BIBLE STUDY -- CHAP. 13 -- PROPHECIES RELATING TO CHRIST

Chapters 13.
Prophecies Relating to Christ
1. WHOM did Moses say the Lord would raise up?
"The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee _____________ from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, unto Him ye shall harken." Deut. 18:15. See also verse 18.
2. What use of this prophecy by the apostle Peter shows that it referred to Christ?
"For Moses truly said unto the fathers, ____________ shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me. . . . Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of __________________." Acts 3:22-24.
3. In what language did Isaiah foretell Christ's birth?
"Behold, __________________________, and shall call His name Immanuel." Isa. 7:14.
4. In what event was this prophecy fulfilled?
"Now ___________________ [the birth of Jesus of the Virgin Mary], that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Matt. 1:22,23.
5. Where was the Messiah to be born?
"But thou, ________________________, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel." Micah 5:2.
6. When was Jesus born?
"Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea __________________________." Matt. 2:1.
7. Under what striking emblem was He prophesied of by Balaam?
"There shall come _____________ out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel." Num. 24:17.
8. In what scripture does Christ apply the same emblem to Himself?
"I am the root and the offspring of David, and ________________________." Rev. 22:16. See also 2 Peter. 1:19; Rev. 2:28.
9. What prophecy was fulfilled in the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem?
"Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and ______________________________, and in all the coasts thereof, from: two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled _______________________________, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not." Matt. 2:13-18.
10. How was Christ's first advent to be heralded?
"________________________________, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." Isa. 40:3.
11. By whom was this fulfilled?
"And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? . . . he said, _____________________________, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias." John 1:19-23.
12. How was Christ to be received by His own people?
"He ______________________ of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was _________________________." Isa. 53:3.
13. How is the fulfillment of this prophecy recorded?
"He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. __________________________________________." John 1:10,11.
14. What was predicted of Christ's preaching?
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because ___________________________; He hath sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isa. 61:1.
15. What application did Jesus make of this prophecy?
"And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. . . . And He began to say unto them, ____________________________________." Luke 4:16-21. See Luke 7:19-22.
16. How, according to prophecy, was Christ to conduct Himself when on trial?
"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, ___________________________: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, ______________________________________________." Isa. 53:7.
17. When accused by His enemies before Pilate, how did Christ treat these accusations?
"Then said Pilate unto Him, Hearest Thou not how many things they witness against Thee? And ________________________________________; insomuch that the governor marveled greatly." Matt. 27:13;14.
18. What prophecy foretold of the disposal of Christ's garments at the crucifixion?
"They __________________________________ among them, and _____________ upon My vesture." Ps. 22:18.
19. What record answers to this prophecy?
"And they crucified Him, and ________________________________: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots." Matt. 27:35.
20. What was foretold of His treatment while on the cross?
"They gave Me also ____________ for My meat; and in My thirst they gave Me ______________ to drink." Ps. 69:21.
21. What was offered Christ at His crucifixion?
"They gave Him _____________ to drink mingled with ______________: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink." Matt. 27:34. See also John 19:28-30.
22. With whom did the prophet Isaiah say Christ would make His grave?
"And He made His grave with the ____________, and with the __________ in His death." Isa. 53:9.
23. With whom was Christ crucified?
"Then were there ____________ crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left." Matt. 27:38.
24. Who took charge of Christ's body after it was taken down from the cross?
"_______________________, . . . went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. . . . He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock." Verses 57-60.
25. What experience in the life of a noted prophet indicated the length of Christ's stay in the grave?
"But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as _______________________________; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Matt. 12:39,40.
26. What prophecy foretold Christ's triumph over death?
"For ____________________________; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption." Ps. 16:10. See Acts 2:24-27.

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BIBLE STUDY: CHAP. 12 - THE DEITY OF CHRIST

Chapter 12.
The Deity of Christ
1. HOW has the Father shown that His Son is one person of the Godhead?
"But ___________, Thy throne, ___________, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Thy kingdom." Heb. 1:8.
2. In what other scripture is the same truth taught?
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and ______________." John 1:1.
3. In what way did Christ refer to the eternity of His being?
"And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee _______________." John 17:5. "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been of old, _____________." Micah 5:2. See margin; and Matt. 2:6; John 8:58; Ex. 3:13,14.
4. How was Christ begotten in the flesh?
"And the angel answered and said unto her, _________________ shall come upon thee, and _____________________ shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." Luke 1:35.
5. What scripture states that the Son of God was God manifested in the flesh?
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and ______________." "And ___________________, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:1,14.
6. What does Christ say is His relation to the Father?
"I and My Father are _______." John 10:30.
7. How was He manifested on earth as a Saviour?
"For unto you is __________ this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11.
8. Why was it necessary that He should be born thus, and partake of human nature?
"Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His brethren, ___________________________________________________, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people." Heb. 2:17.
9. How was He recognized by the Father while on earth?
"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, ______________, in whom I am well pleased." Matt. 3:17.
10. What shows that Christ sustains the same relation to the angels as does the Father?
"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father ________________; and then He shall reward every man according to his works." Matt. 16:27. See Matt. 24:31.
11. How did Christ assert an equal proprietorship with His Father in the kingdom?
"The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of _____________all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ." Matt. 13:41.
12. To whom do the elect equally belong?
"And shall not God avenge ___________________, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?" Luke 18:7. "And He [the Son of man] shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together __________________________ from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Matt. 24:31.
13. Who are equally joined in bestowing the final rewards?
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him [God, the Father]: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that _________________________________." Heb. 11:6. "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and _________________________________." Matt. 16:27.
NOTE.-In the texts (Matt. 16:27; 13:41; 24:31) in which Christ refers to the angels as "His angels" and to the kingdom as "His kingdom" and to the elect as "His elect," He refers to Himself as "the Son of man." It thus appears that while He was on earth as a man, He recognized His essential deity and His equality with His Father in heaven.
14. What fulness dwells in Christ?
"For in Him dwelleth ____________________________________." Col. 2:9.
15. What does God (Jehovah) declare Himself to be?
"Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and His Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the ____________________________; and beside Me there is no God." Isa. 44:6.
16. In what scripture does Christ adopt the same expression?
"And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the _____________________________." Rev. 22:12,13.
17. Having such a wonderful Saviour, what are we exhorted to do?
"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, ______________________. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." Heb. 4:14,15.
________________________________________
Before the heavens were spread abroad,
From everlasting was the Word;
With God He was, the Word was God,
And must divinely be adored.
Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,
He led the host of morning stars;
His generation who can tell,
Or count the number of His years?
But lo! He leaves those heavenly forms;
The Word descends and dwells in clay,
That He may converse hold with worms,
Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.
ISAAC WATTS.
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