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PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST AND THEIR FULFILLMENT |
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| Prophecy |
| 7. I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty. 8. 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty. 9. 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
1. "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. |
| Haggai 2:7-9; Malachi 3:1 |
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| Fulfillment |
| 12.Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
27.Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, 28.Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: 29."Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. 30.For my eyes have seen your salvation, 31.which you have prepared in the sight of all people, 32.a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."
13.When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14.In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15.So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16.To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!" |
| Matthew 21:12; Luke 2:27-32; John 2:13-16 |
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| Author: In Touch Ministries |
September 10, 2010 |
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| God’s Plan for Believers |
| Romans 8:28-30
God calls all people to have a relationship with Him, but He knows that only a few will accept His invitation. Those of us who do can expect Him to use every situation and experience in our life to achieve His ultimate purpose of conforming us to the image of His Son Jesus Christ. Today’s Scripture passage is Paul’s description of God’s plan to transform our inner being so that we act and speak as Christ would.
The past, present, and future are all visible to God. Even before the events of Genesis 1, He knew which people would respond to His salvation gift and appointed these few to be made like His Son. But no one has an excuse for rejecting His offer—everyone has received revelation of Him, if not in written form, then through creation (Romans 1:20). Those saved through faith in Jesus have been forgiven and declared blameless by God.
Salvation begins the great adventure where the Lord works every circumstance, whether positive or negative in itself, to bring spiritual good and grow the believer’s faith. However, even as we mature in our faith and yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit’s work in our life, we still live in these fleshly bodies and will sometimes fail to represent Christ honorably.
To be truly like Jesus, we must stop living according to the flesh. God has already set the time for each of His children to be glorified, becoming like Christ in body, soul, and spirit forever (Psalm 139:16). The day of perfection is still ahead; until then, we continue the adventure of following God’s will and being made like the Savior.
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