Everything Must Be Fulfilled

October 27

(Luke 24:44 NIV) ““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.””

(Luke 24:27 NIV) “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.”

(Luke 18:31 NIV) ““Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.””

(Matthew 5:17 NIV) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”

(John 1:45 NIV) ““Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.””

Jesus told His disciples that everything written about Him in the Scriptures had to be fulfilled. When He spoke of the Scriptures, Jesus was speaking about the Old Testament. The Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms speak of a coming Messiah who would be a King and who would set Israel free -- a Messiah who would suffer and die for His people. Before His death, Jesus told His disciples that he was that Messiah. After His resurrection, He took them back to the Old Testament and explained it to them again. To those who would disconnect Christianity from the Old Testament, Jesus would say, “But that was my Bible. It is God’s word. It speaks of me. It is the Scripture that I came to fulfill. Don’t marginalize it! Embrace it, study it, and love it, along with the Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament. It all contains my word to you.” -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day