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>> You know, this world has seen
many powerful leaders in its
history -- Confucius, Socrates,
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Plato. You go through history
and then you find others, like
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Mao Tse-tung and Joseph Stalin,
leaders who may not have been
righteous individuals, but
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leaders who changed the
landscape of the world. And then
you have people like
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Winston Churchill, whose
leadership during World War II
was fundamental in saving
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Europe. Leaders like Abraham
Lincoln, who, in the United
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States, helped during its great
Civil War. And then, of course,
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John Macdonald, the first prime
minister of Canada, who helped
shape the great nation of
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Canada. But, today, I want to
take you to the land of Israel
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to look at a different leader, a
leader who has transcended time.
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Essayist James Allan Francis
wrote about this leader in these
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words.
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Jesus has made an impact on the
world since he came on the scene
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that no one has ever matched
that mark. As we celebrate the
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Christmas holiday, we must
understand Jesus is different.
Jesus is different than any
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other leader that has ever lived
in history, because the Bible
claims that not only was Jesus
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born, but Jesus rose from the
dead. And if Jesus rose from the
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dead, he's more than just a mere
human being in human history. He
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is divine. That means that Jesus
has the power over the grave. If
Jesus rose from the dead and
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if Jesus is divine, then his
offer of eternal life is real.
Throughout history, people have
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died for the case of Christ.
Even in modern times, people
face persecution for the cause
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of Christ. Jesus made a bold
claim, which is ultimately the
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claim that led to his
crucifixion. In John 8:58,
Jesus, in response to a
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question, said this. Now, the
first thing we must notice in
this Christmas season is that
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Jesus used the name that God
used in the Old Testament. When
Moses met God at the burning
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bush, Moses asked, "Whom should
I tell sent me?" And from that
burning bush, a voice said, "I
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am who I am." Literally, in the
Hebrew, it says, "I am who I am
and I will be who I will be."
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And now Jesus used the very same
language, which means he made a
claim to being the very
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divinity, the very divine son
of God. But, beyond that, in the
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Greek language, Jesus used what
is called the emphatic "I." In
Greek, the word for "I" is
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the word "egó." And then the "to
be" verb in Greek is "eimai."
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So, if you read this in the
Greek, what it would literally
say, in that original Greek
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New Testament -- it would say,
"Before Abraham was." And then,
in the Greek, it would
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say, "Egó eimai." Literally
translated, it would say, "I --
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I am." What Jesus was doing
there was -- he was using the
grammar. He was using that
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grammar to define exactly who he
was. When they asked him, "Who
are you?", he was responding, "I
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exist. I am the self-existent
one. I had no beginning.
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I had no ending, because I am
that self-existent one." Jesus
made a claim to be divine.
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And, so, Jesus invites us to
investigate, to test, to see --
is he really the promised
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self-existent, divine son of
God? Now, today, we are going to
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look at prophecies. And,
remember, prophecy is
all-existing to help us see that
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God is who he says he was
and is. And, in the same way,
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prophecies about Jesus help us
to understand that he is who he
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says he was. Jesus' life was a
life written beforehand. The
Bible predicts where he was
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born, how he would be born, the
manner of his death, and also
how he would be betrayed.
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So, let's investigate some
of these claims. In the Old
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Testament, in Micah 5:2, the
Bible says this about the birth
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of the Messiah. Jesus' parents
were not living in Bethlehem.
They were living in the town of
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Nazareth. But, you see, the
Bible predicted that the Messiah
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would come out of or be born in
Bethlehem. Now, Nazareth was 90
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miles, or about 150 kilometers,
from Bethlehem. It was a hilly
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and mountainous terrain to go
from Nazareth to Bethlehem. So,
when Jesus was about to be
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born, in a miracle of miracles,
Joseph and Mary traveled from
Nazareth to Bethlehem, because
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the Roman Empire called for a
census to be done. When they
went to Bethlehem for
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the census, Mary was likely
somewhere around 8 to 8 1/2
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months pregnant. Now, for any of
our women listeners or viewers,
how many of you, at 8 to 8 1/2
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months pregnant, would like to
travel on the back of a horse or
a donkey for that 90-mile
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journey? But God knew
beforehand. The Roman emperor
called for a census at the right
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time, the appointed time for
Joseph and Mary to go to the
appointed place so she could
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give birth to the Messiah, the
divine son of God. In addition
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to that, when they went to
Bethlehem, there was no room in
the inn for them to stay.
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Yet, they still stayed in
Bethlehem, in fulfillment of
prophecy, and they stayed there
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at that stable. The Bible also
predicted, though, that Jesus,
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the Messiah, would be born
of a virgin. Isaiah 7:14 says...
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See, not only would Jesus be
born in Bethlehem, but the Bible
says he would be born of a
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virgin. The testimony of
the scripture is that Joseph and
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Mary had not come to know one
another. They had not had any
relations with one another.
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Yet, Mary was found to be with a
child. Luke 1:30-31 tell us the
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story of how this came about.
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The Bible predicted that Jesus
would be born in Bethlehem, and,
against all odds, Joseph and
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Mary traveled from Nazareth to
Bethlehem, over 90 miles, that
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150 kilometers. In addition to
that, the Bible said that Jesus
would be born -- As the divine
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son of God, he would be born to
a virgin. Numbers 24:7, though,
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also says... There would be a
star that would lead the way and
be cast over where Jesus was to
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be born. Now, many of us know
the story well. The Wise Men
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were led to Jesus by a star. And
if you're reading in the King
James, it says "The Magi."
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You remember that old hymn, "We
Three Kings of Orient are." But
the Magi, the Three Kings,
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the three Wise Men -- they
came to Jesus. It's important to
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note, in the original Greek
language, this word Magi is the
Greek word "magus."
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Now, when we study this Greek
word, we find that this Greek
word is taken from an old
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Arcadian word. This old Arcadian
word was used to describe
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Persian and Babylonian wise men.
Now, how is it possible that a
Babylonian or Persian wise man
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or a descendant of one of them
would come to know of this star
to follow to find the Messiah?
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Now, if you get out a map of
Jerusalem and you get out a map
of Israel, to the east of Israel
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is Persia, and to the east
of Israel is also where Babylon
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existed. How would the wise men
from Babylon know that a star
would lead them to the way of
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the Messiah? How
is that possible?
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Well, you remember, from our
studies, there was a Babylonian
wise man who we've studied
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about. His name was Daniel.
And Daniel would have been
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well-acquainted with the
scriptures and especially those
scriptures concerning the
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Messiah. How would Babylonian
wise men -- And, by the way,
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"magi" is where we get the
English word "magic." How would
these Babylonian wise men, these
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Babylonian astrologers, these
Babylonian watchers of the stars
-- how would they figure out
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that they should follow a star
to be led to the Messiah? My
dear friends, it's because
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600 years before the birth of
Christ, a Babylonian wise man by
the name of Daniel trained up a
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generation of wise men and said,
"Listen, this needs to be passed
on amongst the wise men.
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A star will come up out of
Jacob. When you see that star,
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go to that star, because this is
the promised Messiah." And
generation to generation had
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passed on, and when the world
was totally unprepared for the
first coming of Christ, there
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was a group of people who was
ready for Jesus when he came.
The lowly shepherds came to
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Jesus. The religious
leaders were not ready.
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The religious scholars were not
ready. But the lowly shepherds
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were ready and these wise men.
These wise men came from the
east, followed the star, and
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they brought gifts to Joseph
and Mary. They brought gifts
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specifically for the Messiah,
the divine son of God. But then
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the Bible actually predicts
about the life of the Messiah.
What would happen during his
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life? Isaiah 61 tells us
about the mission of Jesus.
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When we read about the life of
Jesus recorded in the Gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
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we find that Jesus went
throughout the cities, towns,
and villages, and, there, he
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healed people. He touched
the sick. He touched people that
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society had called untouchable.
Jesus forgave people, those
people that society had thrown
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to the side and said were
unforgivable. Jesus even raised
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people from the dead. He went to
the tomb of his friend Lazarus
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and he demonstrated what will
happen for God's people at the
end of time, where Jesus will
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break the bonds of the grave and
raise people to life
everlasting. The Bible is clear
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about the life of Jesus. The
life of Jesus is like a puzzle
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that has been put together --
perfect pieces everywhere. The
Bible predicted where Jesus
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would be born. The Bible
predicted how Jesus would be
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born. The Bible predicted how
Jesus would live his life and
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his ministry. But then there are
those prophecies that speak
about the end of the life of
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Jesus. Psalm 41:9 predicted...
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Jesus had a Passover supper, and
there, at that Passover supper,
Judas the Betrayer was there.
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Judas broke bread with Jesus. He
ate bread with Jesus. The Bible
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records that Jesus washed the
feet of Judas. But Judas had
sold him out. Judas had made a
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deal with the religious leaders,
who were threatened by Jesus.
They were threatened by Jesus
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because Jesus was turning
religion on its end. Jesus came
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to give a true interpretation of
the scriptures that had been so
distorted. But he had been sold
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out by Judas for 30 pieces of
silver. The Book of Zechariah
predicted that the Messiah would
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be sold out for
that very amount.
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How is it that Zechariah would
have known the price of a slave
hundreds of years in advance?
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500 years before Christ, how is
it possible that Zechariah could
predict the purchase cost of a
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slave being 30 pieces of silver?
You know, friends, most of us
couldn't envision paying the
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prices we pay today for goods.
But God knew. God knew well in
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advance what a slave would cost.
My dear friends, as we look at
the life of Christ, we can only
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come to one conclusion -- Christ
is no common man. And this book,
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the Bible, is no common
book. Zechariah 11:13 says...
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The Bible is very clear, and
this prophecy is precise. It
gives the amount, the result,
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and the place, and what would
happen in the fulfillment of
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prophecy. Judas, after Jesus was
arrested, took the pieces of
silver, and, according to the
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Bible, he threw them down in the
temple and departed. 500 years
in advance, Zechariah
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wrote exactly what Judas would
do. And they consulted together,
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the Bible says, and what is it
that they did? It should be no
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surprise to us. Zechariah
already told us what they would
do. They bought the potter's
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field to bury strangers in. In
this prophecy that is in the
last 24 hours of the life of
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Jesus, every piece of it came
true. And then Isaiah 50:6 says
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this. Jesus, in that final
journey to the cross, suffered
the cruelest of punishment, as
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they laid into his back, as they
whipped him, as they pulled the
very beard from his cheek.
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Jesus fulfilling that scripture.
"I did not hide my face from
shame and spitting."
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Jesus, being led to the cross,
was beaten by the Roman
soldiers, he was spat upon by
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the people, in exact fulfillment
of that prophecy of Isaiah,
written hundreds of years in
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advance. You see, even when
the Roman government -- When the
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Roman governor Pilate declared
that Jesus was an innocent man,
he was still sent to be killed.
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Jesus was crucified. David wrote
of his crucifixion in 1000 B.C.,
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where he wrote,
in Psalm 22:16...
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Now, some of us might say, "Oh,
well, that's no big deal to
predict crucifixion."
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Here's the problem with that.
Crucifixion was not an
instrument of execution until
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about 150 B.C. That is a
full 850 years after David would
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write a prophecy saying that
Jesus would have his hands
pierced, his feet pierced, his
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side pierced, and be crucified.
And let us also be clear when we
talk of crucifixion.
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What killed Jesus in the
crucifixion was not physical
pain, although, undoubtedly,
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there was tremendous physical
pain. Crucifixion was intended
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to be a long, long death. The
one being executed would be hung
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on the cross. As they'd be hung
on the cross, days would wear
on, and as those days would wear
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on, their fluids would begin to
build up. An individual being
crucified would then lean upon
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the cross and try to slide
themselves up so they could take
a breath and breathe.
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It is very likely that there are
predator birds that were pecking
away at the individual who was
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dying on the cross. And the
reason that Roman soldiers would
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break the legs of these
individuals, as they did with
the two thieves, was then they
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could no longer press up against
the cross and slide up and get
that breath. And then they would
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suffocate on their own fluids.
The Bible records, though, that
Jesus died in what would be
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deemed record time for someone
being crucified. It's because
Jesus didn't die of
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the physical pain. Jesus died of
a broken heart. He hung on that
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cross willing to die for our
sins. Prophecy tells us that
Jesus, the divine son of God,
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was born and that he died on our
behalf. Even outside of the
Bible, historians, like
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Josephus, who was a Jewish
historian that advised the
eventual Roman emperor
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Vespasian, wrote these words.
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This is truly amazing, my
dear friends. A Jewish historian
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calling Jesus divine. He wrote
these words. He appeared to them
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alive the third day, as the
divine prophets had foretold
these and 10,000 other wonderful
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things concerning him. Tacitus,
the Roman historian who lived
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through six Roman
emperors, wrote these words.
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You see, friends, prophecy
points out to us that Jesus was
the divine son of God.
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Historians tell us that Jesus
was real and he really walked on
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this Earth. Archaeology
demonstrates that Jesus was
real. And the question today is
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-- what are you gonna do with
that information on this day and
in this time, where we celebrate
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Christmas? What are we going
to do? If none of that satisfies
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you, Dr. James Strange of the
University of Southern Florida,
took up a study where he took
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all of the prophecies that
pointed to the Messiah and
assigned each one of them a
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probability that one person
could fulfill that prophecy. And
then he combined all of the
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well over 100 prophecies of
Jesus being the Messiah, one man
fulfilling all 100.
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The probability that one person
could fulfill all of them is 1
with 123 zeroes after it.
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This huge number is more than
the number of atoms that exist
in the universe, yet one man
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fulfilled all of them. Jesus
defies the probabilities, and
Jesus fulfilled every last
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prophecy of the Bible. And he
came at the appointed time and
in the appointed way.
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You see, the great political,
religious, and social leaders
throughout history -- they all
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remain in their tombs, but the
tomb of Jesus is empty. Jesus is
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alive, and because Jesus is
alive, he can transform your
life through his Holy Spirit.
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Because Jesus is alive, he can
solve your problems. Because
Jesus is alive, he can
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forgive your sins. Because Jesus
is alive, he can change your
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life. Because Jesus is alive, he
can work miracles in your life.
Because Jesus is alive, he can
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break the chains of sin and
death. Because Jesus is alive,
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he can solve the problems of
the world today. He can deliver.
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He can deliver people from
addictions, like alcohol and
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drugs. Jesus can deliver us from
the chains of immorality. Jesus
can deliver us from the
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bonds of materialism. Because
Jesus is alive, he can deliver
us from our religious
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complacency. The Bible is
accurate, friends. Jesus is the
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Messiah. Prophecies have been
fulfilled that Jesus would come
at the appointed time.
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The question is no longer
whether this book is true. The
question is -- will we take
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what it says as true? Today,
Jesus is reaching out, saying to
you, "I stand at the
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door of your heart and I knock.
I'm coming soon, at the
appointed time, and when I come
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again, I will make all things
right. When I come again, I will
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call people from their graves.
I'll call them in my name to
come forth and live forever.
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When the appointed time of
Jesus' return comes, my dear
friends, the question
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is -- will we have answered the
call that he has made? Will we
have answered the door,
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the knocking at our heart's
door? When the appointed time
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happens and Jesus comes bursting
through the clouds of glory to
take us home, where there's no
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dying, where there is no more
pain, there's no more suffering,
will we be able to say, as we
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look to the clouds, "Lo, our
redemption has drawn near. Take
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me home, Jesus." Jesus has
fulfilled prophecy at the
appointed times and in the
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appointed ways. And now he is
utilizing appointed times in
your life to help you be
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prepared for that day, that day
when he will come again. Will
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you be ready? Why not reach out
your hand to him today and
embraced the renewed life that
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Jesus offers? Heavenly Father,
in this season where we
celebrate the birth of your son,
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Jesus, who came to this Earth to
save us, today, we want to reach
out our hands, accept the gift
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that Jesus has offered, and live
a life for him and be ready for
the appointed time of his
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return. We pray this in Jesus'
name. Amen. My dear friends, in
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this Christmas season, amidst
the family, the friends, the
trees, the celebrations, the
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decorations, the gifts, the
ultimate gift is the gift of
salvation that Jesus has
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offered. As we have studied the
Bible today, we have seen that
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Jesus came at the appointed
time, he came in the appointed
way to deliver us as a people.
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Today, I want to offer you the
DVD "The Ultimate Timeline." In
that DVD, you'll have the
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opportunity to see fulfilled
prophecy after fulfilled
prophecy after fulfilled
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prophecy that Jesus is the
Messiah. He is the son of God.
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And if he is the son of God, we
can trust his offer of eternal
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life. Here's the information you
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>> You know, it's often said,
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"It's better to give than
to receive." Friends, in this
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Christmas season, where we
celebrate the birth of Christ
and the ultimate gift he has
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given, I want to encourage you.
I want to encourage you to share
with others this gift of
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salvation. And one way you can
do that is tell people about the
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"It Is Written Canada" website,
ItIsWrittenCanada.ca. There,
you'll find resources to
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help grow in your spiritual
life, or you can point them to
the "It Is Written Canada"
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YouTube channel,
youtube.com/iiwcanada. I'm so
glad that you've joined
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us today. I hope that
you've found joy in Jesus.
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I invite you to join us again
next week. Until then, remember,
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it is written. "Man shall
not live by bread alone, but by
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every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God." ¤¤
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