Mark 15: 16-20 – The Soldiers Mock Jesus
- There are certain things that Jesus could have organized Himself to fulfill the prophecies about the Messiah but there are others He could not.
- Prophecy fulfillment He could organize
- Prophecy fulfillment He could not organize
- Prophecy fulfillment that could only be seen after it happened.
- For examples of number 2; see Psalm 22:15-18 written several hundred years earlier
- My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death. Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
· For an explanation of number 3; note one writers insight:
· God spoke to the Israelites in shadows so that no man could try to “game” the prophecy and make himself Messiah
· There are many things that the Messiah did, provoked or happened to Him that only made sense after the fact.
· I need to remember that some things God does in my life will only make sense after the event and importantly; I need to remember some of the cases in my life when that is true as I enter a new thing that is not making sense.
· The past ‘shadows’ will make sense of the new ones.
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