Saturday, December 12, 2009
December 12, 2009
Matthew is quoting Isaiah 7:14 which, he discovered in researching for this gospel, is a “double prophecy”, that is, it was fulfilled twice, once in the immediate context of the Old Testament and then more fully in Jesus. Isaiah prophesied that a young woman from the house of Ahaz who was not married would marry and have a son. Before three years passed (one year for pregnancy and two for the child to be old enough to talk), two invading kings would be destroyed. This occurred. Secondly, Matthew shows the further fulfillment of this prophecy in that a virgin named Mary conceived and bore a son, Immanuel, the Christ, God with us. Interestingly, Matthew ends his Gospel with Jesus’ words, “I will be with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20)
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"Fulfilling what the Lord had said through a prophet" happened so many times (Jesus fulfilled several dozens of prophecies) that Jesus has to be the Prophesied One. There can be and never has been another.
ReplyDeleteBut that several dozens of prophecies were in fact fulfilled has another great significance: for such makes the Word infallible.