Luke 24:37-44
37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate it in their presence.
44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Around Christmastime, we always look at the Messianic prophecies which consist of over 300 prophecies in the Old Testament concerning the coming Messiah. It's been said that the chance of even 8 of these being fulfilled in a person is the chance of covering Texas with silver dollars a foot deep, putting a red X on one of them, blindfold someone and have them pick up that coin on the first try. Not only do we have those prophecies, but through the Old Testament we have Christ types such as Joseph, Moses, and David for example. What do I mean by "Christ types"? Look at Joseph. He was loved by the father, sent to his brothers, hated by his brothers because he testified of their sins, "killed" by the brothers, came back to life so to speak, forgave his brothers, and prepared a place for them. Recently a Bible has come out called the "Jesus Bible" which points to Jesus throughout the Old Testament. Jesus didn't need this Bible as he went through the Old Testament by heart and told these prophecies and Christ types to the Apostles and the Road to Emmaeus guys for the second time.
Isn't it interesting that despite the fact that there stood Jesus, holes in His sides and hands, probably passed through the wall, eating food, and they still needed scripture to convince them. This is what Abraham said to the rich man in Hades, "Even if someone rises from the dead, they won't believe. Let them believe the Law and the prophets." Peter said in 2Peter 1 that they beheld the transfigured Lord and yet the prophecies are even more certain than that. To pick and choose what you want to believe in the Bible is so wrong. God has made sure that it is more trustworthy than even our eyes. Thomas said, "I won't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes", and Jesus said to Him, "How fortunate are those who haven't seen, yet" (through the Bible) "believe." In this day where preachers are saying that you don't have to believe everything in the Bible, just believe in Jesus, let us rather continue to lift it up, defend it, and use it's supernatural power to lead people into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ through His death and resurrection as testified and predicted in the scriptures.
Isn't it interesting that despite the fact that there stood Jesus, holes in His sides and hands, probably passed through the wall, eating food, and they still needed scripture to convince them. This is what Abraham said to the rich man in Hades, "Even if someone rises from the dead, they won't believe. Let them believe the Law and the prophets." Peter said in 2Peter 1 that they beheld the transfigured Lord and yet the prophecies are even more certain than that. To pick and choose what you want to believe in the Bible is so wrong. God has made sure that it is more trustworthy than even our eyes. Thomas said, "I won't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes", and Jesus said to Him, "How fortunate are those who haven't seen, yet" (through the Bible) "believe." In this day where preachers are saying that you don't have to believe everything in the Bible, just believe in Jesus, let us rather continue to lift it up, defend it, and use it's supernatural power to lead people into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ through His death and resurrection as testified and predicted in the scriptures.
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