Two Aspects of One Messiah
From FOUNDATION Magazine
back cover, Jan-Feb 1998 [posted with permission]
THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14). And the angel said unto her, Fear
not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God (Luke 1:30). And, behold, thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS (Luke 1:31). He
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give
unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for
ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end Luke (1:32-33). He came unto his own, and
his own received him not (John 1:11). And they crucified him, and parted his garments,
casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesturedid they cast lots. And sitting down they watched
him there; And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE
JEWS (Matthew 27:35-37). To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins (Acts 10:43). The next day John
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world (John 1:29). And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion
of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the
seven seals thereof (Revelation 5:5). For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of
man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost (2 Peter 1:21). If he
called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken (John
10:35). Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time
the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow (1 Peter 1:10-11). Then he said
unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought
not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at
Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things
concerning himself (Luke 24:25-27). And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory (Matt 24:30). Behold, he
cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen (Revelation 1:7). And I
will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of
grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they
shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him,
as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn (Zechariah 12:10). And it shall be said in
that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the
LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation (Isaiah 25:9).
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