Bible prophecies about Christ

The Most Important Knowledge. Topic No. 5 “Prophecies about Christ”

Until now, you and I have been preparing the ground for the “Most Important Knowledge” plot. Today we will get acquainted with the seeds from which plants grow. And later the fruits. Many people have read and tried to understand what is written in the Bible. But not understanding it, they refuse to acknowledge its inspiration and leave it without understanding its spiritual meaning.

Biblical truth can be spiritually compared to a children's game in which children assemble pictures using small shaped colored cardboard pieces - “puzzles”. And whoever understands the Everlasting Gospel will be able to gather all the themes of the Bible together and see the beauty of God's truth! We have already noted with you that the Center of the Eternal Gospel will be the sacrifice of God, who gives the most precious thing that He has - His Only Begotten Son - as a sacrifice for the sins of people, the root of which is distrust of God.

And all this in order to restore trust and give to the rebel and dying creation what God Himself possesses - Eternal Life. That is, in God's Word, which reveals the plan of salvation, the central person will be the Son of God, Jesus. Which is what He Himself said. Search the Scriptures, for through them you think you have eternal life; and they testify of Me. (John 5:39)

We need to study biblical truth

The Jews, the Old Testament people of God, never saw what God said in Scripture. For centuries, reading the Word of God, they have never seen the beauty and harmony of the plan of salvation that God revealed through His Son. As a result, they crucified Him, for which they were rejected and punished by God! For the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders, not recognizing Him and condemning Him, fulfilled the prophetic words read every Saturday, and, not finding in Him any guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to kill Him. When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb (Acts 13:27-29).

If we do not see and understand the truth of God hidden in the Bible, then we too will suffer the consequences of our wrong step and lose Eternal Life! A visual model of the Bible is like a luminous object emitting rays of light in all directions! Christ is light, and all parts of the Bible speak about Him, that is, they carry His light! Then He said to them: O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Is this not how Christ had to suffer and enter into His glory? And beginning with Moses, he explained to them from all the prophets what was said about Him in all the Scriptures. (Luke 24:25-27).

And he said to them: This is what I spoke to you about while I was still with you, that everything that was written about Me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day. (Luke 24:44-46).

For I taught you from the beginning what I also received, that is, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures. (1 Cor. 15:3).

Entering Jerusalem on a donkey

Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Giotto

On the eve of the Jewish Passover, Christ, joyfully greeted by the people, rode into Jerusalem not on a horse, as befitted a national leader, but on a young donkey (Lk 19

:30—35).

Prophet Zechariah

in the 6th century BC says:

Rejoice with joy, daughter of Zion, rejoice, daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King is coming to you, righteous and saving, meek, sitting on a donkey and on the colt of an ass, the son of the yoke (Zech 9:9).

Bible about Christ

Let us carefully and humbly, learning from Heavenly Father and constantly questioning Him, use the Word of God to piece together a holistic picture of the Eternal Gospel centered on God's Son Jesus Christ. We will look at just a few prophecies about Christ out of more than 300 Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled in the New Testament. This:

Origin.
Birth.
Arrival time.
Betrayal.
Crucifixion.
Burial.
Resurrection.

Prophecies about Christ - origin

The family tree or origin, the history of the family, is something that the person in question cannot arrange for himself.

From Abraham: ...and through your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice. (Gen.22:18).

From Judah (one of the 12 sons of Jacob):. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet, until the Reconciler comes, and to Him is the submission of the nations. (Gen.49:10).

From King David: ...I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. (2 Samuel 7:13).

There are 75 people in the genealogy of Jesus from Adam. We are considering only a small part of the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies.

Fulfillment: Genealogy of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham. Abraham gave birth to Isaac; Isaac gave birth to Jacob; Jacob gave birth to Judah and his brothers. (Matt.1:1,2).

Prophecies about Christ - birth

Place: And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are you small among the thousands of Judah? from you will come to me one who is to be a ruler in Israel. And whose origin was from the beginning, from the days of eternity. (Mic. 5:2).

Fulfillment: Joseph also went from Galilee... to the city of David, called Bethlehem... to sign up with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. While they were there, the time came for Her to give birth. (Luke 2:4-6).

From: So the Lord Himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they will call His name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14).

Fulfillment: The Nativity of Jesus Christ was like this: after the betrothal of His Mother Mary to Joseph, before they were united, it turned out that She was pregnant with the Holy Spirit. …. And all this happened, that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying: Behold, a virgin is with child and will give birth to a Son, and they will call His name Immanuel, which means: God is with us. (Matt. 1:18-23).

Prophecies about Christ - the time of coming

Time of arrival: So know and understand: from the time the commandment goes out to restore Jerusalem until Christ the Lord there are seven weeks and sixty-two weeks... And after the sixty-two weeks Christ will be put to death, and there will be no... (Dan.9:25,26).

Fulfillment: ...Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom and saying that the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand: repent and believe in the Gospel. (Mark 1:14,15).

…but when the fullness of time had come, God sent His only begotten Son…. (Gal.4:4).

Prophecies about Christ are betrayal

Betrayal: Even the man who was at peace with me, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me. (Ps. 40:10).

...they will weigh out thirty pieces of silver as payment to Me. And the Lord said to me: throw them into the church storehouse - the high price at which they valued Me! And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter. (Zechariah 11:12,13).

Fulfillment: Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, and, repenting, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. They said to him: What is that to us? take a look yourself. And, throwing away the pieces of silver in the temple, he went out, went and hanged himself. The high priests, taking the pieces of silver, said: it is not permissible to put them in the church treasury, because this is the price of blood. Having held a meeting, they bought a potter's land with them for the burial of strangers. (Matt. 27:3-7).

Prophecies about Christ - the crucifixion

Crucifixion: For dogs have surrounded me, a crowd of evil ones has surrounded me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. One could count all my bones; and they look and make a spectacle out of me; They divide my garments among themselves and cast lots for my clothing. (Ps. 21:17-19).

Fulfillment: They led two villains with Him to death. And when they came to a place called Lobnoye, they crucified Him and the villains there, one on the right and the other on the left. (Luke 23:32,33)

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, and a tunic; The tunic was not sewn, but entirely woven on top. So they said to each other: Let us not tear it apart, but let us cast lots for it, whose it will be, so that what is said in the Scripture may be fulfilled: They divided My garments among themselves, and cast lots for My clothing. This is what the warriors did. (John 19:23,24).

Prophecies about Christ - burial

Burial: He was assigned a coffin with evildoers, but He was buried with a rich man, because He committed no sin, and no lie was in His mouth. (Isa.53:9).

When evening came, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also studied with Jesus; He came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered the body to be given up; and Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean shroud, and laid it in his new tomb, which he had carved out of the rock; and, having rolled a large stone to the door of the tomb, he left. (Matt. 27:57-60).

Prophecies about Christ - resurrection

Resurrection: for You will not leave my soul in hell and You will not allow Your saint to see corruption. (Ps. 15:10).

He will look at the feat of His soul with contentment; through the knowledge of Him, He, the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify many and bear their sins on Himself. Therefore, I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will share the spoils with the strong, because He gave His soul to death and was counted among the evildoers, while He bore the sin of many and became an intercessor for the criminals. (Isa.53:11,12).

Fulfillment: This, according to the definite advice and foreknowledge of God, you took him and, nailing him with the hands of the lawless, killed him; but God raised Him up, breaking the bonds of death, because it was impossible for it to hold Him. (Acts 2:23,24).

Prophecies about Christ about the end of a sinful world

In the prophecies about the end of this sinful world, Christ is also the central Person.

You saw him until the stone came off the mountain without the help of hands, struck the image, his iron and clay feet, and broke them. Then everything was crushed together: iron, clay, copper, silver and gold became like dust on the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried them away, and no trace remained of them; and the stone that broke the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. (Dan.2:34,35).

Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I lay a stone for the foundation in Zion, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he that believeth in it shall not be put to shame. (Isa.28:16).

...for you have tasted that the Lord is good. Approaching Him, a living stone, rejected by men, but chosen and precious by God, you yourself, like living stones, build yourself into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it is written in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, chosen, precious; and he who believes in Him will not be put to shame. So He is a treasure to you who believe, but to those who do not believe, the stone which the builders rejected, but which has become the head of the corner, is a stone of stumbling and a stone of offense, over which they stumble, not obeying the word, to which they are left. (1 Peter 2:3-8).

Christ is the center of priestly rituals in the sanctuary

All sacrifices pointed to His Sacrifice: He was tortured, but He suffered voluntarily and did not open His mouth; like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. (Isa.53:7).

The next day John sees Jesus coming to him and says: Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29).

Christ was the center of all the ceremonies and rituals performed in the sanctuary: But by the sacrifices sins are annually reminded, for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, Christ, entering the world, says: You did not desire sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for Me. (Heb. 10:3-5).

The ministry of the priests and high priests in the earthly sanctuary pointed to the ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary: Now the main point of what we are talking about is this: we have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and is a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched , not a person. (Heb. 8:1,2).

From Genesis to Revelation, the Son of God is the focus of the Eternal Gospel:

Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his deeds. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the First and the Last. (Rev. 22:12,13).

Born of a Virgin

Nativity.
Fragment of an icon, Constantinople; XI century The Nativity of Jesus from the Virgin Mary is one of the most famous facts of the Gospel narrative.

Prophet Isaiah

in the 8th century BC says:

…Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin will be with child and give birth to a Son, and they will call His name Immanuel (Isa. 7:14).

The Main Purpose of the Everlasting Gospel

But do not assume that the main purpose of the Everlasting Gospel is simply to tell everyone about the Son of God. About His Sacrifice, love for people, His service for us. The most important purpose of the Eternal Gospel is to achieve from a sinful person who has free choice a response of love and trust to the actions of God and His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ! The Son of God, who revealed the character of God in human nature, really wants to awaken in sinful people the desire to know God and be reconciled with Him. Find the closest relationship based on mutual love with Him.

Since God is a spiritual Person, coming to Him is not a physical concept - from point A to point B; and spiritual, the transition from a sinful life to a holy life, free from sin. Sin separated man from God: Behold, the hand of the Lord is not too short to save, and His ear is not too heavy to hear. But your iniquities have created a separation between you and your God, and your sins have turned His face away from you, so as not to hear. (Isa.59:1,2).

To save a person from what destroys him, that is, from sin, this is the goal that stood before the Son of God: ... and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.” But the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So, if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free. (John 8:32-36).

Jesus said to him: I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6).

The Beginning of Jesus' Preaching

And he returned to Galilee in strength of spirit. Vasily Polenov. 1890-1900s

After the arrest of John the Baptist, Jesus withdrew to the province of Galilee and settled in the city of Capernaum, within the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. It was from there that He began His preaching of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 4

:12—17).

Prophet Isaiah

speaks:

But there will not always be darkness where it has now thickened. Formerly the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali were belittled; but what follows will exalt the seaside route, the Transjordanian country, the pagan Galilee

(Is
8:22—9:1).

Christ is the truth

Christ said that we need to know the truth and it will set us free. The Word of God also teaches that Christ is the truth. He tells us that it is He who can and wants to free us from sin. The root of sin is distrust of God and His words. This is how humanity was infected with a deadly disease called sin: The serpent was more cunning than all the beasts of the field that the Lord God created. And the serpent said to the woman: Did God truly say: You shall not eat from any tree in the garden? The woman said to the serpent: We can eat the fruits of the trees, only the fruits of the tree, which is in the middle of paradise, God said, do not eat them and do not touch them, lest you die. And the serpent said to the woman: No, you will not die, but God knows that on the day that you eat of them, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil. (Gen.3:1-5).

Without Christ we cannot solve the problem of sin. We can change something externally in our behavior, remove the visible part of the problem, but not eliminate the problem itself. Yes, outwardly it seems as if the problem has been solved, but it is not solved, but hidden away from view.

John the Baptist

John the Baptist and the Pharisees. James Tissot

The preaching of Jesus was preceded by the preaching of John the Baptist, who prepared the people for the coming of the Savior (Lk 3

:16).
The prophet Malachi
in the 5th century BC says:

Behold, I send My angel, and he will prepare the way before Me, and suddenly the Lord, whom you seek, and the Angel of the covenant, whom you desire, will come to His temple; Behold, He comes, says the Lord of hosts (Mal. 3:1).

The Problem of Sin Has Two Parts

The problem of sin consists of two parts, hidden and ostentatious. The internal state (character, motives, spirit of a person) is the root of everything (for example, a tree). External behavior (appearance, facial expressions, gestures, words) is a picture drawn at our discretion. Moreover, the internal state is primary.

And here is an illustration: Apple tree, pear tree, cherry tree, peach tree. Each tree bears its own fruit. Why does an apple tree produce apples, a pear tree produces pears, a cherry tree produces cherries, and a peach tree produces peaches? Because the fruits of a tree are determined by the very essence of the tree. The fruit of a tree is a consequence of the essence of the tree itself. The Son of God wanted to convey this truth to sinful people: By their fruits you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. (Matt. 7:16-18).

We are sinners. Our nature, our being, is sinful and rebels against God and His will. Without removing the root of sin (distrust of God), we will remain the same sinners and will never come to God, although outwardly we will seem pious. Double standards have always been popular among sinful people. They are manifesting themselves with special force now in this last time on the eve of the Second Coming of Christ. They will manifest themselves with particular force in religion.

Know that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unfriendly, unforgiving, slanderers, intemperate, cruel, not loving what is good, traitors, insolent, pompous, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God who have a form of godliness, His strength has been denied. Get rid of such people. (2 Tim. 3:1-5).

Thirty pieces of silver

Duccio. Betrayal of Judas. Fragment

After the traitor Judas learned that Christ had been condemned to death, he came to the high priests and threw on the floor in front of them the 30 pieces of silver that they had paid him for betraying Jesus. The high priests did not put this money into the church treasury and used it to buy a plot of land that belonged to a potter (Matt. 27

: 3—7).

Prophet Zechariah

speaks:

And I will say to them: if it pleases you, then give Me My wages; if not, don’t give it; and they will weigh out thirty pieces of silver as payment to Me. And the Lord said to me: throw them into the church storehouse - the high price at which they valued Me! And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter (Zechariah 11:12-13).

Spiritual illness can only be cured with spiritual medicine

The human brain is one of the most complex structures in the Universe! Can we say that the human mind itself is sin? No. The human mind can produce sinful thoughts. But he can also produce holy thoughts. And if the brain were a bad tree, then it would not be able to bear good fruit even sometimes, but if it does, then the problem is not in the human mind. Man, created in the image and likeness of God, is a very subtle structure, a spiritual structure. The same brain can be the source of opposing thoughts: For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on carnal things, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on spiritual things. To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Rom.8:5,6).

A person’s spirit, his personal “I”, which has freedom of choice, is affected by sin! Spiritual illness can only be cured with spiritual medicine. This is prayer, studying God's Word, charity. Well, the most important thing is about the source of the strength of your new life, this is to walk through life with Christ. Identify your actions and thoughts with His holy life. For you have been called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, so that we would follow in His footsteps. (1 Peter 2:21).

The next topic will be on rebirth or being born again. This is a very important stage in a person’s life. Because if a person is not born again, then he cannot live a new life.

The Most Important Knowledge. Topic No. 5 “The Bible about Christ”

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Bethlehem. Church of the Nativity. Photo by young shanahan/Flickr/CC BY 2.0

The God-man Christ, according to humanity, was born in Bethlehem, and according to Divinity, he is born from the Father before the beginning of time and the creation of the world.

Prophet Micah

in the 8th century BC says:

And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are you small among the thousands of Judah? from you will come to me one who is to be ruler in Israel, and whose origin was from the beginning, from the days of eternity (Mic 5 :2).

Crucifixion

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Carrying the Cross

Jesus was crucified as was traditionally done in the Roman way: His hands and feet were nailed to the cross with thick nails holding up his body.

Prophet David

speaks:

...A crowd of evil ones surrounded me, they pierced my hands and my feet (Ps. 21:17).

Unbroken shins

The torment of those crucified on the cross could last for several days. To prevent this terrible spectacle from spoiling the upcoming Passover holiday, it was decided to speed up the execution process. Usually, for this purpose, the legs of the crucified were broken with a hammer, after which they could no longer lean on their legs nailed to the cross and quickly died from suffocation, hanging by their arms alone. They did the same this time. But when, having broken the legs of the robbers, the soldiers approached the crucified Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. Therefore, his bones remained intact (John 19

:31—33).

Prophet David

speaks:

He keeps all his bones; not one of them will be crushed (Ps. 33:21).

Schedule or sign?

First of all, we must admit: in the Old Testament we do not find lines that would look like mathematically accurate proof of the correctness of the New Testament. The Prophet Isaiah or King David never said: “In such and such a year, in the city of Bethlehem, a son, Jesus, will be born to the Virgin Mary, He will perform many miracles, and then He will be crucified at the walls of Jerusalem and will rise again on the third day.”

But would it be good if they said that? It’s unlikely, because then people would have no freedom left, and faith presupposes free choice: you can accept the words of the prophet, or you can reject them.

That is why not everyone sees prophecies about Christ in the Old Testament. During the time of the evangelists, it was this issue that divided the Jewish people: some saw in the Scriptures that they knew (the New Testament had not yet been written) confirmation of everything that the followers of Jesus of Nazareth taught, and they became Christians. Others decided that He had nothing to do with it - it is precisely this perception that still separates Judaism from Christianity.

What kind of prophecies are these in which one may or may not see Christ? In C.S. Lewis's book "The Silver Chair" (from the Narnia series) there is an exact image: the lion Aslan, sending two children on a dangerous journey, informs them of signs that will help them along the way. But he doesn't give them an accurate map. He says something like this: “You will see an inscription on one of the stones in this ruined city. Act according to her commands." And he adds: “The signs that you will see in Narnia will not be exactly what you imagine. That’s why it’s so important to remember the signs by heart and not pay attention to their outer shell.” Indeed, the inscription in the destroyed city turns out to be so huge that it can only be read from above, and the guys, tired of the road, scatter, forget about the signs, do not try to correlate them with what they see around them, so they cannot recognize them - and the path theirs turns out to be much longer and more dangerous.

And one more interesting detail. The inscription that they had to read contained only two words: “...beneath me,” - this was the remnant of the epitaph of the ancient king. It would seem that these words had no meaning for travelers - but in fact, under the inscription there was an entrance to the dungeon, where the prince they were looking for was located. The one who composed the text of the inscription probably did not realize that it would have a second, hidden meaning - but for God there is nothing accidental, and the new meaning, a sign for Aslan’s travelers, remained hidden until they themselves revealed it.

So, do we find similar signs in the Old Testament?

5th prophecy – 10th century B.C.

Would you be surprised to learn that the blood of the best and worst kings of Israel flowed in Christ's veins? Yes, Jesus, through the line of the Mother of God, was a direct descendant of the glorious David and the wise Solomon, the righteous Hezekiah and the idolater Manasseh. The Lord enters into the flesh and blood of the world. His genealogy shows that He comes for everyone. This is what He predicts to David: “When... you sleep with your fathers, then I will raise up your seed after you, which will come from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (2 Samuel 7:12–13).

Christ is King forever, and in each of us He builds the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Burial of a rich man

Christ was to be buried along with the robbers executed next to Him. But after the execution, His body, with the permission of Pilate, was taken by a rich and noble member of the Sanhedrin named Joseph, who was a secret disciple of Jesus. He buried Christ with all honors in a cave specially prepared for this (Matt. 27

:57—60).

Prophet Isaiah

speaks:

He was assigned a grave with evildoers, but He was buried with a rich man, because He committed no sin, and no lie was found in His mouth (Isa. 53:9).

Voluntariness of suffering

Matthias Stom. Crowning with a crown of thorns. Around 1633-1639

Christ knew that he would be arrested, tortured and sentenced to a terrible death on the Cross. He could easily have escaped from His enemies, but He accepted all the suffering voluntarily (John 12

:27) and did not say anything to the tormentors in His defense (Mark
14
:60—61).

Prophet Isaiah

speaks:

He was tortured, but He suffered voluntarily and did not open His mouth; He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth (Isa. 53:7).

...And due to the villains

Titian. Carrying the cross. 1565

Christ, who did nothing illegal, was condemned and crucified along with criminals (Mark 15

:27—28).

Prophet Isaiah

speaks:

... gave up His soul to death, and was numbered with the evildoers, while He bore the sin of many and became an intercessor for the criminals (Isa. 53:12).

“Come down from the cross!”

Looking at Jesus dying in terrible agony, the high priests, Pharisees, scribes and ordinary passers-by laughed at him and said: “Let him come down from the cross, then we will believe that he is the Son of God” (Matthew27

:40—43).

Prophet David

speaks:

...Everyone who sees me mocks me, saying with their lips, nodding their heads: “He trusted in the Lord; let him deliver him, let him save him, if he pleases him

(Ps
21:8—9).

The 7th prophecy was revealed to the prophet Isaiah (7th century BC)

On the 40th day after Christmas, the three-hundred-year-old elder Simeon will take the Christ Child into his arms. He will bless God and say an amazing prayer of hope: “Now you let go.” It is in this prayer that Isaiah’s prophecy about Christmas will be included, where there are words that He was born in order to give us all Light:

“Behold, My Servant, whom I hold by the hand, My chosen one, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the nations... He will not faint or become faint, until He establishes judgment on the earth, and the islands will trust in His law... I will make You a covenant for the people, a light for the Gentiles" (Isa. 42:1 -9).

Savior of the world

Koshelev Nikolay. Head of Christ

Christ took upon Himself all the sins of the world (John 1

:29), in His incarnation took on human nature with all its vulnerability, susceptibility to suffering and death, in order to heal it in Himself through the Feat of the Cross, death and Resurrection.

Prophet Isaiah

speaks:

But He took upon Himself our infirmities and bore our illnesses; and we thought that He was smitten, punished and humiliated by God (Isa. 53:4).

On the screen saver there is a fragment: Angel with the last trumpet. 17th century Artist Alonos Kano (1601-1667)