women.
By this plan of God, our Jewish people and the world will be able to know forgiveness of sin and
experience peace with God as they put their trust in what the Messiah will do for them. This first
coming of the Messiah will bring personal peace to individuals.
Messiah, having accomplished the way for us to be forgiven of sin, will return to Heaven to
the right hand of God. At a later time, one yet to be seen, Messiah will return to the earth a
second time, defeat the enemies and nations that have gathered in war against the nation of
Israel, and set up God’s kingdom of world peace. We must understand these two comings of the
Messiah to earth. If a person only has knowledge of the anticipated second coming, then he will
miss the first coming and not understand that Messiah Jesus came the first time to provide the
atonement for us.
Now let us go to the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures, to see the prophecies given by God
through Jewish men of God concerning the first coming of Messiah to earth.
In the Jewish Scriptures, we read in the prophet Micah’s recording of God’s Word, in
chapter 5 and verse 2: "But thou, Bethlehem, Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Out of the little town of Bethlehem, located in the area of Ephrata, in Judah, God would send His Messiah to earth. He later would be ruler in Israel. The first coming of Messiah to earth would be in Bethlehem.
The second coming of Messiah to earth would be directly from Heaven to the Mount of
Olives, outside of Jerusalem, to defeat the enemies of Israel as God prophesied for us through the Jewish man of God, Zechariah. We will read these verses of Holy Scripture later. There are two different time periods.
This person coming out of Bethlehem is "from everlasting." Only an
Eternal One, a member of the Godhead, can be "from everlasting." Men and women have but a
short time upon this earth, maybe even to a hundred years or over but never "from everlasting."
Another prophecy about the first coming of Messiah to earth is in the writings of the great
Jewish prophet, Isaiah, in chapter 7 and verse 14:
"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."
Immanuel in Hebrew means "God with us." God will be with us here on earth in the person of
the Messiah.
In Isaiah, chapter 9 and verse 6 we read:
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." These two verses from Isaiah speak of a miraculous birth of a son who is called by the names of the Eternal God.
Again in Isaiah chapter 53 we read of the reason for the first coming of Messiah to earth:
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows…Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
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Was upon him;…All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way;
and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity (or sins) of us all...he was cut off out of the land of
the living [death]: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was
any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he (God) hath put him (the
Messiah Jesus) to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,
he shall prolong his days (that’s resurrection from the grave), and the pleasure of the LORD
shall prosper in his hand.
He (God) shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his
knowledge (or by trusting in Messiah’s atonement) shall my righteous servant (the Messiah
Jesus) justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities (or sins)…he bare the sin of many (that is of
those who believe in him)…." Messiah came the first time, took on human form as Jesus, so that
He could die on the tree for our sins to pay the penalty due us for our sins. In Him we have the
atonement for our sins.
Messiah came the first time to bring personal peace by providing the atonement for our
sins. After providing this atonement with the shedding of His blood on the tree as our sin-bearer
in our place, He is raised from the grave and returns to Heaven. In Heaven, Messiah waits until a
future time when He will again return to the earth to the Mount of Olives by Jerusalem. At this
Second Coming to earth, He will defeat the enemies of Israel and bring in world peace.
This is yet to happen, but in the events we are seeing in the world in fulfilled prophecy from God’s Word, this Second Coming to earth might not be too far off. Before Messiah’s Second Coming to earth, Bible-believers look forward to Messiah Jesus coming the clouds of the sky to take the believers up from this earth in what is called the Rapture. This will happen just before a period of seven years of the Great Tribulation upon earth, part of which is the Time of Jacob’s Trouble and persecution once again of my Jewish people. But God will deliver them out of it.
Concerning the Second Coming of Messiah to earth, we read in the Word of God through
the Jewish prophet, Zechariah, in chapter 14 and verses 1 through 5 and verses 8,9 and 11:
"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I
will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses
rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue
of the peace shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against
those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
[The reference here would be to God’s freeing Israel from Egyptian bondage as well as the bondage put upon Jewish people by many nations as is recorded in Holy Scripture history] And his feet [Messiah’s feet!] shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east…And the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem…And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one…And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited."
There is so much great truth to share with you from these verses. Simply stated: the nations
of the world will come against Israel and Jerusalem. When the war is almost lost for the Jews,
God Himself in the person of Messiah Jesus [remember we read from the Bible that God’s feet
will touch the Mount of Olives – God has feet in Messiah Jesus], Messiah will return from
Heaven with Bible-believers [here called saints] who have been in Heaven, and the enemies of
Israel will be completely defeated. God will then set up His kingdom of peace for the world.
These verses of Jewish Holy Scripture also say God’s name will be one. The word for "one" in
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Hebrew is "echad." Echad means "unity" or more than one. This tells us that God is revealed to
us as the Lord God and Messiah. The Godhead is once again revealed to us in these verses of the
Bible.
In the Jewish Holy Scriptures writings of the Jewish man of God, Jeremiah, we read in
chapter 23 and verses 3 through 6
"And I will gather the remnant of my flock [that is the Jewish
people] out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed
them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the
LORD. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his
days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall
be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTOUSNESS."
And also verse 8: "The LORD liveth, which
brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all
countries…and they shall dwell in their own land." God began bringing our Jewish people back
to the land where they became a nation, Israel, in 1948. God continues to fulfill this prophesy
and bring Jews back to Israel from all over the world.. There is no true peace yet, but there will
be when Messiah returns to Jerusalem!
The God of Israel and Messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world when Israel will
dwell safely and they shall fear no more. There will be no more war! We know from these Holy
Scripture prophesies that Messiah will reign on King David’s throne from Jerusalem.. The One
who will reign is called LORD or the God of Israel and Messiah. This is the Second Coming of
the Messiah to bring the peace of God to the entire world.
As we look forward to future events, it is possible that we might die before they come to
pass. We must prepare for our eternal future. The first coming of the Messiah takes care of the
fear of death and what will happen after as we enter eternity. But we must trust Him as our sinbearer, for there is no sin in Heaven. Please read my study on "The Atonement Today." This will give you all of the Holy Scriptures you need to trust God and find His cleansing from sin and
have peace. We have a great future ahead of us as God’s people!
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Old Testament Prophecy Concerning The Messiah
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Profecia Messiânica: O que é isso? Profecia messiânica é a coleção de mais de 100 profecias (uma estimativa conservadora) do Antigo Testamento sobre o futuro Messias do povo judeu. Estas previsões foram escritas por vários autores, em numerosos livros, ao longo de mais de 1.000 anos. Profecia messiânica é muito dramática hoje porque com a descoberta dos Manuscritos do Mar Morto e a confiabilidade da versão do Velho Testamento chamada de Septuaginto (os quais têm sido provados como já existindo antes do tempo que Jesus andou sobre a terra), você pode ter certeza de que essas profecias não foram "conspiradas" após o fato.
Profecia Messiânica: Realizada por Jesus Cristo Profecia messiânica foi cumprida pelo Messias, Jesus Cristo. Embora muitos judeus não tenham aceitado Jesus como o Messias, muitos O aceitaram, e eles se tornaram o grupo judaico que mais tarde passaria a ser conhecido como os Cristãos. O Cristianismo, baseado em grande parte no cumprimento da profecia histórica, espalhou-se rapidamente por todo o Império Romano do século 1. Examine por você mesmo as profecias e calcule a probabilidade de um só homem poder cumprir apenas algumas das profecias mais específicas, e você ficará surpreso. “A seguir, Jesus lhes disse: São estas as palavras que eu vos falei, estando ainda convosco: importava se cumprisse tudo o que de mim está escrito na Lei de Moisés, nos Profetas e nos Salmos.” (Lucas 24:44) Os versículos do Antigo Testamento são a profecia; os versículos do Novo Testamento proclamam a realização. Avalie-os você mesmo!
- Nascido de uma virgem (Isaías 7:14, Mateus 1:21-23)
- Um descendente de Abraão (Gênesis 12:1-3; 22:18, Mateus 1:1, Gálatas 3:16)
- Da tribo de Judá (Gênesis 49:10, Lucas 3:23, 33; Hebreus 7:14)
- Da casa de Davi (2 Samuel 7:12-16, Mateus 1:1)
- Nascido em Belém (Miqueias 5:2, Mateus 2:1, Lucas 2:4-7)
- Levado para o Egito (Oseias 11:1, Mateus 2:14-15)
- A matança dos recém-nascidos por parte de Herodes (Jeremias 31:15, Mateus 2:16-18)
- Ungido pelo Espírito Santo (Isaías 11:2, Mateus 3:16-17)
- Anunciado pelo mensageiro do Senhor (João Batista) (Isaías 40:3-5, Malaquias 3:1, Mateus 3:1-3)
- Executaria milagres (Isaías 35:5-6, Mateus 9:35)
- Pregaria as boas novas (Isaías 61:1, Lucas 4:14-21)
- Teria um ministério na Galileia (Isaías 9:1, Mateus 4:12-16
- Purificaria o Templo (Malaquias 3:1, Mateus 21:12-13)
- Apresentaria-se como Rei 173.880 dias depois do decreto de reconstruir Jerusalém (Daniel 9:25, Mateus 21:4-11)
- Entraria em Jerusalém como um rei montado em um jumento (Zacarias 9:9, Mateus 21:4-9)
- Seria rejeitado pelos judeus (Salmo 118:22, I Pedro 2:7)
- Teria uma morte humilhante(Salmo 22, Isaías 53) que envolveria:
- rejeição (Isaías 53:3, João 1:10-11; 7:5,48)
- traição por um amigo (Salmo 41:9, Lucas 22:3-4, João 13:18)
- ser vendido por 30 moedas de prata (Zacarias 11:12, Mateus 26:14-15)
- silêncio diante de Seus acusadores (Isaías 53:7, Mateus 27:12-14)
- sendo ridicularizado (Salmo 22: 7-8, Mateus 27:31)
- espancado (Isaías 52:14, Mateus 27:26)
- cuspido (Isaías 50:6, Mateus 27:30)
- perfuração de Suas mãos e pés (Salmo 22:16, Mateus 27:31)
- sendo crucificado com os ladrões (Isaías 53:12, Mateus 27:38)
- orando pelos seus perseguidores (Isaías 53:12, Lucas 23:34)
- perfuração do Seu lado (Zacarias 12:10, João 19:34)
- foi dado vinagre para beber (Salmo 69:21, Mateus 27:34, Lucas 23:36)
- Seus ossos não seriam quebrados (Salmos 34:20, João 19:32-36)
- enterrado no túmulo de um homem rico (Isaías 53:9, Mateus 27:57-60)
- tirariam a sorte por Suas vestes (Salmos 22:18, João 19:23-24)
- Subiria ao Céu (Salmo 68:18, Atos 1:9)
- Sentar-se-ia à direita de Deus (Salmo 110:1, Hebreus 1:3)
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The Second Coming - What is it?
The Second Coming is when Jesus Christ will return to earth in fulfillment of His promises and to fulfill the prophecies made about Him. Jesus Himself promised, "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory" (Matthew 24:30). Revelation 19:11-12 proclaims this about the Second Coming, "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself."
Those who witnessed Christ's ascension into heaven after his death and resurrection heard the angels declare in Acts 1:11, "Men of Galilee…why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." The Second Coming is the literal return of Jesus Christ to earth as King in power and glory to rule for a thousand years (Revelation 20:1-6).
The Old Testament prophets did not seem to fully understand this distinction between the two comings of Jesus (His birth and His Second Coming) as seen in Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7; and Zachariah 14:4. Those who argue that Jesus was not the Messiah because He did not fulfill all the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah, fail to take into account the Second Coming of Christ, in which He will fulfill all the prophecies about the Messiah. Christ's first coming was to stand in our place and receive the penalty exacted for sin. His Second Coming will defeat sin for all eternity.
The second coming should also not be confused with the event referred to as the Rapture. The Rapture refers to a time when Jesus Christ will come to remove all believers from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54). The church holds many positions on the rapture, but the Second Coming is undisputed. The Second Coming is the event when Jesus Christ returns to the earth to defeat evil and establish His reign of justice and peace. The Second Coming - Why is it important?
Foremost of all, belief in the Second Coming of Christ is important because it is clearly what the Bible teaches. To doubt the reality of the Second Coming is to doubt the reliability and validity of God's Word. Second, the Second Coming is important because Jesus Himself promised it. If Jesus was wrong about the Second Coming, how can we trust anything else He taught? The Second Coming of Christ is our hope and confidence that God is in control of all things and is faithful to His Word and His promises. Titus 2:13, "…while we wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."
The Second Coming is also important because it will come at the time when the world is most in need of a righteous King. Revelation chapters 6-18 describe the end times prior to the Second Coming of Christ. The world will be devastated, millions of people will perish, and the most evil person in all history will be ruler of the entire world. The Second Coming of Christ puts all this to an end. Revelation 19:15-16 says, "Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. 'He will rule them with an iron scepter.' He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." The Second Coming - When is it?
Perhaps no event in the history of the world has been more anticipated than the Second Coming. Every generation of believers, including believers in the New Testament, has strongly believed that Jesus would return in their lifetime. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 tells us, "Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come." Some are mistakenly frightened that they have missed the Second Coming. Others doubt that it will ever occur, "They will say, 'Where is this "coming" he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation" (2 Peter 3:4). So, we must avoid both extremes: (1) believing that the Second Coming has already occurred, and (2) believing that the Second Coming will never occur.
Many Bible teachers have made guesses as to when the Rapture and Second Coming will occur. They have all been incorrect. The Bible declares, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matthew 24:36). The Bible describes several events which must occur before the Second Coming (Matthew 24:4-29; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; Revelation chapters 6-18). So, we are to anticipate the Second Coming, but have a biblical understanding of it. We are not to set dates and times, but live our lives as if it could happen any day, any moment. Matthew 25:19-21, "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them…His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'"
Are you ready for the Second Coming of Christ?
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