Our studies of the Times of Israel come to their climax in this lesson. The cross of Christ is the turning point in Israel’s history, and for that matter the whole wide world’s. So we have reached the crucial point. (We might well call it the "crucial" point. The word comes from crux the Latin for "cross").
Caiaphas, while acting as high priest, prophesied that Jesus would die so that he might gather together into one kingdom all the children of God both from Israel and from all the world
The prophets from ancient times had also looked to that day
When Jesus was on the cross, shedding his blood, "the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom". This showed that there was "a new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the veil, that is to say his flesh"
The cross of Christ is the turning point in the Times of Israel. The old is taken away and all things become new. The law of Moses, gives way to the law of Christ. The earthly Israel gives way to the church of Christ (the kingdom of heaven). By his blood, Jesus brings in a new covenant and opens the way to the heavenly Jerusalem. No longer are we learning about somebody else’s times. Now the Times of Israel
A more comprehensive list of prophecies fulfilled is available
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1. Betrayed Psa 41:9 Jhn 13:18 2. Betrayal price Zec 11:12-13 Mtt 26:14-16 Mtt 27:5-10 3. Met with hatred Psa 35:19 Psa 69:4 Jhn 15:24-25 4. Disciples scattered Zec 13:7 Mtt 26:31 #Mrk 14:27 5. False witnesses Psa 27:12-14 Mrk 14:55-57 6. The crucifixion Psa 22:1-21 Mtt 27:33-46 7. Crucified with thieves Isa 53:9,12 Mtt 27:38 Lke 22:37 8. Given vinegar Psa 69:20-21 Mtt 27:34 9. Lots cast for garments Psa 22:18 Mtt 27:35 10. Taunts of mockers Psa 22:7-8 Mtt 27:39-44 11. "Forsaken" by God Psa 22:1 (not Isa 54:7-8) Mtt 27:46 12. No bones broken Psa 34:20 Jhn 19:31-36 13. Pierced Psa 22:16 Zec 12:10 13:6 Lke 24:39 Jhn 20:24-29 |
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