Is Scripture being fulfilled in your Time?

Psalm 147

 

 

The Psalmist has much to be thankful for, God has restored Jerusalem, and we are told; “How good it is to sing to our God for praise is pleasant and lovely.”  The people are experiencing both physical and spiritual healing.  Slaves were freed and land reverted to the owner in the year they celebrated jubilee, the Prophet Isaiah talks about that in chapter 61:1,  “The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.  He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners.”  But you can see it is not Isaiah that is going to do this, no it is the Messiah, and it’s not an event like the year of Jubilee that happens every seven years or the bigger event that happens every 49 years where the slaves were set free and the land reverted to it owner.  Read Levities 25, for more insights into the Sabbath years and Jubilee.

 

If we turn to Luke 4:18-21, we see the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1.  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,  to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”  And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.  And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

 

Jesus came to His own people and a few excepted Him, but most wanted a mighty king on a white horse setting them free from the Romans.  But God, don’t you love those two words, God had a better plan, it was a cross where the Lamb of God would take your sins and mine, all sins and set us free from its control.  That’s a Hallelujah!  The victory has been won and all who will bow their knee in faith and ask for God’s forgiveness will be set free.  And now we can proclaim as did the Psalmist, “How good it is to sing to our God for praise is pleasant and lovely.”

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice