Bible Prophecy Christ's Passion, Death & Ressurection

Old Testament Prophets Speak

ISAIAH Between 701-681 BC

ZACHARIAH Between 520 and 518 BC

DANIEL About 530 BC

PSALMS  About 1000 BC

JOB Between 1440-950 BC
AMOS  Around 750 or 749 BC
JONAH  786 - 749 BC
MICAH 786-700 BC
MOSES 1393-1273 BC

Deuteronomy 18:15 

The Lord your God will raise up for you 

a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites, 

and you must listen to that prophet.

"Lamb of God"

Jesus Christ The Lamb of God

Jeremiah 11:19-20

I, like a trusting lamb led to the slaughter, had not realized that they were hatching plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut Him off from the land of the living, so that His name will be spoken no more.

Isaiah 53:7

Though harshly treated, he submitted

and did not open his mouth;

Like a lamb led to slaughter

or a sheep silent before shearers,

he did not open his mouth.

The Messiah would enter Jerusalem 

while riding on a donkey

Zachariah 9:9

 Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: Your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Jesus was betrayed by a friend

Judas' Betrayal "You betray Your Master with a kiss."

Psalm 41:10 

Even my trusted friend,

who ate my bread,

has raised his heel against me.

Judas betrays Jesus

Psalm 55:13-15 

For it is not an enemy that reviled me—

that I could bear—

Not a foe who viewed me with contempt,

from that I could hide.

But it was you, my other self,

my comrade and friend,

You, whose company I enjoyed,

at whose side I walked

in the house of God.

Foreshadowing the betrayal of Jesus 

for 30 pieces of silver

30 Piece of Silver the Price of Betrayal

Zachariah 11:12-13

Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, withhold them.” And they counted out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

Then the LORD said to me, Throw it in the treasury—the handsome price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the treasury in the house of the LORD.

Jesus' Arrest at Garden of Gethsemane

Psalm 17:9-13

. . . from the wicked who despoil me.

My ravenous enemies press upon me;

they close their hearts,

they fill their mouths with proud roaring.

Their steps even now encircle me;

they watch closely, keeping low to the ground

Like lions eager for prey,

like a young lion lurking in ambush.

God's servant would be silent 

before His accusers

Jesus Accused and is Silent

 Isaiah 53:6-8

. . . But the LORD laid upon him

the guilt of us all.

Though harshly treated, he submitted

and did not open his mouth;

Like a lamb led to slaughter

or a sheep silent before shearers,

he did not open his mouth.

Seized and condemned, he was taken away.

Who would have thought any more of his destiny?

For he was cut off from the land of the living,

struck for the sins of his people.

The Messiah would be rejected

Isaiah 53:3

He was spurned and avoided by men,a man of suffering, knowing pain,

Like one from whom you turn your face, spurned, and we held him in no esteem.

Psalm 118:22-23

The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

By the LORD has this been done;

it is wonderful in our eyes.

Jesus Beaten and Mocked

Isaiah 52:13-15

See, my servant shall prosper,

he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.

Even as many were amazed at him—

so marred were his features,

beyond that of mortals

his appearance, beyond that of human beings—

So shall he startle many nations,

kings shall stand speechless;

For those who have not been told shall see,

those who have not heard shall ponder it.

Christ is Mocked

Isaiah 50:4b-7

The Lord God opens my ear that I may hear;  And I have not rebelled, Have not turned back.

I gave my back to those who beat me, My cheeks to those who plucked my beard;

My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.

The Lord God is my help,

Therefore I am not disgraced;

I have set my face like flint,

Knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

Psalm 22:7-8 

But I am a worm, not a man,

scorned by men, despised by the people.

All who see me mock me;

they curl their lips and jeer;

they shake their heads at me:

Jesus Stripped of His Clothing

Micah 1:8 

For this I will lament and wail,

go barefoot and naked; . . .

1 Samuel 19:24 

Then he, too, stripped himself of his garments

God's servant would die for our sins

Isaiah 53:3-6

He was spurned and avoided 

by men,

a man of suffering, 

knowing pain,

Like one from whom you turn your face,

spurned, and we held 

him in no esteem.

Yet it was our pain that he bore,

our sufferings he endured.

We thought of him as stricken,

struck down by God* and afflicted,

But he was pierced for our sins,

crushed for our iniquity.

He bore the punishment that makes us whole,

by his wounds we were healed.

We had all gone astray like sheep,

all following our own way;

But the LORD laid upon him

the guilt of us all.

Foreshadowing the Crucifixion of Jesus

Christ's Crucifixion

Psalm 21  

[2] My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Why so far from my call for help,

from my cries of anguish?

[7] But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by men, despised by the people.

[9]“He relied on the LORD—let him deliver him;

if he loves him, let him rescue him.”

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

[15] Like water my life drains away;

all my bones are disjointed.

My heart has become like wax,

it melts away within me.

[16] As dry as a potsherd is my throat;

my tongue cleaves to my palate;

you lay me in the dust of death.

[17] Dogs surround me;

a pack of evildoers closes in on me.

They have pierced my hands 

and my feet

[18] I can count all my bones.

They stare at me and gloat;

Psalm 69:21-22

Insult has broken my heart, and I despair;

I looked for compassion, but there was none,

for comforters, but found none.

Instead they gave me poison for my food;

and for my thirst they gave me vinegar.

Christ's Death -- Darkness at Noon

Amos 8:9

On that day—oracle of the Lord GOD—

I will make the sun set at midday

and in broad daylight cover the land with darkness.

Psalm 34:21

He watches over all his bones;

not one of them shall be broken.

Casting Lots for His Garments

Casting Lots for Christ's clothing

Psalm 22:18 - 

they will divide His garments among them 

God's servant would be 

"numbered with the transgressors"

Isaiah 53:11-12

11] Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. [12] Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

Jesus' Side Pierced with the Spear

Christ Pierced by a Lance

Zachariah 12:10 

I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants 

of Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, 

so that when they look on him 

whom they have thrust through,*

they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, 

and they will grieve for him as one grieves over a firstborn. 

God's servant would be buried 

Isaiah 53:9

He was given a grave among the wicked,

a burial place with evildoers,

Though he had done no wrong,

nor was deceit found in his mouth

Three Days in the Tomb

Jonah 2:1

But the LORD sent a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights three nights. 

The days in the belly of the whale foreshadows Jesus' death and rising on the third day.

Prophecy Christ's Resurrection

Christ's Resurrection

Psalm 16:10

For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

nor let your devout one see the pit

 Psalm 30:4

LORD, you brought my soul up from Sheol;

you let me live, from going down to the pit. 

Psalm 41:11-12

But you, LORD, take note of me to raise me up

that I may repay them.”

By this I will know you are pleased with me,

that my enemy no longer shouts in triumph over me.

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Psalm 118:17-18

I shall not die but live

and declare the deeds of the LORD.

The LORD chastised me harshly,

but did not hand me over to death.

Hosea 6:2 

He will revive us after two days;

on the third day* he will raise us up,

to live in his presence.

Psalm 40:2-4

Surely, I wait for the LORD;

who bends down to me and hears my cry,

Draws me up from the pit of destruction,

out of the muddy clay,

Sets my feet upon rock,

steadies my steps,

And puts a new song in my mouth,

a hymn to our God.

Many shall look on in fear

and they shall trust in the LORD.

Psalm 68:21

Our God is a God who saves;

escape from death is the LORD God’s.

Job 19:25

As for me, I know that my vindicator lives,

and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust.

Isaiah 53:10

But it was the LORD’s will to crush him with pain.

By making his life as a reparation offering,

he shall see his offspring, shall lengthen his days,

and the LORD’s will shall be accomplished through him.

Christ's Ascension

Christ's Ascenstion

Hosea 6:2 

After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight

Psalms 68:2-5

May God arise;

may his enemies be scattered;

may those who hate him flee before him.a

As the smoke is dispersed, disperse them;

as wax is melted by fire,

so may the wicked perish before God.b

Then the just will be glad;

they will rejoice before God;

they will celebrate with great joy.

Sing to God, praise his name;

exalt the rider of the clouds.*

Rejoice before him

whose name is the LORD.

***"Who ascends upon the west: Super occasum. St. Gregory understands it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west, by his passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all before him. St. Jerome renders it, who ascends or comes  up, through the deserts"

Psalm 68:19 

You went up to its lofty height;

you took captives, received slaves as tribute,

even rebels, for the LORD God to dwell.

Advent - Praying with Isaiah

Praying with Isaiah during Advent

The messages from the book of the prophet Isaiah are our guide for the first part of Advent. This page is meant to be a help for our letting these words console us and offer us hope. Though they were first meant to be God's word to a people who "walked in darkness," they are for us today quite alive with meaning. We can hear them personally. 

We can hear their prophetic hope in a future redemption that was fulfilled in Jesus. 

We can let these words challenge us to open our hearts. We can hear them helping us know and trust our God's love for us today. When we let them into our hearts - a phrase at a time - and chew them and let them nourish us, we can let these words feed an Advent hope and longing within us. 

Read them one at a time, or scan several. It is better to enjoy small bits of this message and to savor it, than to run through it, too quickly. Return to this page regularly during Advent. It is a wonderful practice to ask for a grace before we let these words touch our hearts. For example, we might ask something like this:

"Lord, open my heart to hear your word for me today. I ask that you console me, comfort me, strengthen my trust in your faithful love, and that you give me hope in the renewal of your coming in my life this Advent." Or, we might pray: "Lord, show me the desert, the wasteland, within me, and let me trust that you will bring new life and build a path to you, within me."

The quotations are taken from the readings of the first part of Advent. The links are to the full reading for that day.

The First Week of Advent 

The Prophet Isaiah

Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?

Isaiah 63

Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down.

Isaiah 63

Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways!

Isaiah 63

"Come, let us climb the LORD's mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths."

Isaiah 2

They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.

Isaiah 2

Come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!

Isaiah 2

On that day, A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him. ...

Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; The calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion shall eat hay like the ox. The baby shall play by the cobra's den, and the child lay his hand on the adder's lair. There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the LORD, as water covers the sea.

Isaiah 11

Trust in the LORD forever! For the LORD is an eternal Rock. He humbles those in high places, and the lofty city he brings down; He tumbles it to the ground, levels it with the dust. It is trampled underfoot by the needy, by the footsteps of the poor.

Isaiah 26

On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book; And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. The lowly will ever find joy in the LORD, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. ...

Those who err in spirit shall acquire understanding, and those who find fault shall receive instruction.

Isaiah 29

He will be gracious to you when you cry out, as soon as he hears he will answer you. The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst. No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher, While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears: "This is the way; walk in it," when you would turn to the right or to the left.

The Second Week of Advent

Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.

Isaiah 40

In the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God! Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill shall be made low; the rugged land shall be made a plain, the rough country, a broad valley. Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together.

Isaiah 40

Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, carrying them in his bosom, and leading the ewes with care.

Isaiah 40

The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 35

Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; With divine recompense he comes to save you.

Isaiah 35

Then the blind shall see...

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; Then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing. Streams will burst forth in the desert, and rivers in the steppe. The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water; The abode where jackals lurk will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus. A highway will be there, called the holy way; No one unclean may pass over it, nor fools go astray on it. No lion will be there, nor beast of prey go up to be met upon it.

Isaiah 35

It is for those with a journey to make, and on it the redeemed will walk. Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.

Isaiah 35

Do you not know or have you not heard? The LORD is the eternal God, creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint nor grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. He gives strength to the fainting; for the weak he makes vigor abound.

Isaiah 40

Though young men faint and grow weary, and youths stagger and fall, They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles' wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.

Isaiah 40

I, the LORD, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the way you should go.

Isaiah 48

The Third Week of Advent

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me...

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the LORD and a day of vindication by our God.

Isaiah 61

Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud forth; let justice also spring up! I, the LORD, have created this.

Isaiah 45

Turn to me and be safe, all you ends of the earth, for I am God; there is no other!

Isaiah 45

Raise a glad cry, you barren one who did not bear, Break forth in jubilant song, you who were not in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the LORD. Enlarge the space for your tent, spread out your tent cloths unsparingly; lengthen your ropes and make firm your stakes. For you shall spread abroad to the right and to the left; your descendants shall dispossess the nations and shall people the desolate cities.

Isaiah 54

Fear not, you shall not be put to shame; you need not blush, for you shall not be disgraced. The shame of your youth you shall forget, the reproach of your widowhood no longer remember. For he who has become your husband is your Maker; his name is the LORD of hosts; Your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the earth.

Isaiah 54

The LORD calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, A wife married in youth and then cast off, says your God. For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great tenderness I will take you back. In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; But with enduring love I take pity on you, says the LORD, your redeemer.

Isaiah 54

This is for me like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah should never again deluge the earth; So I have sworn not to be angry with you, or to rebuke you. Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54

The Fourth Week of Advent

Isaiah the Prophet

Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.

Isaiah 56

No more shall people call you "Forsaken," or your land "Desolate," but you shall be called "My Delight," and your land "Espoused." For the LORD delights in you and makes your land his spouse. As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you.

Isaiah 62

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as people make merry when dividing spoils.

Isaiah 9

For the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, and the rod of their taskmaster you have smashed, as on the day of Midian. For every boot that tramped in battle, every cloak rolled in blood, will be burned as fuel for flames.

Isaiah 9

For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, from David's throne, and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains by judgment and justice, both now and forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this!

Isaiah 9

See, the LORD proclaims to the ends of the earth: say to daughter Zion, your savior comes! Here is his reward with him, his recompense before him. They shall be called the holy people, the redeemed of the LORD, and you shall be called "Frequented," a city that is not forsaken.

Isaiah 62

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, "Your God is King!"

Isaiah 52

Taken from  http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Advent/Praying-with-Isaiah.html