Read Through the Bible in a Year 2018 Day 210: Jesus in the Old Testament

Good morning everyone!

Today I read Isaiah 9-12.

Did you know that Isaiah is a book of prophecy? Did you also know that Isaiah foretells the coming of Jesus, both the first time he came in humble birth and the second time he will come in all his majestic power?

Isaiah 9:6-7 - For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 11:1-5 - Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, and He will not judge by what His eyes see, nor make a decision by what His ears hear; but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, and faithfulness the belt about His waist.

Doesn't that sound powerful? We know that Jesus came the first time not to overthrow governments but to teach people the truth about God's laws and commandments. He came to die for our sins, so that we could all have eternal life through Him.

But that's not what the Israelites expected at that time. They expected their Messiah to come and overthrow the governments, particularly the Romans, who were oppressing them. They expected Him to come back with a sword and fight for them.

But He didn't come to do that the first time, and because He didn't come the way people expected, a lot of them didn't believe Jesus was the Messiah.

That's something interesting about Isaiah though. Isaiah's prophecies about the Messiah reveal not only His humble birth the first time, but also the glory of His second coming, when He really will defeat all evil in the earth.

I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Isaiah 13-17.