God’s Word Fulfilled

 1 Samuel 17; Psalms 9; Matthew 2 

“Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning…’…he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: ‘He will be called a Nazarene.’”

Matthew 2:17, 18, 22, 23

The life and ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus, were all in fulfillment of numerous prophecies written and spoken hundreds of years before Jesus lived. This ‘connecting of the dots’ was one of the primary goals of Jesus in the forty days following his resurrection. Jesus met with his disciples as the resurrected Lord and explained the prophetic writings which pointed to his life. Jesus has promised to come again to take home to heaven all those who are his. This season of his second coming will also be in fulfillment of prophetic revelation in the Bible. God’s Word is upheld by God’s very nature and work in the world, and as his Body, we have the privilege of cooperating with him.

“Lord God, fulfill your prophetic Word in our day and enable me to cooperate with you, for your glory.”