Ckrist in tke O .T . Propkecies . ; z, A Paper Written" by a Student of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles By ERNEST DIEM
Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (Is. 9 :6 ), Light unto the Gentiles (Is. 49:1-6). Shep herd (Zech. 13-7), The Lord our Right eousness (Jer 23:6), The Branch (Zech. 6:12), The Prince (Dan. 9:25), the Son of man (Dan. 7:13) and The Holy One (Is. 49:7). IV. His Deity. Messiah is a DIVINE Being because He is called “ The Mighty God,” “ The Everlasting Father,” (Is. 9 :6). His go ings forth have been from of old, from everlasting (Mic. 5 :2). He is God. V. His Humanity. Though Deity is surely ascribed to Him, yet He is distinctly a human being as well, with all the limitations of hu manity, such as death (Dan. 9:25, 26), sorrow and heart-break (Is. 53). He shall come in humiliation, a root out of dry ground, void of personal beauty, comeliness or attractiveness. VI. His Character. He shall be anointed with the Spirit (Is. 61:1; 42’ 1) and shall do no vio lence, neither shall any deceit be in His mouth. He shall be gentle and kind, shall bind up the broken hearted (Is. 61:1) and shall be the delight of God (Is. 42:1, 3) in whom He will be glorified (Is. 49:3). He shall be cloth ed with humility (Zech. 9:9) and right eousness (Jer. 23:6). Indeed words fail when trying to pic ture the transcendent glory and beauty of His character. What a marvel that God could ever find words by which to tell of this Wonderful (Is. 9:6) One. Surely it would exhaust the vocabulary
HROUGHOUT tlie entire Old Testament Scriptures run two threads— one scarlet and the other purple. Here they burst
out into radiant glory, there they re cede into the delicately interwoven meshes of tapestry of Scripture, indis tinct yet never extinct. The scarlet thread, of course,leads to the cross, while the purple points on to the glory which shall follow. I. His Ancestry. His ancestry may be traced from Adam to Joseph, His supposed father, but we begin with Abraham to whom the promise was given concerning his seed (Gen. 12:3), Isaac (Gen. 21:2), Jacob (Gen. 25:26), Judah (Gen. 29: 35), Perez and Zerah (Gen. 38:27-30). Hezron, Ram, Amminadab (Ruth 4:19). Nahshon, Salmon (Ruth 4:20), Boaz, Obed, (Ruth 4:21) and Jesse (Ruth 4: 22; Isa. 11:10), David, (Ruth 4:22; Jer. 23:5) Solomon (2 Sam. 12:24), Re- hoboam (1 Chron. 3:10-16), Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Uzziah, Joth- am, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, (2 Kings 20:21) Amon, Josiah, Jeconiah (1 Chron. 3:15, 16), Shealtiel (1 Chron. 3:17, 19), Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eleazar Matthan, JacoD, Joseph, Jesus. H. His Birth. A messenger shall prepare His way and He shall be born of a virgin (Gen. 3:15; Isa. 7:13, 14) in Bethlehem, (Mi. .5:2) before the sceptre departs out of Judah (Gen. 49: 10). TIT. His Names and Titles. He shall be called Emmanuel (Isa.' 7:13, 14), Wonderful Counsellor, The
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