Nuggets from "An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith" by Dave Hunt - Prophetic Proof of the Bible

Nuggets from “An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith” by Dave Hunt – “Prophetic Proof of the Bible”

Paul declared that “the gospel of God” that he preached was backed up by the Old Testament. He begins his epistle to the Romans with these words: “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God (which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures)” (Romans:1:1-2 [1] Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, [2] (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
See All...). In every city Paul entered on his missionary journeys, he went first of all into the synagogue and proved to the Jewish congregants that what their own prophets had foretold concerning the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ had fulfilled, including His death on the cross and His resurrection: “And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them [in the synagogue], and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the [Hebrew] scriptures opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ” (Acts:17:2-3 [2] And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, [3] Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
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Christ did exactly the same. He scolded the two disheartened disciples, who knew the tomb was empty but didn’t believe that Christ had risen from the dead, as they were walking to Emmaus from Jerusalem three days after His crucifixion He said: “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things [i.e., rejection by Israel and crucifixion], and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto the in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke:24:25-27 [25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: [26] Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? [27] And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
See All...). He told His disciples repeatedly that “all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the laws of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me” (Luke:24:44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
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