My Journey to Life - Daily Study Guide

Q4. At Christ’s first advent, what evidence should have helped people identify Him as Messiah?

Picture: Q4. At Christ’s first advent, what evidence should have helped people identify Him as Messiah? JTLD 138.1

One of the first identifiers is that the Messiah would be Jewish (Genesis 49:10), coming from the house of David (Ezekiel 37:24), born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), and would be both human and divine (Isaiah 9:6). He would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), buried in a rich man’s grave (Isaiah 53:9) and resurrected from the dead (Psalms 16:10). JTLD 138.2

His mission would be to preach the Good News of the gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted and engage in acts of compassion for the oppressed (Isaiah 61:1, 2). Tragically, the Messiah would suffer rejection (Isaiah 53:2-4) and be betrayed by a friend for thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12). The innocent Messiah and God of love would suffer immensely on behalf of those He came to save (Isaiah 53:4-6) and would at last be brought “as a lamb to the slaughter” to take the sins of humanity upon Himself (Isaiah 53:7, 11). JTLD 138.3

• Bible Discovery: Deuteronomy 18:15; Psalms 41:9; Isaiah 50:6; Luke 4:18, 19; John 16:14
• Further Reading: Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 755.1