God’s unique relationship with Israel is manifested in His relationship with David and this Psalm is has a double meaning as it also defines and describes His relationship with Messiah Yeshua. This Messianic prophesy speaks to both the Davidic covenant and the New Covenant. The former through David and the latter through Yeshua!
Job was suffering for reasons he could not understand. He had been God-fearing and tried to live a life of righteousness. He was known and admired throughout his community and yet suddenly his entire life fell apart. He lost his children, his wealth, and worst of all his health.
Daniel’s prophesy of the atoning death of Jesus is a challenge to anyone who doubts the truth of Scripture.
Daniel’s prophesy was partially fulfilled in 165-163 B.C. but its ultimate fulfillment will be sometime in the future. While God hasn’t given us the specifics of the timing, He has given us other details. And it’s all good news!
In the midst of God’s warning of vengeance against the nations, the prophet stops to praise Him for His covenant keeping love for Israel.
This is one of the clearest prophesies of Messiah Jesus in the Hebrew Bible.
Before Jesus returns to the Mount of Olives, He first goes to Edom (modern Jordan) to avenge the ancient hatred against His chosen people. Among other actions against Israel, Edom refused Moses passage as the Jews traveled from Egypt to Canaan.
With His dying breath, Jesus quoted from Psalm 22. Written thousands of year before, this was the description of the horror Jesus suffered on the cross.
God knows the end from the beginning. He positions nations and people to accomplish His purposes. He placed Joseph in the court of Pharaoh as He placed Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. Joseph and then Daniel suffered greatly, before God could use them for the sake of Israel.
There are actually three “commands” mentioned in the prophesy of Ezra. But the most probable is Ezra 7:11-28. The mathematical calculation of 490 years dates Jesus’s crucifixion in AD 30. Sir Robert Anderson’s scholarship (“The Coming Prince”) is regarded as most accurate.
Again and again, God pleads through the prophet Isaiah to warn and comfort the people. This verse reminds us that Jesus came to Israel. He then sent His disciples to reach the nations. And in the end, He will return back to Israel.
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