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(4:4 continued)
scraped up the dust and rubble of the old land
city of Tyre, just like the Bible predicted, and
cast them into the sea, building a 200-footwide
causeway out to the island.
Alexander’s death and the murder of his
two sons was also foretold in the Scripture.
Another startling prophecy was Jesus’ detailed
prediction of Jerusalem’s destruction, and the
further spreading of the Jewish diaspora
throughout the world, which is recorded in
Luke 21. In A.D. 70, not only was Jerusalem
destroyed by Titus, the future emperor of
Rome, but another prediction of Jesus Christ in
Matthew 24:1,2 came to pass—the complete
destruction of the temple of God.
Messianic Prophecies. In the Book of Daniel,
the Bible prophesied the coming of the
one and only Jewish Messiah prior to the temple’s
demise. The Old Testament prophets declared
He would be born in Bethlehem (Micah
5:2) to a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), be betrayed for
thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12,13), die
by crucifixion (Psalm 22), and be buried in a rich
man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9). There was only one
person who fits all of the messianic prophecies
of the Old Testament who lived before A.D. 70:
Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Mary.
Yes, the Bible is an amazing book. (See
also 1 Peter 1:25 footnote.)
13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and
dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the
sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and
Nephthalim:
14 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of
Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness
saw great light; and to them which sat
in the region and shadow of death light
is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach,
and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brethren, Simon called Peter,
and Andrew his brother, casting a net
into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he said to them, Follow me, and I
will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets,
and followed him.
21 And going on from there, he saw other
two brethren, James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother, in a ship with
Zebedee their father, mending their nets;
and he called them.
22 And they immediately left the ship
and their father, and followed him.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
all manner of sickness and all manner
of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all
Syria: and they brought to him all sick
people that were taken with divers diseases
and torments, and those which were possessed
with devils, and those which were
lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and
he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes
of people from Galilee, and from
Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from
Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
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CHAPTER 5
ND seeing the multitudes, he went
up into a mountain: and when he was
set, his disciples came to him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught
them, saying,
4:16 This life is the valley of the shadow of death. Sinners sit in darkness—waiting to die. The
light of the Savior banishes the shadow of death.
4:17 Like John the Baptist, Jesus’ first word in preaching to Israel was “repent.” Israel already had
the “knowledge of sin” (which only the Law can bring), but now they needed to repent—to turn
from their sins as revealed by the Law.