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- 1. Jesus ( Yahshua) Relies on... the Prophets
- 2. The Disciples Taught from... the Prophets
- 3. The Voice of the Prophets -... Common Themes
- 4. Future Peace on Earth
1) Jesus ( Yahshua) Relies on the Prophets
The Christian world relies largely on the writings of the New Testament. Jesus, in His ministry, stressed the importance of the writings of the Old Testament. Jesus accused the leaders of the Jews, who were the scribes and Pharisees, of failing to acknowledge and believe the writings of the prophets. In Luke 16: 31, Jesus rebuked them.
“If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
Jesus established the importance that He placed on the writings of the prophets in the Old Testament as seen in His reference to Moses.
“If ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me.” (John 5: 46)
Further statements by Jesus recorded in Luke's gospel reinforce this principle.
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are WRITTEN by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished.” (Luke 18; 31) “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken…and beginning at Moses and ALL the Prophets, He expounded unto them in ALL the scriptures the things concerning Himself.(Luke 24: 25-27)
The Messiah, then, was proof of the prophets. Jesus is stating emphatically that the prophets were right about His death and resurrection. When he referred to their leaders as 'fools', the word has the sense of not using one's intelligence. If they were familiar with the writing of the prophets of Israel and had analysed the events that they saw related to Jesus, they should have realised that Jesus was the promised Messiah. The works that he performed and the time period according to Daniel's prophecy all indicated that he was the Son of God.
It is very clearly demonstrated that Jesus taught and instructed His disciples from the writings of the prophets. It logically follows that we must take His words seriously and consider the example that He set for the disciples and by deduction this applies to us also. Would it be wise to only accept some of the writings of the Prophets and neglect the rest? oesn’t that word ALL in Luke 24: 25-27, referred to above, in the statement, “slow of heart to believe ALL that the prophets have spoken,” suggest that we need to examine closely what the prophets have written? Not just some of it, but all of it?
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