Prophecy about Jesus

                                                                         Psalm 22:12-18

 January 6, 2022

 

 

Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me; they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.   I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.   For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me;
they have pierced my hands and feet—I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

 

What just happened, none of this happened to David, but it is an accurate account of what happened to Jesus Christ.  It is referred to as a prophetic or foretelling of events that were yet to happen.  David was born around 1040 BC and began his reign around 1000 BC. Jesus was born somewhere between 6 and 4 BC. There are about 1000 years between the two.  

 

It leaves a question of how could David have given such a precise account of what was to happen 1000 years in what we call the future?  We find the answer in Hebrews 1:1-2,

 “In the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.  We also have many times in the Scriptures being told how God spoke through the prophets, such as Matthew 1:22-23, “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:  “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).  And let me share one more, Zechariah 7:7, “Are not these the words which the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

 

Often King David is referred to as a shepherd, a warrior, and a king, but we do not think of him as a prophet of God, but he was.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice